Entirety is real.

I am not the entity that imagines itself alive or dead. I am neither born nor can I die. I have nothing to remember or to forget.

For the Jnani the entire universe is His body, all life is His life. As in a city of lights, when one bulb burns out, it does not affect the network, so the death of a body does not affect the whole.

The whole is real, the parts come and go. The particular is born and reborn, changing name and shape, the Jnani is the Changeless Reality, which makes the changeful possible. But I cannot give you the conviction. It must come with your own experience. With me all is one, all is equal.

Just know that you are above and beyond all things and thoughts. What you want to be, you are it already. Just keep it in mind.

~ Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
[ I Am That]