Death
is not a way to succeed in sadhana. If you die in that way, you will
only have the same difficulties again with probably less favourable
circumstances.
The way to succeed in sadhana is to refuse to be
discouraged, to aspire simply and sincerely so that the Mother's force
may work in you and bring down what is above. No man ever succeeded in
this sadhana by his own merit. To become open and plastic to the Mother
is the one thing needed.
Letters On Yoga , Volume-24 , SABCL
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Q: What is the difference between a death in the Ashram and a death outside? Does one get more benefit in the form of development of mind and other parts on the subtle planes so that one may get a better new birth?
A: I am not aware of any "development of mental" etc. in their planes; the development takes place on earth. The mental and other planes are not evolutionary. The one who dies here is assisted in his passage to the psychic world and helped in his future evolution towards the Divine. 14-12-1936 page 501-02 , On Himself , volume 26 , SABCL |
Immortality Death, we have said, is a mere phase. There is no death, only the change from bondage to freedom. Death of the body is the first release from physical bondage, death of the soul the last release from spiritual bondage. The soul does not really die, but merely shakes off the false sense of separateness from /brahman. /Who then will fear death? Death is no enemy, no King of Horrors, but a friend who opens the gates of Heaven to the aspiring soul. Heaven is a myth in the opinion of modern science, but if Heaven means eternal happiness then Heaven is no myth. It is the state of the soul released from /m//ā//y//ā//, /rejoicing in the sense of its own illimitable being; and those attain it who are in this world able to rise above the self to the knowledge of the higher self either by /yoga /or by selfless action for the sake of others Page 712, Bande Mataram , volume 1, SABCL |