Oh! The Things I Am Learning: When We Start on the Path of Inquiry—Today, It’s About Immortality
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Immortality What do you think It means To be immortal? Does it mean We are going to live here On earth forever And ever? Or could it mean That one is going to live forever Irrespective of the place It is going to be in? Immortality is the name But the truth is— We are all already immortal Because our souls don’t die Or disappear They just remain forever We just go through one body After another Keep coming back to earth Repeatedly In as many forms As we can imagine Until we finally merge With the universe That’s immortality For you And me So, why am I talking about this today? It’s because From what I am learning— Having been born as man The only one capable of Having a sixth sense The one who is able To discern And discriminate Between truth and lies The one who is able To seek after truth The only one capable Of pursuing truth As to what is it And why we live on earth Why we go through suffering And so on It’s only when we go Along this path Looking for the truth Of our life on earth It’s only then we realize That it all ends When we finally unite In soul with God The one and only being There is And it’s only when we realize This ultimate truth There is And start working towards it It’s only When we do this That we reach Where we belong To our immortal selves In God! The Bhagavad Gita In chapter three says— There are three steps Towards reaching This ultimate reality First: Getting to know that “I am thine” Which is that I belong to God And so I surrender to Him Jesus calls this as “Come to me” He also says that— We cannot be His disciples Unless We deny ourselves Take up our cross And follow Him Second: Getting to know that “You are mine” That means God is ours Bhagavad Gita says that— When we come to this realization God will do for us What we ask of him Jesus also says: “Whatever you ask In My name You will receive” Jesus also says— “But seek first the kingdom of God And His righteousness And all these things Will be added to you” And the third And the ultimate reality is: “You and I” That means realizing that I and God are one Perhaps this is what God says In the ten commandments as— “Hear O Israel The Lord our God The Lord is One” And again Paul says In the book of Acts— “In Him we live And move And have our being” And Ramana Maharishi Had realized this Even as a 16 year old Living on earth And that’s perhaps why He is also called lovingly as— “Bhagavan” meaning God Now do you understand What is the meaning Of immortality? Think about this Peace ✌🏽
This reflection treats immortality not as endless time, but as belonging our souls returning home.
It reminds us that bodies are temporary garments, while consciousness continues its journey.
Immortality is not about refusing death, but about recognising that love and spirit never vanish.
The path of inquiry becomes sacred: to discern truth, to ask why we suffer, why we live.
The triad “I am thine,” “You are mine,” “You and I” is not theology alone, but intimacy with the divine.
By weaving voices from the Gita, Jesus, Paul, and Ramana, the text shows that traditions converge in longing.
Immortality here is not distance from God, but union living in Him as He lives in us.
Suffering becomes the friction that awakens us, the reminder that we are meant to seek.
Peace arrives not at the end of time, but in the recognition that we were never apart.
In its gentleness, the piece whispers that immortality is not a promise it is already our truth.
Shalini, this felt like sitting cross-legged on the floor while you unspooled the universe with your hands. You went from “what is immortality?” to quoting the Gita, Jesus, Paul, and Ramana Maharishi like you were passing snacks around a circle — and honestly? I loved the ride.
Your take on immortality being less “forever in one body” and more “souls just vibing through lifetimes until we finally merge with the universe” gave me that warm little ohhh… moment. It’s such a soft, expansive way to think about existence — not scary, just continuous.
And the steps you laid out —
“I am thine,”
“You are mine,”
“You and I.”
It reads like a spiritual slow-burn love story between a soul and its source. My favourite kind of plot twist.
I also really appreciate how you stitched together teachings from different traditions without making them fight. It felt like watching all the threads line up into one bigger shape — playful, curious, and strangely comforting.
You made immortality feel less like a mystery and more like a return. A homecoming. Kind of beautiful, honestly.
Peace received, Shalini — sending a little back your way.