BETWEEN BIRTH AND DEATH
How Our Choices Shape the Journey of the Soul
By Harish Sharma (@BabaHarish)

What if life is not about discovering a purpose that has already been written for us—but about creating meaning through the choices we make?

We do not choose our birth. We cannot control every circumstance that comes our way. And ultimately, we cannot escape death. Yet between these two absolute realities lies something extraordinary: a lifetime filled with experiences, relationships, choices, failures, achievements, questions, discoveries, and possibilities.

Between Birth and Death is a thoughtful and deeply personal exploration of that journey.

Drawing from personal experiences, philosophy, science, religion, psychology, and observations from everyday life, Harish Sharma invites readers to pause and examine some of the most fundamental questions of human existence: Why are we here? What shapes the person we become? How much of our life is destiny, and how much is choice? What makes a life meaningful? And how should we live knowing that our time is limited?

The book moves across the major dimensions of human life. It explores birth and the mystery of existence, including questions surrounding consent, suffering, destiny, karma, desire, and rebirth. It examines religion and spirituality, encouraging readers to question inherited beliefs while respecting the freedom of others to follow their own paths. It looks at education not merely as preparation for employment, but as a lifelong process that expands our ability to understand the world and make conscious choices.

The discussion then turns to relationships, reminding us that family, friendship, love, companionship, and human connection often give meaning to the years we live. The book also examines money—its ability to provide security and freedom, but also its potential to become a measure of status, success, and even self-worth.

Health is presented as another essential foundation of a meaningful life: the body as the instrument through which we experience the world and the mind as an equally important part of our well-being. The book further explores the often-overlooked pillars of life—small choices, priorities, patience, time, relationships, and everyday habits—that can have enormous consequences over time.

At its heart, this is not a book that claims to possess all the answers. Instead, it encourages the reader to ask better questions.

Life, the author suggests, is neither completely controlled by destiny nor entirely governed by free will. We receive certain circumstances, but we also receive the ability to respond to them. We may not choose the cards we are dealt, but we can choose how we play them.

Between Birth and Death is an invitation to reflect on your own journey—to reconsider your priorities, value your relationships, care for your body and mind, question what you have inherited, and become more conscious of how you spend the limited time you have.

Because the real question may not be how long we live.

It may be:

What do we choose to do with the life we have been given?