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WE ARE and WE are NOT as also WE are NOT and WE ARE
getting annihilated or dead it is obviously not life itself as life keeps itself ceaselessly manifesting in countless variations. Then what is it that  ̳dies‘ when the drop of individuality reunites with the ocean of being? It is not the  ̳beingness‘ that dies, but it is the sense of separation that dissolves. At this point the ocean is as much the drop as the drop is the ocean as no distinction can be made. Putting it in another way when a clay pot breaks, the space within and without seamlessly merge. This awareness is the basis of Vairagya and that alone enables us to live as living dead. There is a peculiar notion amongst us that a person who is a living dead will not have any fear of death.
It must be understood that the fear of dying is not necessarily the same as the fear of death. The fear of dying is part of the natural functioning of any living organism; even a fly will try to avoid the fly swatter. The fear of death, on the other hand, is abstract mind stuff. It is based on imagination and projection and the erroneous belief that we are the body. The bad news here is that all that is born will
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