Death Beyond Our Understanding

Book eight starts off with a very interesting quote said by the master, which shows how true knowledge must be sought for. “I will not open the door for a mind that is not already striving to understand, nor will I provide words to a tongue that is not already struggling to speak (book eight).” One can never try to give knowledge to another who isn’t asking for it. If the student is not interested in learning, what good are the mentor’s teachings if they are not to be remembered? You should always seek for wisdom in the most unimaginable places, because as said by the mentor, wisdom won’t come and knock on your front door. The same happens when you seek help in times of trouble. Help will never come for granted, and any help you get is help you deserve because in some way you sought for. If you are in trouble and keep the problem to yourself, then only you can solve it for no one will come begging you to let yourself get helped. Communication is the key to the success in any human relations, and through good communication and confrontations of ideal you will get knowledge.

Book nine comes in talking about death, a theme which is subject to interpretation and which humans have never fully understood. People try to interpret death and to be prepared for it when it comes, but if “You don’t understand life-how could you possibly understand death (book 11.12)?” If mortality is out of our hands to control it, maybe it is because we are not supposed to understand the wonders of death, else it should ruin the beauties of life. Humanity has always been very curious about strange themes that have no scientific explanation, but not many people succeed in finding convincible explanation. We should never go ahead into investigating future elements until we understand the presence to its ultimate degree.