Man’s Position in the Universe

MAN’S POSITION IN THE UNIVERSE in the pre-death phase of his life, man plans his actions based on the results he seeks; in the post-death period too, he should make the result the criterion. He should organise his activities in the pre-death phase of his life in a way that benefit him in the post-death phase of his life. The system of this world is divided into ‘today’ and ‘tomorrow’, the present and the future. Other than man, all the creatures in this world act in the present. They have no concept of life other than ‘today’ or the present. The word ‘tomorrow’ is found only in the dictionary of man. This difference is a sort of message to us from nature. In this difference, nature is exhorting man not to focus on (or remain concerned only with) his ‘today’ but to keep his ‘tomorrow’ in front of him and accordingly plan his life. The success of other creatures lies in obtaining only what they need ‘today’. However, man’s success is that he should be successful not just today (that is, in the life before death) but also tomorrow (that is, in