I had heard people saying this human life is more valuable than any other life in this world. Even though now a days people die due to negligence of other human, people takes birth and die instantly....... When we say this life is precious then we all should have equal opportunity to live life, but i have seen people killing or giving there life just for some money..... Is money become substitute for life.
—Abhishek sharma, India
Dear Abhishek,
Indeed, the opportunity for human birth is indeed a great opportunity, spiritually speaking. While Spirit resides at the heart of all life, the human body has evolved to express reason, intuition, and to experience the presence of God-consciousness.
However, this is our soul’s choice and is not arrived at easily or quickly. Many lifetimes are required for the soul to gather enough experiences to begin to see life in general and human life in particular as precious: and not just for the purposes of enjoyment of its obvious possibilities, but for the intended and higher purpose to experience God-consciousness through the indwelling Soul.
Therefore, there are many humans who have not yet reached this awakening and who do not value human life for any other reason than for their own pleasure and gratification: even at the expense of the lives of others, human or not! We are given choice so that we consciously seek to know God but the downside of having choice is that we can also make bad choices, ignorant of the truth that should otherwise free us from ignorance. Life, therefore, in human form has both good and bad. These are the necessary outcome of being given choice.
It is therefore important that we respect the rights of others to make their choices just as God allows us to make these choices. Our duty and opportunity therefore is to apply our will to seek God-soul-consciousness. Expressing that is to express acceptance, love, compassion, energy, and wisdom in our daily life. To experience soul consciousness is most effectively accomplished in the art and science of guru-given meditation.
Blessings to you on your journey to Self-realization!
Nayaswami Hriman
