Our bodies will die one day, but we don’t know when. Yet we live as if this body were immortal. Or, at least like he was going to die in so long that it wasn’t worth thinking about.
When age, illness or the death of a loved one shatters this illusion, we find ourselves faced with the only valid question: who are we? And who’s going to die?
The body will die, of course. Our current personality – all the labels by which we define ourselves – will die with it. But our innermost being won’t die. Some call it soul, Self, Atman, etc., the name by which we designate it is unimportant.
Our innermost being is not linked to our body, or even to the material world in which we live. He’s part of the infinite field of love that makes up our universe – and everything else that exists that we can’t see.
As the Jesuit Pierre Teilhard de Chardin said, “We are not human beings living a spiritual experience. We are not human beings living a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings living a human experience “.
Love is infinite energy
This energy of love is beyond time and space, it has no beginning and no end, no beginning and no end. We are a part of this infinite field of love, and we are connected to everything that makes it up.
We’re made to be constantly irrigated and nourished by this energy of love, and to pass it on to those around us. That’s what makes us truly alive.
Health is not only, or even primarily, physical. Knowing that we are an infinity of love can help us live and die in peace. At peace with ourselves, with those around us and with the universe. This is true healing, the kind that goes beyond physical death.
Death is not the end of life
It’s the return of our inner self to its true universe. This is the moment when our true nature is revealed. We then know that we are much more than a body and a personality, and always have been.
Ram Dass said, “Death is not a mistake or a failure, it’s a relief. It’s like taking off shoes that are too tight.”
Wise men and mystics of all spiritualities, as well as people who have had a near-death experience, testify to this. All of them tell us that after the death of the body, there remains a consciousness that knows no limits and that joins an infinite ocean of love and joy.
Anita Moorjani recounted this experience in her book ” I then had the impression of being invaded by something I could only describe with the words “unconditional love”, but even the word love doesn’t do it justice. It was the most profound kindness I had ever experienced before. It was beyond any form of affection we can imagine, and it was unconditional (…) I felt bathed and completely regenerated in this energy. It gave me a sense of belonging, as if I had finally arrived home, after all that fighting.”
We’re all connected
And she adds: “We’re all connected, in the whole universe. Everything belongs to an infinite Whole. We are all facets of this unity, we are all One, and each of us influences the collective Whole. Our deepest essence is pure love. We are pure love, each and every one of us.
Thomas Merton had a similar experience in a moment of intense meditation: “Then it was as if I suddenly saw the secret beauty of their hearts, the essence of their reality, the being that each is in the eyes of the Divine. If only they could see themselves as they really are. If only we could see each other like that all the time. There would be no more war, no more hatred, no more cruelty, no more greed. I suppose the big problem would be that we’d throw ourselves on the ground to worship each other.”
We can only fully embrace this Love if we love ourselves unconditionally and give up judging ourselves and others.
Our most urgent mission: to love ourselves and others
Here again, age or the announcement of illness can help us realize that this is how we want to live and die, in peace with ourselves and with others. Nothing is more important and vital than making peace within ourselves. This is what will give us true joy and happiness.
It will also be our way of helping to make the world a better place.
On the same theme, you can also read the article Death doesn’t exist.
