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The Aim of Human Existence – Part 1/3 : 3. Swami Krishnananda

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========================================================================= Thursday, April 27,  2023. 06:00. Philosophy : (Spoken at a Conference in Delhi on Sept. 20, 1980) Post-3. ========================================================================= We were told by some of our speakers of the dread that is before us from the future world, the possibility of the utter annihilation of even the particles of sand. But who injects this fear into our bodies? The dread itself cannot be the answer to this question. The source of fear cannot be equated with the complexion of the sources of fear. We fear death because we are immortal. That is the final answer. It is the great proof of the immortality of what we essentially are. The fear of death demonstrates the immortality of the soul of things. Otherwise, we will not fear death. If death is our nature we cannot be afraid of death, because nature cannot be afraid of its own self. Death is not our nature; therefore, something else which has