Q: Respected Gurumaa, Pranam, why almost every human being has to suffer from illness and then die a painful death? Only few people are lucky enough to die peacefully. It is sad to see someone suffering. Why death is so painful? One is not scared of death but it is pain that bothers.

A: Dear Vaneet, true, life is full of sufferings and death seems to be a very painful and your question why, well that is how the world functions, that is how the human body is. All the sufferings which are borne by the individuals are because the body is made of five elements and these elements are always changing and if you don’t use your expertise of yoga and manage your body well, it will fall sick, sickness means pain. If you are not using the know-how of wisdom, Gyana, and apply it on yourself, then definitely you will suffer the mental conflictions, confusions, distractions, frustrations, fragmentation of the mind, oscillation of the mind, imagination of the mind, and all these things give a lot of pain and anguish.

What can we do to save ourselves? The answer is by living life wisely. First, not fearing death. Two, if you fear from the pain, which is associated with the death, then you have to learn the intricacies of managing your body and managing your mind and that is how you live peacefully without sickness and pain and that is how then you will die painless and without any sufferings.