This Self, being beyond the little universe of matter and
force and thought, is a simple; and as a simple It cannot die.
That which does not die cannot live. For life and death are
the obverse and reverse of the same coin. Life is another name for death, and
death for life. One particular mode of manifestation is what we call life;
another particular mode of manifestation of the same thing is what we call
death.
When the wave rises on the top it is life; and when it falls
into the hollow it is death. If anything is beyond death, we naturally see it
must also be beyond life.
I must remind you of the first conclusion that the soul of
man is part of the cosmic energy that exists, which is God. We now find that it
is beyond life and death. You were never born, and you will never die.
Have faith in yourselves. Know that though one may be a
little bubble and another may be a mountain-high wave, yet behind both the
bubble and the wave there is the infinite ocean.
Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda