A question from someone I know

[Guest guest]

Dear Friends,

I received the following e-mail from someone who is very close to me. I

will call him Mr. N. Mr N is a middle aged Hindu, a divorced father of

two, who has never been particularly religious and just recently

started to wonder about the mysteries of life. I told him that I would

pass his questions on to wise people and forward him any answers that I

receive.

If you are so inclined and could make some comments, that would be

appreciated.

What he writes is given below.........Harsha

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Harsha, after our telephone conversation, I would like to make an

observation and pose a question for the learned members in your group

so that I may be enlightened. I am looking for more thoughtful answers

than "well, when the body dies, EVERYTHING in it is gone for ever!".

Thats too simplistic.

Here is my observation/question for your group and I hope you won't

laugh and dismiss this.

 

Today’s modern instruments can

easily monitor the heart activity of a person who is dying. Once the

heart stops, the person is viewed as having died. The wave like

patterns seen on the heart monitor suddenly turn into a straight line

when the person dies because the heart has stopped functioning.

 

But the two most important parts

of our body are the heart and the brain, and there is so little we know

of the latter. What EXACTLY happens to and in the brain when we die is

not all that clear. The brain is a most remarkable organ as it is the

only organ that has both physical and mental dimensions.

 

As I grow older, I find myself

cogitating more about life in general, and death in particular, as I

consider death a part of life. In Hinduism, it is believed that when

the body dies, the soul lives on and, in time, it attaches it self to

another living form.

 

As a layman, I have no clue what

a soul is, or how it is defined, but of late I have been thinking much

about what happens to the brain once a person dies. I have no answers

but only questions.

 

Most people who die a natural

death have lived a complete life, that has seen its ups and downs. By

the time they are in their death bed, their brain has retained a vast

amount of information, including the many many memories of that

person’s experience. Personally, I find it hard to believe that when a

person “dies”, all that information in the persons’s brain, including

the special memories, simply “disappear” from the scene and is

“wasted”. And gone forever. I would like to know what happens to it.

Harsha, if your group members or other friends know anything about this

or have some thoughts on the matter please forward these.

[Guest guest]

, Harsha <harsha@h...> wrote:

>

> Dear Friends,

>

> I received the

>

> As a layman, I have no clue what a soul is, or how it is defined,

but of

> late I have been thinking much about what happens to the brain

once a

> person dies. I have no answers but only questions.

>

>

>

> Most people who die a natural death have lived a complete life,

that has

> seen its ups and downs. By the time they are in their death bed,

their

> brain has retained a vast amount of information, including the

many many

> memories of that person's experience. Personally, I find it hard

to

> believe that when a person "dies", all that information in the

persons's

> brain, including the special memories, simply "disappear" from the

scene

> and is "wasted". And gone forever. I would like to know what

happens to it.

>

>

> Harsha, if your group members or other friends know anything about

this

> or have some thoughts on the matter please forward these.

>

advaitin, Harsha <harsha@h...> wrote:

>

> Dear Friends,

>

> I received the following e-mail from someone who is very close to

me. I

>

> As a layman, I have no clue what a soul is, or how it is defined,

but of

> late I have been thinking much about what happens to the brain

once a

> person dies. I have no answers but only questions.

>

>

>

> Most people who die a natural death have lived a complete life,

that has

> seen its ups and downs. By the time they are in their death bed,

their

> brain has retained a vast amount of information, including the

many many

> memories of that person's experience. Personally, I find it hard

to

> believe that when a person "dies", all that information in the

persons's

> brain, including the special memories, simply "disappear" from the

scene

> and is "wasted". And gone forever. I would like to know what

happens to it.

 

Namaste H et al,

 

The brain is just congealed energy and thoughts are finer energy.

Except for samkaras of tendencies, the vibrations are returned to

the greater pool of energy, at death. Thoughts aren't ours anyway,

we reach out and take them.

 

The construct that is left in the subtle body will not dissipate

until the ego which is central to its existence is eliminated.

Rebirth of these tendencies into new bodies will continue.

 

There is only one soul in the universe of illusion other human and

animal souls are mental construct or entities, only.

 

Ultimately it is all illusion and never happened, and really

thinking about it is somewhat analogous to examining the molecular

structure of water to get out of the swimming pool. Just climb out---

ie drop the ego...............IMHO....ONS...Tony.