A pandit once told me that yogis don't fear death because " They know where they're going". They have, in effect, practiced being death in deep meditative states where they were completely disengaged from their bodies. They know how to remain fully conscious, alert and awake, in the after-death state, and can direct their out-of-body journey in full awareness.
The great saints and sages aren't driven around in karmic circles by the thoughts and desires stored in their subconscious, as happens to most of the rest of us in life and in death. They're like lucid dreamers, awake while everyone else is asleep. In fact, that's why some people enlightened people are called buddhas. Buddha means " somebody who's awake".
You can spend a lot of time cycling through the universe. The cosmos is a long highway-there are plenty of campsites where you can pitch your tent. But when you finally tire of " exploring new worlds and new civilizations" like the heroes in Star Trek, there is a way to get off the wheel.
" Stop the universe! I want to get off!" In the next chapter, India's spiritual masters show you how.
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