Suresh, Yes, fear of death is delusion. It is only possible to experience life. It is not possible to experience death. Therefore the question is how to make life as good as possible. Dropping the illusory fear of death is one way to improve life.
There is ONLY life in the NOW. Nothing else exists... Thus the whole effort is to make life right now the best it can possibly be. Do you worry about not being alive before you were born? Do you worry about not being alive in all other parts of the universe than where you currently are alive? Then why worry about not being alive when you are dead and you are not even able to know it? Edgar On Oct 18, 2012, at 6:48 AM, Suresh wrote: > Dear Mr.Bharath, > > I understand your point. But Ramana Maharishi answered from his state of > mind. But communication should be always at the level of receiver. Many > attain highest consciousness level, but do not accumulate the ability of > expressive language before their attainment of highest consciousness level. > > The expressive language skill comes only when you pass through all the > hurdles of life as common man goes through. Ramana Maharishi did not go > through common man life. He left home when he was 17 and lived alone in a > cave for seven years with no talks with anyone. So he has not come across > what you and I have undergone. > > He is intelligent and hence at that young age he could able to take sannyas , > that itself indicates his fearlessness. He remained fearless from his young > age and after attained highest consciousness level, he himself the universe. > It is very difficult to understand that a man of `cowbegam' ( (a single piece > of cloth to cover his private part) standing in front of you is none other > than god himself or this universe itself. Since he is the universe, he > address that as `self'. Can anything exist away from this vast dome of > universe? > > In merchant Navy studies, we have one subject called `Principle of > navigation'. In that we have one lesson on `Celestial navigation'. In this > lesson we assume this universe as celestial sphere, and since universe is > ever expanding with no boundaries for it, any point on the universe can be > considered as center of the universe. So we have considered earth center as > center of the universe. Based on this assumption we have derived some > elements such as GHA (Greenwich Hour angle) and Declination similar to > latitude and longitude of the earth. That is, vertical lines on the universe > are called GHA and horizontal lines are called declination. Now any point on > the universe can be exactly located. Because of this theory now we can send > any rocket or satellite exactly to its orbit. > > Based on the above theory i.e any point on the universe can be considered as > center of the universe, Ramana Maharishi centered his body as center of this > vast universe and called `self' and looked at everything from that view. > > Why we fear? We fear because we see that there may be a threat to our body by > various ways. Because we consider ourselves as body, and that is the truth > for us, and any external factors which are going to challenge the survival of > the body, will be the cause for our fear and cause for our misery. Except our > body we consider everything else as `other'. So for us even our own parents > will look like threat and we may fear about them. > > Now Ramana Maharishi from his state of mind, do not considered himself as > body, he sees himself as the universe, and all events of the universe whether > it is of good or it is of bad all are happening in him, and he is watching > the events as we watch movies, and the body of Ramana maharishi is part of > that universe and he knows how this body will move and behave based on the > karma of that body. So from his consciousness state when there is nothing > `other' out of the universe, what is the possibility of fear for him. > > Are you getting my point? Fear exists only when there is `other'. If there is > no `other', everything exist in the universe are one singular thing, then how > there will be fear? > > Let say that all human beings, animals, plants, planets, stars are all > `forms', the space that surrounds us is `Formless', now tell me which is big? > Form? Or Formless?. Certainly the formless is big, and hence it contains all > galaxies of stars, and in that galaxy all other I have mentioned above comes > under. > > Now if you see that Forms have different shapes, different sizes, and > different material composed of, but if you see the `space' that surrounds us > is of same nature. On earth, the space has atmosphere which contains various > layers of different densities of air, which you cannot see through naked eye. > But if you empty out the air, what exists is pure space. This is this `pure > space' exist all over universe, with no boundaries. Now I say that this is > not pure empty space, this is what consciousness is. How we share airing > space, similarly we share consciousness. When I stand on my house terrace, I > have my airing space, and similarly from each house each has their own airing > space. Before I built house there was space above land on which I built house > and keep my things. > > Similarly before you were born there was no body of you existed, but > certainly space existed to accommodate you. You were born, and space or > consciousness allowed your existence in it. And in your body, in your brain, > you have accumulated various knowledge; because of that thoughts have raised > which also needs space, which had existed in your consciousness, like > atmosphere surrounds the earth. > > Thoughts are not inside your head, thoughts are around your body, around your > head like atmosphere that surrounds the earth. Where is this atmosphere > exist? Certainly in space, similarly thoughts exist in consciousness (space). > The more you accumulate in your head, more thoughts will spring, so this > obstruct your clear view of outside, like clouds obstruct the clear view of > sky. What happens if sky is fully clouded, then darkness prevails, no light > which cause one to fear. Similarly person with more thoughts have more fear, > because there is no space (consciousness) and hence no light. Consciousness > itself is light. So when this space or consciousness or light is not glowing > in you, you have fear. > > So if you do not want to have fear, do not accumulate. Do not accumulate > anything whether of material or of knowledge. This word `accumulation' is > what people call `desire'. But can any normal human being live without > accumulation?, not possible, so accumulate in moderate way. Like how you keep > your house with minimum items and have more space to move around, similarly > your mind should have more space and less thoughts than you will not have > fear. As long as you see yourself as `consciousness' then you will not have > fear. It is because you have identified yourself with form (body) you have > fear. > In truth there is only consciousness exist because it is what life energy and > all other are forms created by it and moved by it. In consciousness we are > all one and the same like airing space is common for all houses, so when this > is understood that only `self' or consciousness exist and there are no other, > fear will not exist. > I hope my words to can give some kind of understanding on the subject. > > Best wishes > Suresh > > >
