Dealing with loss
One of the perks of reading self-help books is you already know a lot of motivational pep-talk people give you when you face a loss. I know it happens to everyone! I know it is a part of life! I know everyone has to die someday, even I will cease to exist! I know! So? Does that make my pain less hurtful? Well, it doesn't :) You want to know what else I know? I know that this is a world of maya and that death is freedom. Imagine you are trapped in a game where you get innumerable lives. To exit the game , you have to reach your goal but you don't know what that goal is. So you keep playing, overcoming every hurdle that comes your way thinking this might be the ultimate goal. You keep playing trying to find your ultimate purpose that will end the game. And you die in the game only to find out that the game has started again and you have to do it all over again. And this goes on repeat. Wouldn't you get tired? I believe it is the same for our soul. It is trapped in...