18th July
People believe in eternal life because they believe that life’s beginning is spiritual, and therefore eternal.
In our soul is the sign of eternity.
— William Ellery Channing
Our biggest desire is to live forever. But when we are freed from this body, we will not wish to come back. Is there such a child who, once born, would like to return to the womb of his mother? Is there a man who, freed from prison, would like to return to it? In the same way, a person should not be afraid about the future liberation from his body, if he is not connected too closely with this material life.
— Tables Of The Babids, A Muslim Sect From Persia
A person is not afraid to die only after he understands that he was never born, that he always existed, exists at present, and will always exist.
A person will believe in his eternity when he understands that his life is not a wave, a period of time, but the eternal movement which is manifested in this life only as a wave.
Those who believe that their life has not begun with their birth and will not end with death find it much easier to live a good life than those who do not understand or believe this.