Art of Dying

Art of Dying

There are many philosophical explanation and theories about Life and Death. Some suggest Life and Death are together and cannot be separated. Some suggest Death as a part of Life and Life is complete only with Death. What is clear is Life and Death are two phases of cycle. The cycle of Life and Death. These phases follows each other. There's Death after Life and Life after Death. No...... To be specific, there's Death after Life for sure however, there may not be Life after Death. The end point of Life and Death cycle is Death for sure. The end point of cycle is the point of liberation, the point where Atma merges with Parmatma to attain Mukti, the Moksha. It is Death and not Life which is close to the supreme end point. That makes the Art of Dying more important than Art of Living.

मरते मरते जग मरामरना ना जाने कोई।
ऐसा मरना कोई ना मराजे फिंर ना मरना होय ।।
मरना है दुई भांति काजो मरना जाने कोय 
रामदुआरे जो मरेफिर ना मरना होय ।।

संत कबीर कहते हैंसंसार के लोग तो मरते ही जा रहे हैं किन्तु वास्तव में किस प्रकार मरना चाहिएकोई नहीं जानता। मृत्यु ऐसी होनी चाहिए कि फिर मरना ना पड़े। मृत्यु दो प्रकार की होती है। एक साधारण मृत्यु और दुसरी असाधारण मृत्युजीसे रामदुआरे की मृत्यु कहते हैं। यह रामदुआरे क्या है। यह कुटस्थ का मध्य बिंन्दु हैजीसे गगनगुहा कहते हैं। जो साधनमार्ग में अग्रसर हो चुके हैं वे उसे देख सकते हैवही आत्माराम है वही आत्मनारायण है। उस विन्दुरूपी रामदुआर का दर्शन करते हुए जो देह त्याग करता है ऐसे महात्मा का पुनर्जन्म नहीं होता। योगिराज लाहिड़ी महाशय कहते हैं :जाना जाना सब कोई कहतेजाना को नहीं जाना है ।जाना उहिं काम जहां सेफिंर लोट नहीं आना है।जिसकी लागि लगन इससे वो हि वाकिफ हैं उस घर से।। 
Bhagwad Gita teaches the Art of Dying. भगवान श्री कृष्ण ने कहा है -

प्रयाणकाले मनसाSचलेनभक्त्या युक्तो योगबलेन  वभ्रुवोर्मध्ये प्राणमावेश्य सम्यक्  तं परं पुरूषमुपति दिव्यम ।।सर्वद्वराणि संयम्य मनो ह्रदि निरुध्य  ।मूध्नर्याधायात्मनं प्राणमास्थितो योग धारणाम् ।।ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन्मामनुस्मरन् ।यप्रयाति त्यजन्देहं  याति परमां गतिम् ।। गीत :   १०,१२,१३

अर्थात् प्रयाण काल में स्थिरच्चित होकर भक्तिपूर्वक जो योगबल द्वारा दोनों भौंहो के बीच प्राण को धारण करते हुए ईश्वर स्मरण करता है वह दिव्य परमात्मस्वरूप पुरूष को प्राप्त करता है। समस्त इन्द्रियों पर नियंत्रण करके अर्थात इन्द्रियों द्वारा बाह्य विषयों को ग्रहण  करते हुए मन को निरालम्ब भाव से स्थिर करके दोनों भौंहो के बीच प्राण को संपू्र्णतस्थापित करके एकाक्षर ब्रह्म नाम रूप ओंकार का जप करते करते मुझे ( कुटस्थ कोस्मरण करते हुए जो देह त्याग करते हैं उन्हें परम गति की प्राप्ति होती है। 

To master any art we have to practice it. 



Only by practice we can achieve perfection in any art. So we have to practice Art of Dying every day. Meditation, Dhyan, Naam smaran whatever spiritual activities we are doing regularly that is art of Dying. It is not possible for everyone to attain the perfection and reach the level of Atmasakshatkar. However, whatever little conscious effort we are putting in will be useful to achieve the रामदुआरे की मृत्यु. 

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