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is something new, in the laws of nature the idea of co-existence is found all the time. It is nothing new. To make and to unmake, to do and undo, this is an age-old process.
In our body there are billions of cells. Every second, five crore cells are being destroyed and a new five crore are being created. This co-existence is continual. To be born and to die, to be and not be. If the cells did not die, then the body would. If new cells were not created, then the body would break. When both the activities co-exist, then the body lives on.
Life and death are contradictions and yet they come together and move on together. The same second in which a man lives, he is dying and in the very same second in which he dies, he continues to live. The two contradictory events of life and death co-exist. There is no definite time schedule that at a certain time man lives and at a certain time, he dies. The two activities go on together. The second which is life-giving is also the same second which is deathproducing. Similarly the second which is deathproducing is also the same one which is life-giving. The two cannot be separated.
Acharya Mahaprajna
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