180. Swami Sivananda

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Life's end is unseen ; in fact, it has no end. The body has an end. Life cannot have death. When one attains Self-realisation life merges into Cosmic Life and is freed from the labour of building rest-houses for itself. It is this immortal character of Life that is reflected in every action of man. Even when one wants to end his life, all that he wishes to do is to put an end to a state of affairs which Life resents in the unconscious feeling that after life's departure from the present body, it will get a better one more suited to its desires and ambitions.

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