कहत-सुनत जग जात है, विषय न सूझे काल I कहैं कबीर सुन प्रानिया, साहिब नाम सम्हाल II
Everybody is going to pass through gates of death someday. If only we can remember that we are only pure consciousness - not the body, not the mind, not the heart, not our money, not our prestige, not our power, not our house, but just pure consciousness - then we can pass through the barrier of death unscratched. Then death cannot make even a dent in us. Death has power over us only if we are attached. We are not afraid of death, but of losing attachments. Basically what makes us afraid of death is that it will take us away from all our attachments. If it were possible that you could take your wife, your children and your house and your money and your power and everything that you think belongs to you, with yourself, when you are dying, you may not be afraid so much. You would rejoice; a great adventure - going with the whole caravan. But death cuts everything away from you, leaves you utterly naked - only as a consciousness. The form in which you came in the world, depart no different.
"Kabir says, an ignorant man entangled in worldly attachments (i.e. hunger of Maya), spends his lifetime accumulating material wealth and forgets that life is fragile and can end at any moment. No matter how long we live, our time on earth will eventually come to an end. And yet for some reason, many of us choose to live our lives as if we have all the time in the world. We procrastinate, put off our dreams and take our loved ones for granted. It's high time we appreciate the time we have, grateful for its every moment and remain absorbed in chanting "Hari Naam", for His Realisation is the true purpose of this rare human birth, the crowning fruition of all endeavors."
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