The Death Experience Proves Existence Of Self
Reflecting on life Adi Shankracharya in Bhajagovindam asserts, 'One is interested in play when he is a child, in women when he is young and, when he grows old, he is lost in houghts. No one is interested in nquiring into what is truly real.' The 'truly real' is that which is nonransitory and therefore permanent. The real is not external but internal o human beings. Since 'we are created with the sense organs facing outward we have to make a conscious, continuous and diligent effort to look inwards. Someone who is wise, desiring mmortality, sees the inner Self, by curning his gaze inwards and asking he question 'Who am I? Ramana Maharshi learnt this during his two 'death experiences' in 1886 and 1912. The first experience was as a 16-year-old and the second was when ne was 33 years of age. In the first experience he, without any physical or psychological reason, suddenly felt the violent fear of death that drove his mind inwards and he said to himself, 'Now death has come; what does it mean? What is it that is dying? This body dies.' The question arose in his mind, 'with the death of the body, am Idead? Is the body I? Body is silent and inert, but Ifeel the full force of my personality and even the voice of I within me. So I am the Spirit transcending the body. The body dies but the spirit transcending it cannot be touched by death. That means I am the deathless Spirit.' The second death experience was felt in quick succession thrice. He felt as if a white curtain was drawn and darkness and faintness descended on his vision. His skin turned blue. His breathing and blood circulation stopped. He says, I could distinctly seethe gradual process. There was a stage when I could still see a part of the landscape clearly while the rest was covered by the advancing curtain. It wasjust like drawing a slide across one's view in a stereoscope. About the second and third stages he says, 'When darkness and faintness came over me a second time Ileaned against a rock until it cleared. The third time it happened I felt it safer to sit, so I sat down near the rock. Then the bright white curtain completely shut off my vision, my head was swimmingand my circulation and breathing stopped. The skin turned a vivid blue. It was the regular death hue and it got darker and darker.' ugh the body maniested tough the body maniested y usualcurrent of awareness still continued in that state also. I was not in the least afraid and felt no sickness at the condition of the body... This state continued for some 10 or 15 minutes. Then a shock passed suddthrough the body and circulation revived with enormous force and breathing as well, while the body perspired from every pore. The coloof life reappeared on the skin. Ramana was conscious throughthe period he was undergoing this'death experience' for he says he codistinctly hear and understand thewords of his companion. He admits'I also saw the discolouration of myand felt the stoppage of my circulaand breathing and the increased chilliness of the extremities of myMy usual current of awareness stilcontinued in that state also. I was nthe least afraid and felt no sadnesscondition of the body.'
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The Death Experience Proves Existence Of Self
Reflecting on life Adi Shankracharya in Bhajagovindam asserts, 'One is interested in play when he is a child, in women when he is young and, when he grows old, he is lost in houghts. No one is interested in nquiring into what is truly real.' The 'truly real' is that which is nonransitory and therefore permanent. The real is not external but internal o human beings. Since 'we are created with the sense organs facing outward we have to make a conscious, continuous and diligent effort to look inwards. Someone who is wise, desiring mmortality, sees the inner Self, by curning his gaze inwards and asking he question 'Who am I? Ramana Maharshi learnt this during his two 'death experiences' in 1886 and 1912. The first experience was as a 16-year-old and the second was when ne was 33 years of age. In the first experience he, without any physical or psychological reason, suddenly felt the violent fear of death that drove his mind inwards and he said to himself, 'Now death has come; what does it mean? What is it that is dying? This body dies.' The question arose in his mind, 'with the death of the body, am Idead? Is the body I? Body is silent and inert, but Ifeel the full force of my personality and even the voice of I within me. So I am the Spirit transcending the body. The body dies but the spirit transcending it cannot be touched by death. That means I am the deathless Spirit.' The second death experience was felt in quick succession thrice. He felt as if a white curtain was drawn and darkness and faintness descended on his vision. His skin turned blue. His breathing and blood circulation stopped. He says, I could distinctly seethe gradual process. There was a stage when I could still see a part of the landscape clearly while the rest was covered by the advancing curtain. It wasjust like drawing a slide across one's view in a stereoscope. About the second and third stages he says, 'When darkness and faintness came over me a second time Ileaned against a rock until it cleared. The third time it happened I felt it safer to sit, so I sat down near the rock. Then the bright white curtain completely shut off my vision, my head was swimmingand my circulation and breathing stopped. The skin turned a vivid blue. It was the regular death hue and it got darker and darker.' ugh the body maniested tough the body maniested y usualcurrent of awareness still continued in that state also. I was not in the least afraid and felt no sickness at the condition of the body... This state continued for some 10 or 15 minutes. Then a shock passed suddthrough the body and circulation revived with enormous force and breathing as well, while the body perspired from every pore. The coloof life reappeared on the skin. Ramana was conscious throughthe period he was undergoing this'death experience' for he says he codistinctly hear and understand thewords of his companion. He admits'I also saw the discolouration of myand felt the stoppage of my circulaand breathing and the increased chilliness of the extremities of myMy usual current of awareness stilcontinued in that state also. I was nthe least afraid and felt no sadnesscondition of the body.'
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The views expressed in the Article above are Ashok Vohra kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy: Ashok Vohra Speaking Tree,Times of India