Contemplation on death
brings out brevity of this life and then there are chances that the
person will look for the ways and means to come out of this
unavoidable situation.
There is a query - No
one escapes death, NO ONE! Let it be a beggar, let it be a king, let
it be a saint. Whether or not someone acquires eternal bliss, death
cannot be avoided. What is the use of spiritual practice?
We have already seen that the death means
departure of soul from its body. It is a situation similar to the one
where a person leaves his old house.
One is pulled out of the house for defaulting. He
has no other house to stay in. His destination could be a footpath.
There is all grief, fear while leaving the house.
Other has a lavish apartment ready. He too leaves
his house but with delight, with full of satisfaction and assured
future lavish stay.
Similarly the soul which has not yet acquired
eternal bliss is forced to leave the body as the time of tenure is
over. He has no further set up. He will have to spend time in
distress, pain waiting to be released from jail.
While the soul which has acquired eternal bliss,
leaves this world with grace. He has power to come out of the body of
his own. A divine body awaits him. He come out of the material body
and enters into the divine one with a great pleasure. There is divine
plane waiting for him, the death God bends before saint and asks him
to put one step on his head to get into the plane. He does so because
he wishes to have the feet-dust of the saint.
Saint then advances to the divine abode of God and
enjoys the relationship that he practiced with God forever. The word
forever used in this world has meaning till death. But forever in
divine world means till endless time.