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〃 and at the very last moment he says； 〃now； perhaps i am telling you the final thing： my tongue is failing。
i wont be able to speak a single word further； but still i am saying； i exist。
〃 until the final moment of death he kept saying； 〃i am still alive。
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in meditation； too； one has to enter slowly within。
and gradually； one after another； things begin to drop away。
a distance is created with each and every thing； and a moment arrives when it feels as if everything is lying far away at a distance。
it will feel as if someone elses corpse is lying on the shore …… and yet you exist。
the body is lying there and still you exist …… separate； totally distinct and different。
once we experience seeing death face…to…face while alive； we will never have anything to do with death again。
death will keep on ing； but then it will be just like a stopover …… it will be like changing clothes； it will be like when we take new horses and ride in new bodies and set out on a new journey； on new paths； into new worlds。
but death will never be able to destroy us。
this can only be known by encountering death。
we will have to know it； we will have to pass through it。
because we are so very afraid of death； we are not even able to meditate。
many people e to me and say that they are unable to meditate。
how shall i tell them that their real problem is something else？ their real problem is the fear of death。
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and meditation is a process of death。
in a state of total meditation we reach the same point a dead man does。
the only difference is that the dead man reaches there in an unconscious state； while we reach consciously。
this is the only difference。
the dead man has no knowledge of what happened； of how the shell broke open and the kernel survived。
the meditative seeker knows that the shell and the kernel have bee separate。
the fear of death is the basic reason why people cannot go into meditation …… there is no other reason。
those who are afraid of death can never enter into samadhi。
samadhi is a voluntary invitation to death。
an invitation is given to death： 〃e； i am ready to die。
i want to know whether or not i will survive after death。
and it is better that i know it consciously； because i wont be able to know anything if this event occurs in an unconscious state。
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so； the first thing i say to you is that as long as you keep running away from death you will continue to be defeated by it …… and the day you stand up and encounter death； that very day death will leave you； but you will remain。
these three days； all my talks will be on the techniques of how you can encounter death。
i hope that； these three days； many people will e to know how to die； will be able to die。
and if you can die here； on this shore。
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and this is an incredible seashore。
it was on these very sands that krishna once walked …… the same krishna who told arjuna in a certain war； 〃dont be worried； have no fear。
dont be afraid of killing or of being killed； because i tell you that neither does anyone die nor does anyone kill。
〃 neither has anyone ever died； nor can anyone ever die and that which dies； that which can die； is already dead。
and that which does not die and cannot be killed …… there is no way of its dying。
and that is life itself。
tonight； we have unexpectedly gathered on this seashore where that very krishna once walked。
these sands have seen krishna walk。
people must have believed that krishna really died …… since we know death as the only truth； for us everyone dies。
this sea； these sands； have never felt that krishna died； this sky； these stars and the moon have never believed in krishnas death。
in fact； nowhere is there any room for death in life； but we have all believed that krishna died。
we believe so because we are always haunted by the thought of our own death。
why are we so preoccupied with the thought of our death？ we are alive right now； then why are we so afraid of death？ why are we so very afraid of dying？ actually； behind this fear； there is a secret which we must understand。
there is a certain mathematics behind it； and this mathematics is very interesting。
we have never seen ourselves dying。
we have seen others dying； and that reinforces the idea that we will have to die too。
for example； a raindrop lives in the ocean with thousands of other drops； and one day the suns rays fall on it and it turns into vapor； it disappears。
the other drops think it is dead； and they are right …… because they had seen the drop just a little while ago； and now it is gone。
but the drop still exists in the clouds。
yet how are the other drops to know this until they themselves bee the cloud？ by now that drop must have fallen into the sea and bee a drop again。
but how can the other drops know this until they themselves set out on that journey？
when we see somebody dying around us； we think the person is no more； that yet another man has died。
we dont realize that the man has simply evaporated； that he has entered the subtle； and then set out on a new journey …… that he is a drop which has evaporated； only to bee a drop once again。
how are we to see this？ all we feel is that one more person is lost； that one more person is dead。
thus； somebody dies every day； every day some drop is lost。
and it slowly bees a certainty for us that we too will have to die； that； 〃i too will die。
〃 then a fear takes hold： 〃i will die。
〃 this fear grips us because we are looking at others。
we live watching others； and that is our problem。
last night i was telling some friends a story。
once a jewish fakir became very upset by his troubles …… who doesnt get upset？ we are all bothered by our woes； and our greatest bother is seeing others happy。
seeing that others are happy； we continue being unhappy。
there is more mathematics behind this； the same kind of mathematics i spoke about in reference to death。
we see our misery and we see the faces of others。
we dont see the misery in others； we see their smiling eyes； the smiles on their lips。
if we look at ourselves； we wi