Life Death and Beyond

Belief in the Hereafter is undoubtedly a revolutionary belief, much more revolutionary than all other beliefs and concepts. If someone discovers the Hereafter, he simply cannot remain as he was before. His discovery will become a personal earthquake, as it were, for him. It will completely transform his thinking, behaviour and dealings with others. In fact, he will become an entirely new person in every aspect. If a society is made up of people who have a living conviction in the Hereafter, every member of that society will possess tremendous energy. In such a society, to remind a person of the court of the Hereafter will be a much more effective way to lead him to reform his behaviour than any sort of law or force. Faith in the Hereafter converts even a weakling into a person of great strength. Failure of the Successful Person Azim Hashim Premji (b. 1945) is among the biggest industrialists in the world. He is considered to be a superachiever. He once remarked that the most interesting thing about life is that when you begin to understand it, it gets closer to getting over. Many successful people have expressed similar views about life. The truth is that while a person’s lifespan here is limited, his desires are unlimited. When he arrives at the age of maturity, he encounters various sorts of experiences— negative and positive. Passing through various stages of learning, he arrives on a plane where he feels that he can now