THE FEAR OF DEATH

Death is happening at every moment. Yesterday is dead. And you are born today in the present. Death has never an enemy. Real enemy is your non-acceptance o the lo! o li e and your rigidity on ho! li e should be. You have treated death as an end o li e" in act it is a door to a ne! beginning. #e happy !ith the door and do not bang yoursel against the door. A man !as riding on the horse sitting to!ards its tail. His !i e sa! him and screamed at him$ %you are stupid" you have abused this beauti ul gi t & gave you.' The husband ans!ered" %you are a stupid and you gave me a stupid horse" it is going in the !rong direction and & am seated in the right direction !here & have to go.' (eople have an ans!er in spite o being !rong. An ans!er does not change our lives) but living and acting !isely does. *e !ould have come across many !ho say) +& am ,od earing-. This is nonsense. *e should love ,od) not ear Him-. &t should be +,od loving. not +,od earing-. /!ami 0ive1ananda said) +#e earless. & there is one !ord that you ind coming li1e a bomb rom the 2panishads) bursting li1e a bomb-shell upon masses o ignorance) it is the !ord) earlessness.. /ome go rom one astrologer to another !ith their horoscopes to ind out !hen death !ould stri1e them. As ar as they are concerned) their horoscopes are +horrorscopes.. /uch people are more a raid o !hen they !ould die rather than !hat they !ould do !hile being alive- This ear !ould devastate them both mentally and physically*hile tal1ing about mortal ear) Rabindranath Tagore said) +3ong be ore you !ere born in this !orld) compassionately) ,od made sure that there !as mil1 in both the breasts o your mother. He may !ell have created another or you a ter your death- *ho 1no!s4 /o) have aith-. *e can only advise all those !ho are a raid5plan or your uture" there is no harm in that. #ut your ear about the uture !ould only ruin your happiness.

&n order to protect your !ealth) plan !here to 1eep it sa e" !ithout doing any o these things is meaningless. &nstead o con6uring images o ear ul events li1e +*hat i & ail in the e7aminations4 And thus spending time !ea1ening yoursel ) use it ruit ully to prepare and pass in the e7amination- 3i e is a series o e7aminations" !e need to pass them !ith lying colours. This is a gi t !e can o er to ,od.