Ko’ham asmi? Who Am I? The Concept Of Soul Hello! My name is Satish Prakash. I possess a body, and this body has limbs. I walk with my feet, I speak with my mouth, and I do other things with my other limbs. I know that I think and I make decisions, and after due reflection, I even know that I am, that I exist. I also know that sometimes I feel happy and other times I feel sad, even depressed. Intermittently, I feel rich and poor, healthy and sick – like a pendulum, I keep being tossed to and fro between oppositional feelings. If people praise me I feel elated, and if they criticize me I feel downcast. On the outside, I possess a house, a job, a degree, money in the bank, and I have many friends. I know that I am, but I am not sure what or who I am in reality. I see my friend Surendra living a healthy and happy life, and one day, I hear he has suddenly died. When I go to the funeral, I see his body lying in a coffin, ready to be cremated. And I ask: What has happened? What, and who, has caused this once living person to be now dead? I go home and look at myself in the mirror and I ask: Am I gonna be sick too? Would I too, one day, lie in a coffin, ‘dead’, as they would say? What and who am I really? Where did I come from when I was born from my mother? Will I continue to live on after I ‘die’? If I do continue to live on after ‘death’, where will I be living, and with whom? Whom can I approach for answers to these questions?
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 08:12:07 +0000
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