Death Is A Button For Continuity Of Life
Despite our fear of death, we have to confront it one day. Like change, death is inevitable. Life n't move on without death. In fact athe is the 'off' button of life and life is 'on ‘button of death. German ilosophers Martin Heidegger said, an is being towards death." It means it we start dying with our birth itself. Animals and trees die, but they don't ow that they die. Since as human ngs we are aware of death, we can grow fear of death. We have the entail to face death and overcome fear of it. It is death which has pared human beings to contemplate life and this has given birth to mehysics. After birth, death is the only ranted happening in the world, eit with the uncertainty of when, are and how. The body plays the important role of being the instrument of soul or consciousness in carrying life. Body tends to decay and perish over a period of time as per laws of nature. Once the body is unable to sustain itself beyond a point, the soul departs and starts afresh with a new body. This departure is termed as death and the starting of new life is birth. The Gita terms it as change of cloth. Change of body is a necessity; that's what makes death imminent. Though we can't outgrow death at the might facilitate continuity of the journey of the life of the same soul with the legacy of past impressions and conditionings. We may find some element of immortality in the natural process of reproduction by which we continue to live by passing on our biological traits to our offspring. Death plays a positive role in the universe. On the one hand, life seems transient like a dewdrop; and onthe other hand, it is permanent with the potential for eternal continuity. At the level of body, life is temporary and at that of soul, life is a continuum and permanent. Life in itself is immortal since it keeps assuming new shapes and forms even in the midst of destruction. Growth, progress and evolution of the universe necessitate change which happens with death-destruction of old and creation of new to replace the former. It is our desires which propel and bind us with the cycle of creation- protection-destruction. Our desires necessitate birth and we later meet death, all part of the circle of birth angdeath. As long as desires are there, we allare constrained to keep settling theaccount of karmas. Since we can't remain in body forevewhy not seek immortality through ourthoughts and actions? Mind is the faculty of soul, able to interact with the external universe through the body's sense organs. Whatever we gather as knowledge, experiences and wisdom duringour whole life must be shared and passed on as alegacy to the new generation for continuity of our ideologto further the progress and developmerof humanity and its prosperity. This is the eternal aspect of life which outgrows individual death. Thiscan be a way also to contribute a bit of ours in return for whatever we get abundantly from Mother Nature and society
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Death Is A Button For Continuity Of Life
Despite our fear of death, we have to confront it one day. Like change, death is inevitable. Life n't move on without death. In fact athe is the 'off' button of life and life is 'on ‘button of death. German ilosophers Martin Heidegger said, an is being towards death." It means it we start dying with our birth itself. Animals and trees die, but they don't ow that they die. Since as human ngs we are aware of death, we can grow fear of death. We have the entail to face death and overcome fear of it. It is death which has pared human beings to contemplate life and this has given birth to mehysics. After birth, death is the only ranted happening in the world, eit with the uncertainty of when, are and how. The body plays the important role of being the instrument of soul or consciousness in carrying life. Body tends to decay and perish over a period of time as per laws of nature. Once the body is unable to sustain itself beyond a point, the soul departs and starts afresh with a new body. This departure is termed as death and the starting of new life is birth. The Gita terms it as change of cloth. Change of body is a necessity; that's what makes death imminent. Though we can't outgrow death at the might facilitate continuity of the journey of the life of the same soul with the legacy of past impressions and conditionings. We may find some element of immortality in the natural process of reproduction by which we continue to live by passing on our biological traits to our offspring. Death plays a positive role in the universe. On the one hand, life seems transient like a dewdrop; and onthe other hand, it is permanent with the potential for eternal continuity. At the level of body, life is temporary and at that of soul, life is a continuum and permanent. Life in itself is immortal since it keeps assuming new shapes and forms even in the midst of destruction. Growth, progress and evolution of the universe necessitate change which happens with death-destruction of old and creation of new to replace the former. It is our desires which propel and bind us with the cycle of creation- protection-destruction. Our desires necessitate birth and we later meet death, all part of the circle of birth angdeath. As long as desires are there, we allare constrained to keep settling theaccount of karmas. Since we can't remain in body forevewhy not seek immortality through ourthoughts and actions? Mind is the faculty of soul, able to interact with the external universe through the body's sense organs. Whatever we gather as knowledge, experiences and wisdom duringour whole life must be shared and passed on as alegacy to the new generation for continuity of our ideologto further the progress and developmerof humanity and its prosperity. This is the eternal aspect of life which outgrows individual death. Thiscan be a way also to contribute a bit of ours in return for whatever we get abundantly from Mother Nature and society
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Kamal Jain 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: Kamal Jain Speaking Tree,Times of India