DEATH AND IMMORTALITY (philosophy of death)
Death is not the opposite of life but one of its fundamental components.
Birth is the opposite of death and the two together are the foundations of life, because without birth and death life does not exist.
That which is born is destined to die and in its place something else will be born.
Only that which is beyond forms and the cause of all forms is beyond birth and death, eternal, indestructible, complete and perfect.
Though man fears death, only through death can he find freedom. Otherwise he would be condemned to live in confinement, in delusion, in pain and misery for centuries and centuries.
If the old does not die, the new cannot be born; if we do not die to the lower we cannot be born to the higher.
Not only physical death but also every kind of change and alteration is a kind of death. And while change is the central feature of life, our ego resists all change because of its attachment to what it is used to or likes.
But life, being a constant change, is indifferent to the ego's whims and moves incessantly towards new paths and horizons. The ego is forced to suffer by being attached to its fantasies and habits.
The only solution and way out is death. The death of our false ego with all its vanities, illusions, attachments, beliefs, desires, passions and defects.
Only the death of the ego allows the free flow of life within us (on all levels) and our transformation into a divine being, conscious of our identity with God and the unity of all that exists.