Life Death and Beyond

Thinking about death is possible only for someone who saves himself from distractions. But because most people do not do this, their heedlessness with regard to death never ceases. An individual’s heedlessness with regard to death comes to an end only when the angel of death appears and stands in front of him, when other than this angel he can see nothing. This busy life of people makes death seem some far-off news. A person’s own death doesn’t become something of concern for him. Hence, he is totally unprepared to face it when it happens. The solution to this problem is to keep oneself free from occupations and preoccupations for a while every now and then and to spend time on thinking about death. One should also study scriptural references to death. Other than this, there is nothing that will make us understand the reality of death. Death Can Come in Any Situation Dick Shawn was an American actor. He excelled in making people laugh—in films and on stage. On the night of April 17, 1987, he was in a theatre in La Jolla in California, where he was acting and making people laugh. There were some 600 people sitting in the hall enjoying themselves. All of a sudden, Mr. Shawn suddenly fell on his face on the stage. People thought it was a joke, part of the acting. Mr. Shawn lay on the floor in this condition. Then, his son Adam got suspicious. He called a doctor. The doctor