May I possibly die?
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We all have an inherent Unexamined belief that one day I will have to die.
Everyone, without exception.
This belief is so firm that no one ever can imagine that it is really and basically an unfounded idea only.
This question is not only unfounded, it's as well irrational too.
Still hardly anyone would doubt if it may be basically an invalid and wrong too!
Even questioning so and asking this looks ridiculous to us.
We are so dead certain that whosoever is born is going to die some day, in the near or perhaps a distant future.
Here is the catch.
What looks like almost inevitable truth may prove really absolutely irrational, unexamined and therefore a blind belief only. Even more true is the fact that no one who-so-ever can examine or verify it's truth. Neither in experience, nor through debate or by example.
The Whenever there is "Death", there's it's never that "You" die! It's invariably and inevitably always really someone other, and never "You", who appears and is said to have "died".
So how one can infer and conclude that one is going to die someday at some time in the near or a distant future?
It's quite and perfectly evident plain and simple a fact, a truth that really no one can ever examine, even experimentally verify it's truth.
By contradiction too, if "You" really "die" how "You" could "know" you're "dead"? The very "knowing" implies that there is "someone" who knew that "I'm dead" ! That "someone" can neither die nor could be said to have "died".
Isn't the "living" and the life of "myself" is such an undeniable fact for everyone that it could never be denied. What we refer to and declare "death" always of someone else only. How one would possibly apply this word with reference to oneself? Isn't that ridiculous only?
But because of the ignorance and never questioning that if there is, and such a possibility could ever exist, without even thinking a little about, we tend to believe this as an inevitable truth and at once cling to this idea, which is fundamentally a false one. Even in a dream we wouldn't believe that this is just impossible!
Again by the same logic; if I really die, how would and could I know, see or tell to someone : I've died, I'm dead?
And how someone else could tell me :
"You are no more!"
The same is true about the concept or the idea of so-called a "God". The existence of any such a "God" could not, by no means what-so-ever be experienced, proved or known directly in the same way as you see, or know someone - any sentient life-form or some object, an insentient one which is supposed to be not alive.
There are believers and there are also the sceptics who have an "idea", a "thought" of such a " God", either in the form of a "belief" or in the form of a "doubt" but nevertheless an idea or a thought about the "God" - never either direct perception of such a "God" nor practical experience or encounter any. Therefore the belief and the doubt about the existence of "God" is repeatedly vehemently adamantly forced by those who "believe" and also by those who "doubt" or "deny" the existence of a "God" or "Gods".
Thinking or talking about the element of truth of "Death" or about the existence of "God" isn't it rather far more important and urgent a need to try and finding out exactly "Who" or "What" dies?
The matter and the material objects are neither alive nor could be said to die. The "consciousness" of those material objects is the only criteria and a basis which too could never be said to die.
Both of these Realities in a way, are ever so "Immortal".
Consciousness of being however is a fact, that is though imperceptible, it's the only ground and support of all "knowing". The "knowing" through the sense-organs and the information in terms of knowledge is again never the "Consciousness". There is this object-oriented consciousness where the focus of attention is about the known, while there is also the another, where the focus of attention is about the 'self', and where this 'self' is "known", though never like the objects - never like the knowledge or the information.
This "knowing" of the 'self' is always in the form of "Awareness", and though the 'self' is known through and in Awareness only, this Awareness could neither be an object nor a 'self'.
Awareness too is beyond Life and Death.
It's never born nor could ever die, for it is Deathless Reality. The 'self' is associated with consciousness of the body to which 'self' claims itself it's own and moreover, "I'm" the self, this idea itself is identified as being oneself the body. And therefrom arises the thought or the conflict "I'm the body" and "I'm the self"
The consciousness of the sentient body thus assumes the sense : I'm this body, which is basically a wrong assumption, because I know I've this body
The Sense "I'm this body" persists only in the waking state of consciousness, while the sense of "I'm" prevails even when one is asleep or going through a dream.
Does this sense die?
Is not the idea / thought of committing suicide a contradiction in itself?
Still many people get overwhelmed by this absurd thought in an untoward situation and so try to kill themselves / oneself.
Sheer stupidity!!
Only if they could know the importance of Awareness of the self / I'm, and give their attention to this truth, they would never.
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