DEATH IS NOT THE END OF LIFE

The history of man is nothing but "how he tried to run away from death". Human beings are the only being who can understand that one day they will have to face death. "That is why they worry unnecessarily about it." Worrying about death will not make it stop, so why not accept it calmly?

We must realize that is a natural occurrence and however much we love our aged parents we have to realize the biological fact that human cells have a certain life span.

A time must come when they stop renewing themselves. It is to be expected that in extreme old age, cells lose their ability to maintain the balance of the destruction and repair process and can no longer maintain the body in a healthy manner.

The problem that people face today is how to come to terms with the death of their loved ones, and this includes parents. "We must realize, mind needs a permanent life but life creates an impermanent physical body and we take this as life. After that unsatisfactoriness disturbs the mind."

For those who have lived a long and reasonably happy life and who have strong religious training impending death can even be welcome phenomenon. When the time comes the dying person becomes composed and leaves the world peacefully, confident that he or she had lived a harmless life and contributed to the progress of man. In societies with deeply entrenched religious beliefs and unadulterated cultural patterns, the concept that is inevitable and a natural part of the life cycle is accepted. When it does occur in such societies it is treated with philosophic acceptance of the inevitable and is always treated with dignity.

Remember! Human beings are the only beings who can understand that one day they will have to face death. On the other hand, there are those who do not bother at all about the end of their lives or about what happens after that. However, the majority not only worry about the next life. "All other living beings are free from that feeling."

We have to realize that whatever method we adopt to overcome our problems, it is impossible to gain complete satisfaction in our lives until we train our mind and reduce selfish desire. The teachings of every seers or saint give us a very clear exposition of how to understand the nature of human problems and how to overcome them and how to face death without fear.

To all beloved readers!

Remember the simple saying!
"Life is uncertain and death is certain... Death is not the end of a life. In fact death is the beginning of a life and birth is the beginning of death..." another words:

"The setting sun in this country is the rising sun in another country. Therefore, birth and death are interrelated."

And also note:

"The birth of a man is the birth of sorrow. The longer he lives the more stupid he becomes. What bitterness? He lives for what is always out of reach? His thirst for survival in the future makes him incapable of living in the present."

"Birth and death are two ends of the same string."

We cannot remove death and leave existence only. First, man struggles to avoid death. After that, he prepares for death. In reality, "actually we do not exist but struggle for existence which we call living".

From Empty Hands,
A. Rahman bin Mahadi
Labis, Johore
016-602 0321

03 APRIL 2012

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