A Reminder of Death

A REMINDER OF DEATH media, even about those who are far away. But the strange thing is that people do not think of it in connection with themselves. Neither men nor women seriously consider that in the same way they too will very soon die. They think about the issues of life before death all the time, but they do not feel the need to think about the issues after death. The reason for this is that all men and women are controlled by their DNA. Every act whether great or small, is carried out under the guidance of DNA. The fact of the matter is that regarding life, everything is encoded in detail in everyone’s DNA. The only thing which is not thus encoded in the human DNA is the cause and time of death. We come to know that all things are present in the DNA code, which is constantly being decoded, but death is unrelated to DNA. The death of every human being comes about directly by the command of the Creator. This is the reason that the time of death is different for everyone. What man must do is develop the self-awareness about death. He needs to disassociate himself from his DNA. Only if he did this would he be able to grasp the reality of death. By doing this it would be possible for him to understand the seriousness of death. He would be able to prepare himself for the post-death period while still in the pre-death period. Man is an eternal being. DNA affirms his eternity. But according to the creation plan of God, man’s entire life has been divided into two periods—the pre-death period and the post death period. According to this creation plan, the