The Secret of Life & Death

 

Kahlil Gibran says:

A very pregnant statement. Death does not come from outside; it grows within you, with your life, simultaneously.

Although all over there is light, the owl cannot open his eyes. He has very sensitive eyes; he can open them only in darkness - the light in the day is much too dazzling. It is a constant problem.

If you listen to the owls talking to other birds, they have never agreed on this one point:

Which is day and which is night?

The owls say, "That which you know as night is day, and that which you call day is night." And the owl is not wrong; it is his experience. Although all over there is light, that cannot help unless you open your eyes. You are full of life, and full of death too; but unless you turn inwards and see what you have been carrying all along, you will not be so concerned....

Only when somebody else has died will you be reminded of your own death, and then fear comes.

Nobody has ever died. It is only an outsider's point of view. You have to become an insider - within yourself - to find the secret of life. In finding the secret of life, you will also find the secret of death, because these are not two secrets; it is one secret with two aspects.

Death does not kill you, it serves you. It helps you to get rid of an old rotten body, to move into a fresh, younger body. There is nothing to be sad about, to be afraid about; you are simply changing house... moving into a better house. Your whole concern should be to live with intensity, totality and awareness, so that you can become alert to the great secret of life and death. It is really not exact to say life and death; better to say the secret of "lifedeath" -- not even a hyphen between the two; they are one.

If you really want to know what death is, the spirit of death... open your heart wide unto the body of life. Forget about death, because perhaps the very word will not allow you to see the truth. Fear blinds; it is a prejudice gathered in ignorance, so better forget about death; you simply open yourself to the life of your body. In that very understanding of life, you will be surprised - you will have understood death too.

In the depth of your hopes and desires....

You cannot see clearly, because you are so full of expectations -- hopes & desires. Your eyes are covered with many layers of dust. You need a deep cleansing of your eyes. That's what meditation is.

Let the thoughts disappear, the hopes disappear, the desires disappear. Then you have a clarity, then your eyes are perfect mirrors. Only then, in that silent state of your vision, will you know the secrets of the beyond.

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