Reference: DEATH: An Inside Story
“Death is the most fundamental question. Yet, people can ignore it, avoid it and just live on in their ignorance simply because all kinds of idiotic stories have been spread in the world in the name of religion.” ~ Sadhguru
1.1 Death: The Most Fundamental Question
Death is inevitable, yet it is unreal to most people… People have lost perspective as to who they are in this Universe… If you are aware, you will see both life and death are happening every moment… With every inhalation there is life, with every exhalation there is death… The religions of the world have spread all kinds of idiotic stories about life and death.
1.2 Mortal Nature
Dependence on God is not going to make you successful.You will not become spiritual—you could actually become very brazen and stupid… It is only when you become conscious that you will also die, you will turn spiritual… Once you come to terms with death, and you are conscious that you will die, you will want to make every moment of your life as beautiful as possible… In a real spiritual practice there is always a tinge of death… It is important to acquire the sense that death is inevitable and it will happen to you… Watch the bodies burn in the cremation ground… When your very body perceives the fragility of its existence, there is a very profound relief and acceptance.
1.3 Exploring Death
Sadhguru on his experience of Self (Universal consciousness): “This experience made me realize that people don’t die. They live on. I was flooded with lifetimes of memories and experiences that made me realize that the past few lifetimes for me were about the same work, in the same place and to some extent with the same people! It is this understanding of life (and death) that has shaped my life since then. In a way, death is a fiction created by ignorant people. Death is the creation of the unaware, because if you are aware, it is life, life and life alone—moving from one dimension of Existence to another.”
1.4 Is Death a Calamity
People living their entire lives without experiencing life is a tragedy. If you die, there is really no tragedy… Death is compassion because it relieves you… However, if you also know the relaxation of death when you are alive, then life becomes an utterly effortless process… The greatest calamity of the human mind is that it is against death… One who does not embrace death will not know life at all… Moments of danger are moments when you experience both life and death together at the same time.
1.5 Stop Inviting Death
One major contribution to the multiple, complex ailments that you see on the planet these days is that people are trying to dodge life and, in the process, are inviting death… Have you come here to avoid life or to experience life?… People think nothing new should happen to them, but they want an exciting life. How is this possible?… If you create this kind of nothing-should-happen-to-me situation within yourself, you will become stagnant. Stagnation is death.
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