- Immortality is here and now, and is not a speculative something beyond the grave. It is a lucid state of consciousness in which the sensations of the body, the varying and unrestful states of mind, and the circumstances and events of life are seen to be of a fleeting and therefore of an illusory character.
I love it when stuff like this happens. Let me explain. My personal studies consists of the Buddha, Lao Tzu, Krishnamurti, Nisargadatta and James Allen. I explore other Teachings, but these are my primary sources of wisdom and the Teachers that I share on this site. I rotate them so that I know who’s teachings I’ll be considering tomorrow, but I have no idea what those particular teachings will be until I pick them up before my morning meditation. However, I am often amazed at the way those Teachings tie in with each other from day to day and today was one of those days that makes you go ‘Wow!’
Yesterday, we were looking at the wonderfully profound ‘Chapter 33‘ of the Dao De Ching by Lao Tzu. That chapter concluded with the line, ‘To die without perishing is immortality’ and I spoke a little about, but it was something that I had spent a lot of time considering and felt like there was so much more to say about it. Well, today I opened up ‘Above Life’s Turmoil’ by James Allen and was pleasantly amazed to find that today’s piece for contemplation is ‘The Immortal Man‘.
Immortality is often misunderstood, but James explains it beautifully in this great piece. It was wonderful to contemplate it today and I hope you will give it some consideration as well. It’s excellent! It makes our work on the Path perfectly clear and all I could say after sitting with it was, ‘Yes, that’s it!’ Please check out ‘The Immortal Man‘ and if you have more to say after considering it, please share those words in the comments on that page. I’m going back to spend some more time with it — more great stuff from one of my favorite Teachers.
- Immortality does not belong to time, and will never be found in time; it belongs to Eternity; and just as time is here and now, so is Eternity here and now, and a man may find that Eternity and establish in it, if he will overcome the self that derives its life from the unsatisfying and perishable things of time.
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James Allen is a wonderful and inspiring author. If your readers are interested in finding out more about his works, I’d recommend The James Allen Library at: http://www.jamesallenlibrary.com where you can find his complete collection available online.