And Now And Here汇总.doc

And Now, And Here Talks given from 28/10/69 to 31/10/69 Original in Hindi 15 Chapters Year published: 1994 Hindi at Dwarka, Gujurat, previously published as two Volumes. Contains material from The Mysteries of Life and Death and possibly The Gateless Gate. And Now, And Here, Vol 1 Chapter #1 Chapter title: No Bigger Lie Than Death 28 October 1969 pm in Meditation Camp at Dwarka, Gurujat, India Archive code: 6910285 ShortTitle: NOW01 Audio: No Video: No We become free from that which we have known. We also triumph over that which we have known. Our failure and defeat are only because of our ignorance. Defeat is because of darkness; when there is light, defeat is impossible -- light itself will bring triumph. The first thing I would like to tell you about death is that there is no bigger lie than death. And yet, death appears to be true. It not only appears to be true but even seems like the cardinal truth of life -- it appears as if the whole of life is surrounded by death. Whether we forget about it, or become oblivious to it, everywhere death remains close to us. Death is even closer to us than our shadow. We have even structured our lives out of our fear of death. The fear of death has created society, the nation, family and friends. The fear of death has caused us to chase money and has made us ambitious of higher positions. And the biggest surprise is that our gods and our temples have also been raised out of the fear of death. Afraid of death, there are people who pray on their knees. Afraid of death, there are people who pray to God with folded hands raised towards the sky. And nothing is more false than death. That is why whatever system of life we have created, believing death to be true, has become false. How do we know the falsity of death? How can we know there is no death? Until we know that, our fear of death will not go. Until we know the falsity of death, our lives will also remain false. As long as there is fear of death, there cannot be au