How to Conquer Death

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Om Namah Sivaya Extract from the Chhandogya Upanishad This body is the city of Brahman.In the heart of this city,There is a little space shaped like a lotus,Within which he lives.Find Him and realize Him. What is there to find? For what reason? That little space within the heart is as large as theInfinite universe outside;

the heaven and the earth.Fire and wind, the sun and the moon,Lightning and the stars all are contained in it. If you say, "What happens to all beings, all desires,All that exists in it, when old age comes, decay beginsAnd the body dissolves in death?" When old age comes and body decays, this realityWithin the body does not decay.When the body dies This does not die.This space inside the body is in truth the city of Brahman.Brahman lives here as the inner Self of all beings.He is beyond sinAnd sorrow, old age and death,Beyond all hunger and thirst. All selfless desires areContained in him and he fulfills all desires that are right.Here on earth people do what they are told to do by othersOr are led by the customs, traditions and law of the landOr they do what they want to do, be it ruling a countryOr owning a

piece of land.Earthly pleasures are finite, after reaching a pointThey come to an end, so are the pleasures of heaven.Those who die without realizing their real Self,The divinity within, have no freedom and no peaceIn life or death. But those who have realized the Self,Are ever free both here and hereafter,They get what they truly desire. Our selfless desires are covered by selfish onesAnd for this we do not have this power: therefore, whenOur loved ones die we cannot see them again.All desires, whether to see our loved ones who are aliveOr dead or to acquire objects hard to get, are fulfilledWhen we realize the Self in meditation, entering the lotusOf the heart where the Lord

lives.(The objects of all desires are given by the LordWho dwells within, being concealed by our vain desiresAnd selfish preoccupations.) Like a person who walks on the ground but does notKnow the gold that lies underneath, day after dayWe come in touch with the Lord in deep sleep,But we do not know him. The Self dwells in the lotus of the heart and for thisHe is known as the Lord of the heart. A sage knows thisAnd in meditation he visits this temple in the heart,Day after day he enjoys the kingdom of heaven inside. Sivaya Namah

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