Birth and death do not mark the beginning or end of life. Whereas the numerous stages and states of life which constitute the so-called births and deaths are governed by the laws of evolution and reincarnation; life comes into being only once, with the advent of the first dim rays of limited consciousness, and succumbs to death only once on attaining the unlimited consciousness of infinite existence.
Existence, all knowing, all-powerful, all-present God, is beyond cause and effect, beyond time and space, beyond all actions.
Avatar Meher Baba