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tive preparation is the abolition of desires.
So long as we have a body we have to act, to work, to do
something: but if we do it simply because it has to be done, with-
out seeking for the result or wanting it to be like this or like that,
we get progressively detached and thus prepare ourselves for a
restful death.
If you wish to escape from death, you must not bind yourself
to anything perishable.
One can conquer that alone which one fears not, and he who
fears death has already been vanquished by death.
In order to be able to conquer death and win immortality, one
must neither fear death nor desire it.
The target at which we are aiming is immortality.
And of all the habits, death is surely the most obstinate.
From the viewpoint of spiritual knowledge, decrepitude and
decay — disintegration — are quite simply and undoubtedly the
result of a wrong attitude.
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Body of a dead person
1) Why are men obliged to leave their bodies?

Because they do not know how to keep up with Nature in her
progress towards the Divine.
2) Should one respect the body of a dead person? If so, how?
One should respect everything, living and dead, and know that
everything lives in the Divine Consciousness.
The respect should be felt in the heart and the inner attitude.

3) Is the Divine there in the body of a dead person?

The Divine is everywhere; and I repeat that for the Divine there are
no living or dead — everything lives eternally.

4) What should we do to make the soul happy, so that it

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