Demystifying Death by Vinod Malhotra

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According to the author, the only way we can live and understand our life fully, is by accepting the inevitability of death and by consciously factoring it in our existence.

This universe operates on the principles of duality. Every entity, every phenomenon is

inexorably subjected to this paradigm of duality and there is no exception to this rule. Victory has no meaning unless it is described in relation to defeat. It would be difficult to understand the meaning of death unless we understand life. Some loosely define it as ñNatureî. In order to accept the phenomena of life and death, we must understand Natureî and its essential nature. It is objective and impartial. It treats everyone as equal. It is constantly

evolving. It is ruthless. It is forever creating and destroying. It seeks to maintain its pristine status. All these attributes must necessarily lead to one conclusion. “Nature” will destroy the old and decrepit, and bring in fresh and young. Death must therefore be viewed

only as a replacement of the old by new.

Every living entity that is created by nature is compulsorily subjected to two phenomena. It must perform some work to survive and in the fullness of time, must perish.

This universe operates on the principles of duality. Every entity, every phenomenon is inexorably subjected to this paradigm of duality and there is no exception to this rule. Victory has no meaning unless it is described in relation to defeat. It would be difficult to understand the meaning of death unless we understand life. Some loosely define it as “Nature”. In order to accept the phenomena of life and death, we must understand Nature and its essential nature. It is objective and impartial. It treats everyone as equal. It is constantly evolving. It is ruthless. It is forever creating and destroying. It seeks to maintain its pristine status.

All these attributes must necessarily lead to one conclusion. “Nature” will destroy the old and decrepit, and bring in fresh and young.

Death must therefore be viewed only as a replacement of the old by new.