Real life and Real death

WHAT IS REAL LIFE?
To live in the Eternal Atman,
To taste the bliss of the Soul.
To worship the Lord at all times,
Is real Life.
To do Japa of Lord's Name,
To sing His glory constantly,
To remember Him at all times,
Is real Life.
To practise Yama, Niyama,
To serve the poor and the sick,
To hear the Srutis,
Is real Life.
To reflect and meditate,
To serve the Guru,
To follow his instructions,
Is real Life.
To realise one's own Self,
To behold the one Self everywhere,
To attain Brahma-Jnana,
Is real Life.
To live to serve humanity,
To practise self-restraint,
To control the mind and the senses,
Is real Life
To practise Pranayama,
To do Brahma-Vichara,
To stick to resolves,
Is real Life.
To live in Om,
To chant Om,
To meditate on Om,
Is real Life.
To ignore the names and forms,
To take the essence hidden in them,
To drink the nectar of Immortality,
Is real Life.



WHAT IS REAL DEATH?
Not to study the Gita, Upanishads, daily,
Not to remember God at all times,
Not to serve Sadhus and Gurus,
Is real death.
Not to have equal vision,
Not to have balanced mind,
Not to have Atma-Drishti,
Is real death.
Not to have Brahma-Jnana,
Not to have a large heart,
Not to do charitable acts,
Is real death.
To identify oneself with the body,
To forget one's divine nature,
To live aimlessly,
Is real death.
To eat, drink and be merry,
To waste the time uselessly,
To lose one's honour and name,
Is real death.
To gamble and play cards,
To read novels, drink and smoke,
To gossip, cavil and scandalise,
Is real death.
To backbite, revile, carry tales,
To speak ill of others,
To cheat, falsify and dupe,
Is real death.
To earn money unlawfully,
To outrage others' women,
To injure others,
Is real death.
To lead a sensual life,
To waste vital energy,
To have a lustful look,
Is real death.

God is the end of all actions.
He is the end of all Sadhanas, Yoga practices.
Seek Him.
Realise Him.
Only then can you be free and perfect.
Look upon the world as a mirage.
Lead a life of selfless service, renunciation, dispassion, prayer and meditation.
You will soon attain God-realisation.

Hi Reshmirn,

Nice post and a good spiritual boost for the day.
thanks
preethi

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"Amazing! You hang something in your
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"Reason to smile: Every 7 minutes of every day,
someone in an aerobics class pulls a hamstring. "

"One of life's mysteries is how a 2 pound box of
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"Women over 50 don't have babies because they
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"I know what Victoria's Secret is. The secret is that
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"Just when I was used to yesterday, along came today. "
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"The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight because
by then, your body and your fat are really good friends.
A friend of mine confused her valium with her birth
control pills. She had 14 kids, but she doesn't really care. "

"They keep telling us to get in touch with our bodies.
Mine isn't all that communicative but I heard from it the
other day after I said, "Body, how'd you like to go to the
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my body said, "listen witch...do it and die!" "

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Nice one Reshmi...
Brings out the nature in you....which is of compassionate and religious...am I right?
Very well brought out the purpose of life.....keep posting....

sriniketan

I agree totally that to injure others is real death, because the very important human nature itself must be gone , dead, inside if anyone injures another life.
Thank you for sharing very noble thoughts
yours sincerely
swarnalata

Thanx Preethi,Sriniketan & Swarnalatha for your comments..