Knowing this truth, when the hour of death comes, we should meditate on Lord Krishna, God, the Supreme Person, so death will not affect us, for unlike the body, we remain unborn. There was not a time in the past when we did not exist, and at the end of the body's life we will not be destroyed, for we will have no end since we are immortal.
In a dream, we can see our own bloodied heads and thus understand that our real self is actually staying away from the dream experience. Likewise, as our body awakens, we can see that it is the product of the five elements of material nature; earth, water, fire, air and ether. Therefore, we must understand that the real self, the spiritual soul, is distinct from the body which it observes, and remains immortal.
When the dense and ethereal matter bodies which cover the embodied soul die, the spiritual entity within resumes its true spiritual identity. The material bodies, qualities and activities of the spiritual soul are created by the material mind. This state of mind is itself created by the illusory power of the Supreme Lord, and so the soul assumes material existence. Material life, based on the identification of the soul with the body, or bodily concept of existence, also called false ego, is developed and destroyed by the functioning of virtue, passion and ignorance, which are the building blocks of the body. The soul inside the body is self-luminous, (a radiance emerges from its body enveloping it) is separated from the visible material body and the invisible ethereal body. It remains the fixed basis for the evolution of bodily existence, just as the ethereal sky is the unchanging foundation for material transformation. Therefore, the spiritual soul is endless and without material comparison.
By constantly meditating on the Supreme Lord, Krishna, and applying clear and logical intelligence, we should carefully consider our true selves, and understand how it is situated in the material body.
We should know that we are no different from Krishna, God, the Supreme Person, who is also the Absolute Truth, the supreme abode, for like the Supreme Lord we are spiritual in nature. So, as we turn to the Supreme Soul, which is free from all material misidentification, we will not even notice death when it comes. Neither will we see our dying body or the material world around us, because we will realize that we are separated from it.
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One who is convinced of his spiritual identity, who knows himself to be a spiritual soul free from any material conception of existence, which has freed itself from all illusion and which transcends the influence of the attributes of material nature (virtue, passion, ignorance), which relentlessly seeks to cultivate spiritual knowledge