The cosmos and its creations

Lord Krishna in the Bhagwat Geeta says – “One should not mourn for a lost soul, because the soul is immortal”

I doubt if the statement, even if believed in its entirety, provides even an ounce of comfort to anyone who has suffered a loss. Unlike other living beings like plants, humans are selfish beings. They eat, pray, love only because it brings pleasure to them in one way or the other. For the same reason, individuals detest nature for amputating the blissful balance.

A person over his lifetime, with his deeds forms a mini world around himself. The departure of its soul destroys the whole institution in an instant. It’s difficult for humans to part with a relationship they've nourished for a long time.

It’s not the loss of the soul or the tangible substance that embodies it, that one grieves. One would like to believe that the soul that brought happiness to so many lives is still alive and would still be spreading cheer in some other world. It is the loss of the person from one’s mini world that brings grief. Time, they say, is the best healer. It might succeed in filling the void to some extent, but rubbing off the mark of the presence of the soul, removing the scar of its absence is beyond its capabilities.