Image via WikipediaBy Prof. Anton Meemana
Death and Real Living
By living for others, he truly enjoyed his life. He took delight in life to the fullest. True joy stems from a life lived for others. By totally emptying himself, he lived fully. Had he not totally emptied himself, He would not have been fully alive. He is truly alive amongst us now because of the way he died. Had he not died loving us, he would have been long dead and forever forgotten. But he is absolutely alive and memorialize-able now.
Does our fear of death keep us from truly living? Are we not, most of the time, dead men and women walking? Are we not walking cadavers? Unless we die unto ourselves daily, we will not grow spiritually. In order to grow, we need to kill our bloated egos. The pettier and more insecure we are, the more bloated and monstrous our ego becomes. The true holiness, the authentic sanctity is a result of daily death of our ego. The death of ego is the birth of holiness.
Jesus is the saviour par excellence. Salvation is only in Jesus, through Jesus, by Jesus, from Jesus, with Jesus and within Jesus. Human existence has no meaning whatsoever without him. Without Jesus, life is an absurdity, a useless passion, an aimless search, a pathless land, a trackless forest, a bottomless abyss. The most meaningful life one can have is to live as a friend and follower of Christ.
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