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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Life and Death |  |  |  | Life and Death: There's More to Life Than Striking Deals
If you really want the best deal in life, stop making deals. Yet, your very demeanour should be such that your client is simply bowled over. This is not a trick. The deal will happen if it's necessary; it won't happen if it's not. It is for the well-being of both parties, so it must be needed by both of you. Once we're in this world, there are transactions, personal or otherwise.
(See also: Life and Death, Life and Beyond, Death
and Dying, Body Mind and Soul)
Read more here: » Life and Death: There's More to Life Than Striking Deals |
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As a teenager I always carried some cotton, antiseptic and a bandage in my pocket. After all, someone could get hurt. One day, I was in a bus. A fellow passenger got hurt. Here was my chance to become a hero, I thought excitedly. Out came my kit. I applied some antiseptic on her bruise and bandaged it. Another passenger looked at me and said: "Do you know, you have caused this bruise - indirectly." I was taken aback. He continued: "You waited for someone to fall and get hurt so that you could use your medical kit." My take on nishkaama karma, selfless action, had failed.
(See also: Life and Death, Life and Beyond, Death
and Dying, Body Mind and Soul)
Read more here: » Life and Death: Do Good Naturally, Not Out of Duty |
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|  |  |  | Life and Death: Great Indian Myths: Moksha and Maya
There are two key Indian myths: Moksha and Maya. Within these two spheres the whole invisible world of gods, heroes, quests, and powers are contained. Moksha speaks to the primacy of consciousness as the stuff from which all reality is created. Maya is the distraction that keeps us constantly in search of truth. Paleo-linguists tell us that the word 'maya' is not correctly understood as "illusion" but as "measurement", and from this we get the terms matter, meter, mother, mata, matrix, matrika, music and myth itself.
(See also: Life and Death, Life and Beyond, Death
and Dying, Body Mind and Soul)
Read more here: » Life and Death: Great Indian Myths: Moksha and Maya |
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|  |  |  | Life and Death: Freedom From Exile
Destiny and the dynamics of living often remove us from the place we belong to, from what we refer to as our hometown. Living away, we tend to get "hometown-sick". We split ourselves, and suffer a 'body here, mind there' syndrome. Interestingly, this can happen not just to an individual or a family, but even collectively to a whole people.
(See also: Life and Death, Life and Beyond, Death
and Dying, Body Mind and Soul)
Read more here: » Life and Death: Freedom From Exile |
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|  |  |  | Life and Death: Leadership is About Taking Decisions
Whatever we are today is the direct consequence of choices we made and decisions we took. Our karma cannot be shared. It is non-transferable. Leadership, and indeed life itself, is primarily about making decisions. Events such as the recent Indo-Pak goodwill cricket series bring into focus the indivisibility of leadership decisions and its consequences thereof.
(See also: Life and Death, Life and Beyond, Death
and Dying, Body Mind and Soul)
Read more here: » Life and Death: Leadership is About Taking Decisions |
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|  |  |  | Life and Death: The Spiritual Type You Think You Are
An academic can be a spiritualist, if he realises the limitations of the intellectual realm. As Jiddu Krishnamurti says, mind and thought are the source of evil. T S Eliot, inspired by the Gita, celebrates stillness amidst movement, fixity amidst fluidity, silence amidst music. The throbbing of the mind is the origin of alienation from life - the intellectual tends to divorce mind from body, but unity can be achieved through the pursuit of yoga and meditative techniques.
(See also: Life and Death, Life and Beyond, Death
and Dying, Body Mind and Soul)
Read more here: » Life and Death: The Spiritual Type You Think You Are |
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| | | |  |  |  | Life and Death: Origins of BuddhismBuddhism: Origins of Buddhism
Legend has it that the Buddha to be, Siddhartha Gautama, was born around the 6th century BCE. His birthplace is said to be Lumbini in the kingdom of Magadha, in what is now Nepal. His father was a
king, and Siddhartha lived in luxury, being spared all hardship.
Read more here: » Buddhism: Origins of Buddhism |
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Hindu -
Hinduism Dictionary on Reincarnation
reincarnation: "Re-entering the flesh." Punarjanma; metempsychosis. The process wherein souls take on a physical body through the birth process. Reincarnation is one of the fundamental principles of Hindu spiritual insight, shared by the mystical schools of nearly all religions, including Jainism, Sikhism, Buddhism (and even by Christianity until it was cast out by the Nicene Council in 787). It is against the backdrop of this principle of the soul's enjoying many lives that other aspects of Hinduism can be understood. It is a repetitive cycle, known as punarjanma, which originates in the subtle plane (Antarloka), the realm in which souls live between births and return to after death. Here they are assisted in readjusting to the "in-between" world and eventually prepared for yet another birth. The quality and nature of the birth depends on the merit or demerit of their past actions (karma) and on the needs of their unique pattern of development and experience (dharma). The mother, the father and the soul together create a new body for the soul. At the moment of conception, the soul connects with and is irrevocably bound to the embryo. As soon as the egg is fertilized, the process of human life begins. It is during the mid-term of pregnancy that the full humanness of the fetus is achieved and the soul fully inhabits the new body, a stage which is acknowledged when the child begins to move and kick within the mother's womb. (Tirumantiram, 460: "There in the pregnant womb, the soul lay in primordial quiescence [turiya] state. From that state, Maya [or Prakriti] and Her tribe aroused it and conferred consciousness and maya's evolutes eight- desires and the rest. Thus say scriptures holy and true.") Finally, at birth the soul emerges into earth consciousness, veiled of all memory of past lives and the inner worlds. The cycle of reincarnation ends when karma has been resolved and the Self God (Parasiva) has been realized. This condition of release is called moksha. Then the soul continues to evolve and mature, but without the need to return to physical existence. How many earthly births must one have to attain the unattainable? Many thousands to be sure, hastened by righteous living, tapas, austerities on all levels, penance and good deeds in abundance. See: reincarnation, evolution of the soul, karma, moksha, nonhuman birth, samsara, soul.
(See
also: Reincarnation ,
Hinduism,
Body Mind and Soul)
For more dictionary entries, see » Life And Death Dictionary |
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|  |  |  | Life and Death: The Truth Beyond Success and Failure
It does not matter to a man of awareness whether he is successful or unsuccessful, well-known or absolutely unknown, powerful or just a nobody. To a man of awareness, these dualities don't matter at all, because awareness is the greatest treasure. When you have it, you don't want anything else. You don't want to become the president or prime minister of a country. Those who pursue power suffer even in success - they live in the eternal fear that they might lose it. At first they suffered because they were not successful; now after being successful, too, they are suffering because of a feeling of insecurity.
(See also: Peace on Earth, Peace of Mind, Love and
Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul)
Read more here: » Peace of Mind: The Truth Beyond Success and Failure |
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|  |  |  | Life and Death: The Really Big Questions - Life and DeathBy
virtue of being human we all know that we are alive, and are more or less aware
of ourselves as separate entities, as beings. Moreover, unlike almost all of
the animals, we are aware of our own mortality. We know that some day we must
inevitably die. We know that death means our body will cease to have life, will
no longer function, but beyond that, we are not really sure what death entails
or means. It is the greatest mystery of mysteries. Our common situation of self
awareness and knowledge of impending death creates in all of us a universal
human curiosity about the "really big questions."
From The Laws
of Wisdom by Ralph LoseyRead more here: » Life
and Death: The Really Big Questions - Life and Death |
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| |  |  |  | Life and Death: Encyclopedia of Afterlife Mythology
in Different CulturesAfterife - Life After Death
An encyclopedia of different cultures
mythology around afterlife,
including : Adiri, Ama-No-Hashidate: , Asamando, Asgard, Astral Plane,
Avalon, Bralgu, Chalmecacivati, Ching Tu, Chinvato Peretav, Dilum, Djanna,
Elysium, Fortunate Isle, Gwenved, Happy Hunting Ground, Hawaiki, Inkolwe, Isle
of the Blest, Kevala, Khun-Lun, Ki-Agpga-Pod, Kotluwalawa, Land of the Moon,
Lewu Liau, Limbo, Mizumu, Moksha, Mormon Heaven, Mount Kailasa, Mount Meru ,
New Age Afterlife, New Jerusalem, Nirvana, Otherworld, Sheol, Summerland, Tain,
Tamoanchan, The Pole Star, Tlalocan, Tum and Valhalla.
Read more here: » Afterlife: Encyclopedia of Afterlife Mythology
in Different Cultures |
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|  |  |  | Life and Death: Departing Or Death Bed Visions FAQWHAT
IS A DEPARTING VISION (OFTEN CALLED A DEATHBED VISION)?
Most
Hospice workers are very familiar with departing or deathbed visions, but
sometimes these experiences are difficult to put into words. A deathbed vision
or Death Bed Vision is a powerful, comforting experience the dying and their
family members often encounter just before death occurs. The dying will report
visions of angels, deceased loved ones or religious figures moments, hours,
days or even weeks before actual death takes place. These visions typically
lessen the fear of dying and make passing an easier transition for all
concerned.
Read more here: » Death
Bed Visions: Departing Or Death Bed Visions FAQ |
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| |  |  |  | Life and Death: Should You Develop Your Psychic Abilities? Each and every person has psychic abilities that vary in terms of
intensity and strength. The strength of your abilities will depend on what you
are meant to accomplish during your lifetime. If you are meant to be a healer,
then you will probably have strong healing ability. If you are meant to give
proof to people about the existence of life after death, then you will be able
to communicate with loved ones that have passed on. Each person is unique in
his or her gifts.
Read more here: » Psychic Abilities: Should You Develop Your Psychic Abilities? |
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| |  |  |  | Life and Death: Parapsychology and personal survival after deathSupernatural
phenomena are still being dismissed by the academic community. Influenced by
recent breaktroughs leading to an explanation of some mysteries, they have come
to the conclusion that science will explain all eventually.
Scientists,
who would not dare to trespass in fields outside their speciality for fear of
being torn apart by fellow academics, feel free to make all sorts of
pronouncements in the media on subjects in the domain of parapsychological
research, of which they have no knowledge whatsoever. Like in all other areas
of science, parapsychology has narrowed down its research to specialist
sectors, hardly anyone daring to voice an opinion on general issues.
Read more here: » Parapsychological Research: Parapsychology and personal survival after death |
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