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Leading A Spiritual Life
It is generally held that death puts a stop to this
continuity. But, the reason to believe in the eternal
continuity of life is: if this process continues up to
death, then why not after death? Death only comes
to the physical dimension of the human personality.
The other dimension, that is, the mind, is an eternal
phenomenon. It is quite certain that the mind-based
personality continues to exist even after the apparent
death of the physical aspect of human life.
Discover the Alternative
You must come out of being obsessive and then you will see
that the world is full of alternatives.
f you are driving your car along the road and another
Icar is speeding towards you from the opposite
direction, you will promptly veer to one side and avoid
the oncoming car. If both the cars approached each
other head on, that would result in an accident. But if
one car travels on one side of the road and the other on
the other side, their onward journeys will continue in
complete safety. In other words, both the cars, by taking
the alternative route, avoid an accident.
Life is full of confrontations: at home, in society, in
national and international life. At any time a crisis may
develop, which can lead to a confrontation between two
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