But sometimes you value dust very much. You say, "This is golden dust, this is no ordinary dust. This is pure gold! I have to hold it. I should not allow anybody to rob me of it; it is very valuable."
That′s how you have become attached to life. You think it is very valuable. And because you become attached, you think of death as the enemy, the robber. Death is coming and it will rob you of all your gold, of all the precious stones that you have carried all along. It will take all the dust off your mirror - and that′s all you have been thinking is your life. Hence, you are afraid.
If you see the point, death is a friend. In fact, a far greater friend than life itself. Why do I say so?
I say so because in life you get attached, you collect dust. Death takes all your attachments and all your dust away. If you can see the point, you will feel tremendously grateful to death. What you cannot do, death does for you. That′s why if you can do it, then there is no death for you; then there is no need for death.
That′s how you have become attached to life. You think it is very valuable. And because you become attached, you think of death as the enemy, the robber. Death is coming and it will rob you of all your gold, of all the precious stones that you have carried all along. It will take all the dust off your mirror - and that′s all you have been thinking is your life. Hence, you are afraid.
If you see the point, death is a friend. In fact, a far greater friend than life itself. Why do I say so?
I say so because in life you get attached, you collect dust. Death takes all your attachments and all your dust away. If you can see the point, you will feel tremendously grateful to death. What you cannot do, death does for you. That′s why if you can do it, then there is no death for you; then there is no need for death.
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