Embracing Death

What is the one thing that is certain to happen in life? Think about it.

It’s death.

When you try to feel this through your soul, you get to a few realizations:

If I am going to die anyway, how does all of this matter? An average human is going to live for 75 years (let’s say) and his legacy is going to be there for 25 years (presumably). Thereafter, your entire existence would be gone from this planet.

What does this imply? This implies that it’s okay if you fail. If nothing is going to matter anyway, why stress about it; you basically get a permission to fail.

Now, when you observe a little more, this very moment is unique and will not come back ever. How does this make you feel?

I certainly feel nothing but an abundant sense of gratitude.

The Big Bang started with a tiny point, then formed 200 billion galaxies, and led to me writing this tweet while standing in line at 7-Eleven. Why is everyone acting like this is normal? Life is a miracle.

-Lex Fridman

Finally, combining these two; we come to a conclusion that whatever you’re trying to achieve is just a matter of time. It’s okay to loose because it’s not gonna matter anyway in the long run and you keep trying to achieve something not to win but you’re happy that you get to take part in the process itself. You’re happy because you’re grateful for your existence and the fact that you’ve the opportunity to explore so many things.

This is why when you embrace death, you actually learn how to live a life.

Ganesha: He was executed by his own father because he was not willing to break the promise he gave to his mother. He embraced death but kept his word. When he got his life back, due to his virtue; he was blessed to be worshiped before any other God/deity i.e any Puja should start with worship of Ganesha.