Conscious Vs Dead matter!

Posted by dinesh

When I was a small boy I could not understand the difference between
the conscious and dead matter. And therefore when I saw the burnt out
remnants such as bones and skull of the body of my own father,I felt
heart-broken, thinking that he would have undergone the pain of
burning the body. But the soul already left the body&there would be no
consciousness and the pain.This is the defect of dehätmì-one who
considers the body as the self. Of course there would've been enormous
pain while leaving the body due to intense attachment to wife,
children and the body itself. This was a real life experience to
understand what is death in a close proximity. We'll never be able to
contact the person once the soul leaves the body. So we've to always
make sure that we are properly understood by people around us and also
express our gratitude for everything that we get from others before it
gets too late :)
We are conscious of only ourself and only Krishna knows who's where
and what's their destination.But because we are going to depart,we
cannot act too detached in our dealings with family and the society.
We need to have affectionate support from our devotee Friends and
family to run our day to day life but with proper knowledge and on the
basis of Krishna Consciousness.