SOHAM

Yes, t he question is – are you a self-determined life or a pre-determined life? Animals live a pre-determined life, a fixed life, because, animals are one with their bodies. Animals are, just, what you see them i.e. they are just the physical bodies, because, animals are total unconsciousness. Animals, therefore, exist here, as bodies only. That’s why, a fixed or pre-destined life is a necessity, for them and the nature, therefore, has given them survival instincts. Animals, thus live and lead a life, of instincts only, so that, they can protect their bodies. However, this is not the case with us, because, we human beings, have evolved to a bit of consciousness, though, not yet fully conscious. We, human beings, therefore, are a combination of both consciousness and unconsciousness. Please understand that, because of this little consciousness, only, you know, that you exist, which other creatures don’t, because, they have no consciousness, in them. Now, at the time of birth, we too a...

Do you know, that, only a human, alone is known and referred to, as a human ‘being’? Nothing else or no other creature or animal, is known as a ‘being’. For example, a dog is never called a ‘dog being’ or a ‘lion being’ etc but only a human is known, as a human ‘being’. Why so? Because, only, a human has the potential of ‘being’, potential of ‘just being’. ‘Being’ is stillness and stillness is the quality of this existence, because, this existence is just ‘being’ or just a ‘presence’. Now, because of his evolution, to a certain level, this other dimension i.e. the possibility of stillness, possibility of just ‘being’ is available to a human only. Only, we humans, have, in us, this potential of “being” and we alone can, therefore, exist here totally still and silent, like this existence. So, only, because, we are capable of realising this possibility of just ‘being’, and that’s why, a human alone, is referred to as a human ‘being’ and no other creatures. Other animals or creatures, don’...

Yes, you read it right. Death, isn’t always THE END. Of course, for us, death is the end of all. For us, death is like THE END, of a movie, in the cinema hall. Now, this is, because, we only know this body, we only know the physical and hence, for us, with death of someone, it is THE END, for all practical purposes. Because, we only know the body and therefore, our social dealings etc, too, are for this body and limited to this body only and hence, with loss of this body, at least, for us, everything is lost. But, let me tell you, that at the existential level, this may not, always, be so. I will explain, as how. First, I will talk about, what usually happens, I mean, in most of the cases and then, I will talk about, rare cases, which though, are few and far between but death, in those cases is THE END, for good. First, what happens usually, I mean, in most of the cases, is that, the body, of course is lost with death, because, death is always of the body, of the physical only. Death c...