always on the Brink

professional and a dashing, innovative manager with fire in his belly and ideas in his mind, an astute general.” so far as this world is concerned, the case of venkatashawaran is unique. however, from the point of view of life hereafter, there is nothing uncommon about it. Confident of his wisdom and the worldly success it brings, everyone fearlessly walks straight ahead, heedless that he can plunge headlong into the pit of doom at any moment. To utter insulting words against others, oppress the weak and the innocent, take revenge, be unjust to others, ridicule others’ failures, and argue without reason—all such evils are like stepping into the empty lift shaft on the eighth floor. Every such step can plunge a man headlong into the pit of destruction. it is then that neither his friends nor his wishful thinking will save him—everyone is on the brink of that lift shaft, convinced that he is holding fast to a firm rock that will never fail him.