What is death?
By The Mother - Jan 15, 2014
This offer was made to all the students. The following work represents the response of a French class to Mother’s offer.
The Fear of Death and the Four Methods of Conquering It
By The Mother - Oct 15, 2017
Generally speaking, perhaps the greatest obstacle in the way of man’s progress is fear, a fear that is many-sided, multiform, self-contradictory, illogical, unreasoning and often unreasonable. Of all fears the most subtle and the most tenacious is the fear of death. It is deeply rooted in the subconscient and it is not easy to dislodge. It is obviously made up of several interwoven elements: the spirit of conservatism and the concern for self-preservation so as to ensure the continuity of consciousness, the recoil before the unknown, the uneasiness caused by the unexpected and the unforeseeable, and perhaps, behind all that, hidden in the depths of the cells, the instinct that death is not inevitable and that, if certain conditions are fulfilled, it can be conquered; although, as a matter of fact, fear in itself is one of the greatest obstacles to that conquest. For one cannot conquer what one fears, and one who fears death has already been conquered by it.
Hope — a journey towards Light
By Alok Pandey - Jan 15, 2014
The article was written at the request of the Director of a hospice care where the terminally ill are lodged. He wanted something that could help them in their hour of distress while they were facing death. This text was written entirely with such patients in mind. Rather than quoting facts and figures or expounding a scripture, the author felt that they needed something that inspired hope and confidence as they stood face to face with the 'inevitable'. The author realised that they needed something that could not only convince their mind but also, and even more importantly, touch their soul.
The metaphysical basis for Integral Health: Issues of life and death
By Soumitra Basu - Oct 15, 2019
European Task Force on Disorders of Consciousness‘unresponsive wakefulness syndrome’
Dying every single day
By Mira Prabhu - Oct 15, 2016
What’s the one thing we humans can never ever get back? Yes, it is time, precious time. To bring this awareness sharply to mind, Buddhists teach a simple three-point meditation on the inevitability of death: 1) that death is certain; 2) that the time of death is uncertain; and 3) that when we die, we can take nothing with us but our state of consciousness. Practising this analytical meditation regularly can work wonders in leading us to liberation. It also gets rid of the endless crud clogging our spiritual arteries — so we can focus on our greatest passions instead of a thousand-and-one paltry affairs that won’t matter a whit as we approach the final curtain on this lifetime..