Shri Mataji: Many people ask Me questions: What about death?

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> The invisible Spirit (Atma, Atman) is eternal, and the visible

> physical body, is transitory. The reality of these two is indeed

> certainly seen by the seers of truth. (2.16)

> The Spirit by whom this entire universe is pervaded is

> indestructible. No one can destroy the imperishable Spirit. (2.17)

> The physical bodies of the eternal, immutable, and incomprehensible

> Spirit are perishable. (2.18)

> The one who thinks that the Spirit is a slayer, and the one who

> thinks the Spirit is slain, both are ignorant. Because the Spirit

> neither slays nor is slain. (2.19)

> The Spirit is neither born nor does it die at any time. It does not

> come into being, or cease to exist. It is unborn, eternal,

> permanent, and primeval. The Spirit is not destroyed when the body

> is destroyed. (2.20)

> Just as a person puts on new garments after discarding the old ones;

> similarly, the living entity or the individual soul acquires new

> bodies after casting away the old bodies. (2.22)

> Weapons do not cut this Spirit, fire does not burn it, water does

> not make it wet, and the wind does not make it dry. The Spirit

> cannot be cut, burned, wetted, or dried. It is eternal, all

> pervading, unchanging, immovable, and primeval. (2.23-24)

> The Spirit is said to be unexplainable, incomprehensible, and

> unchanging. Knowing the Spirit as such you should not grieve. (2.25)

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" Judas finally betrays Jesus in the Gospel of Judas, but he does so

knowingly, and at the sincere request of Jesus. Jesus is a savior not

because of the mortal flesh that he wears but because he can reveal

the soul or spiritual person who is within, and the true home of

Jesus is not this imperfect world below but the divine world of light

and life. For Jesus in the Gospel of Judas, death is not tragedy, nor

is it a necessary evil to bring about the forgiveness of sins. Death,

as the exit from this absurd physical existence, is not to be feared

or dreaded. Far from being an occasion of sadness, death is the means

by which Jesus is liberated from the flesh in order that he might

return to his heavenly home, and by betraying Jesus, Judas helps his

friend discard his body and free his inner self, the divine self. "

 

The Gospel of Judas (pp. 4-5)