Anil Kumar Questions and
Answers
Question 51
Does
spiritual evolution continue after death? (19.01.2003)
I have not met anybody who has
returned after death, telling me, “I have evolved.” (Laughter)
No, I have not come across anybody like this.
But the scriptures clearly say this:
“There’s no death at all.”
Understanding death will help you to
understand that there is no death. That is the reason why we have
to understand what death is -- in order to be deathless. So,
there’s no death. There can only be death if there is birth; but
there’s no birth either. No birth and no death is the reality --
even though it is so difficult to believe -- because the soul or
spirit is eternal, immortal. Swami always says:
Sunwantu Viswe
Amrutasya Putraha.
The real Divinity in you is beyond
birth and death.
The so-called birth is only the
appearance of the body, and the so-called death is only the
disappearance of the body. To quote Bhagavan here: “You move from
one room to another room. That does not mean that you are already
dead in the next room and you are going to be born again in this
adjoining room. Certainly not! You are moving from one room to
another. The whole thing belongs to you.”
In a similar way, birth and death
are only a change of dress. This is why, when He was on the cross,
Jesus Christ told His mother Mary, “Death is the dress of life.”
That’s what I can say.
And what is spiritual evolution?
Spiritual evolution is the feeling that a drop belongs to the
ocean. The drop is not separate. The drop and the ocean are one
and the same. The spark and the fire are one and the same. The
foam, the wave and the water are all one and the same. The clay
and the pot are one and the same. The gold and the jewels are one
and the same. This kind of experience is a culmination in the
evolution of this organic world.
Well, that brings us to the end of
the questions submitted to me. I thank you very much for having
been here with me this morning and for listening to the talk with
rapt attention. May Bhagavan be with you forever and ever more!
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