Death,the mark of a new beginning

I am always fascinated with the concept of death because it is the single biggest secret in the world and man has absolutely no clue about it, whether we look at it scientifically, philosophically or spiritually. It is a metaphorical concept of termination. It need not be a physical being but a termination of conscience. When it comes to spirituality, linguistic words are inadequate to describe certain experiences which are too valuable for humanity to dismiss. We can feel or experience certain things in life which cannot be adequately described by words, by which fellow human beings can understand. Attaining ‘Samadhi’ through the practice of ‘Yoga,’ is one such concept. People who have experienced this deep contemplation and integration with universal conscience and attained a complete bliss, were unable to express them in words. We human beings with our mundane concepts dismiss them as a sort of “pipe dream’ and even ridicule such thinking because of our misconception that we are “scientifically more advanced”. In this physical world human beings have concepts which have nothing to do with reality.Patanjali describe this beautifully in Sanskrit: “Sabdha jnana anupathi vastu sunyo vikalpha” meaning, “conceptualization is derived from linguistic knowledge and not from contact with real things”. Therefore, concept is a form of human conscience and nothing to do with “Reality’. If a Neurosurgeon believes that he can cut the brain into pieces and examine them under microscope and he can discover the secrets of that mind (brain), then it is a concept. It has nothing to do with “Reality”. We live in a world of concepts, dreams, ideas and plans which, over a period of time vanishes into a thin air because all these things have nothing to do with “Reality”. “Reality” is beyond all human concepts and you can only experience “Reality” and you cannot concpetualise”Reality” by linguistic words.Thats is why absolute silence is a pre-requisite to calm the raging mind through the practice of “Yoga”. By the processes of purification of body and mind as I described in my previous articles, one can calm one’s raging mind and bring it under tranquility. It is a state of mind where there is no desire for anything; sages describe it as ‘Sat-chit-anand. To translate, it literally means, “being-conscience-bliss”. Just be yourself with no desire or thought or concept and then there will be only a bliss or quietness or without any sorrow. That is the “Reality” and it can only be experienced. Many people practice “Sahaja Samadhi’ which means you can practice “Samadhi” even when you are physically doing some work. Your mind will be in deep contemplation and integration with “Reality” while your physical body will be busy working. There will be no expectation in the outcome of the work you are doing, such as a reward or earning for the work. A creative work by a painter is one example of such ‘sahaja samadhi’.The painter is deeply engrossed in his work with no other thoughts in mind. It is a way of life and one can practice this ‘Samadhi while at work”. But the purification of body and mind is a pre-requisite to practice this because an impure mind can never concentrate and enter into deep contemplation leave alone integration. Morals and Ethics are fundamental for all spiritual pratcise.Othewise it is simply a concept which can be described only by linguistic words such as in “advertisements”. It never serves the purpose of “Yoga”. Death is also a concept in which the past disappears or vanishes into a thin air. Like Jesus said, “You must be born again to see the kingdom of God”. It does not mean that you must physically die and be reborn; rather you must bury the “past’ and make a ‘new beginning’. Your past may be unethical or sinful but your past must die for the future to be born again. One need not be afraid of death because it is the mark of a new beginning.