Death is an endless object of fascination for the ego idea. Interestingly enough, death isn't an object and, in an honest examination, we can't state authoritatively that there is such a thing as an object at all. Death and decay are one of the transitional forms of appearances as are birth and growth. Every form comes into appearance at some point and disappears at another. This is readily observable in life. By what trait or capacity is this known? Consciousness.
Some say that consciousness is the eternal principle. Obviously it isn't as transient as the perceptions that appear within it but still consciousness (in the traditional understanding of that word) gives way to unconsciousness.What is this entire process known by? THAT is the absolute. That within which all experiences arise and fade. It is that which gives rise to the appearance of life and death and is beyond both. Only appearances are born and die. Life is the timeless show of the infinite.
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