Siddharameshwar Maharaj — I Have Seen My Own Death

The Lord has cautioned us in the Bhagavad Gita, “It is best to die in Swadharma (the death of body identification, which brings one into the Self). While trying to achieve this, if death comes, it is to be preferred over following some other dharma which is alien to the Self.” The aspirant should recognize the importance of the caution that is being imparted in the Lord’s words. Eradicating the idea of identification with the body is the sign of the “Knowledge of the Self.” Mahatmas experience this type of death while living. This type of death is to be preferred over the death that occurs when following someone else’s religion. Saint Tukaram said, “I have seen my own death, how shall I describe that process which is unique?” How can those who live in a religion that is not of the Self, and who die a corpse’s death, understand this process of death while living? The unfortunate one only thinks of death in terms of various customs and rites according to one’s religion.

Shri Sadguru Siddharameshwar Maharaj

Amrut Laya: The Stateless State