The Art of Dying

 “Arise! Awake! Approach the great and learn. Like the sharp edge of a razor is that path, so the wise say—hard to tread and difficult to cross.”– Katha Upanishad

This human birth is a precious gift – use it wisely!

Experience your true nature-  the divine Self that is the source and the substance of everything.

You have lived a long life, a full life, had your share of all that the world can offer.

In this, the fading twilight of your life, will you wake up at last?

Are you prepared or will you fall unconscious into that dark limbo of death and rebirth?

Will you meet death in a fog of pain and sadness and fear  or will you embrace it in the clear light of truth: alert, aware, unafraid and joyful?

At the edge of eternity, do not waste energy on attachment and desire, worry and anger and regret.

Make your choice while you still can- practice now: learn how to die before your body dies.

“If you have firmly decided on one big unchanging goal, you can move forward without losing your way, no matter how many choices you may face.” Maitreya Buddha

Turn inwards with earnest determination – dive deep into yourself. 

Seek the core of being in devoted, humble surrender.

Give yourself totally to the prayer and the seeking, let the thirst for God be greater than all others.

While you still draw breath, practice every day.

Shravana - listen to the Truth.

Manana - ponder upon the Truth.

Niddhidhyasana - meld with the Truth.

Again and again and again.

Until you are one with the One.

"When a man knows God, he is free: his sorrows have an end, and birth and death are no more. When in inner union he is beyond the world of the body, then the third world, the world of the Spirit, is found, where the power of the All shines, and man has all—for he is one with the One.” KrishnaYajur Veda, Shvetasvatara Upanishad