Love of God

other, that he is not going to leave this world nor is the world going to be taken away from him. All this happens unconsciously. This is called conditioning. Due to the continuous flow of events, this conditioning becomes so ingrained that no man or woman is able to think that a time might come when he or she will be separated from the present world and the present world will also leave him or her one day. This is why, even standing on the verge of death, people are totally unaware of this reality. There is a tradition which says one should remember death often. (Sunan Ibn Majah, Hadith No. 4258) This does not mean that we have to keep repeating this word again and again. It means that we have to stem the influence of our conditioning by giving a great deal of thought to death. We have to de-condition ourselves on this subject. This de-conditioning will be possible only when man gives deep thought to this matter and re-plans his life based on reality. THE DEATH EVENT One who is truly aware of death will think of death more than he thinks of life. Wise is the one who sees his own death, and prepares for eternal Paradise. Death is undoubtedly the most familiar thing. But the event of death is the most unfamiliar thing. Take any person,— you will not find him speak seriously of death. What is the