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free of the fear of death. When you are free, you will not be afraid of death and you will not run away from it. When you know the nature of death, you will neither hide from it nor embrace it. Those who say, "Death, you are my beloved," are extreme, and those who call death a black frightening monster are at the other extreme. It is not a monster, it is not a beloved. It is a change, a way of life when the time comes. It does not happen until the time is right. People take sleeping pills to finish life and yet they do not die. Instead, somebody comes and gives medication-they vomit and are saved. People jump from a bridge and they do not die, but someone else yawns and dies. Another person goes to attend a concert and does not come back.
If we avoid thinking about it, we will always remain in fear and we will never be able to understand what death is. It is a law, a way, a stage in life. As we experience childhood, adulthood, maturity and senior citizenship, so we experience death. They are all changes. One has to know the law. When you know the law, the fear which takes away your energy disappears, so you have energy to live. We are here with a mission, to fulfill necessary obligations and free from all binding Karmas. If you are aware, you live life and burn your Karmas and you are free from all the cycles. When your debts are over, there is no birth. When your account is closed, you will not receive a monthly statement from the bank. Now every month you get a state
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