Reflections on Life and Death

You have feet, but there is no ground below you to stand on. Furthermore, you are all alone. Everyone you knew has abandoned you. This is no imaginary situation. This is precisely what each one of us is going to face one day, when we die! The day of our meeting with death is racing towards us. We all have to face this day, one day or the other. There is absolutely no way we can avoid it. We need to realize this and to prepare for that momentous moment. That day will be for us as what is called a ‘point of no return’. After that, we will have to face the consequences of our actions in this world. Running Without a Destination E veryone seems to be talking non-stop, doing this and that, being busy with all sorts of things, chasing all sorts of dreams. They are all driven with the purpose of trying to fulfil unlimited desires. They want to acquire all sorts of comforts for themselves and their children. This is the mad race of materialism. But what is the end result of it all? Everyone feels that his hopes have not been met, that his desires still remain unfulfilled. And so, people are living in terrible despair, bitterness, tension and frustration. They feel they have been deprived of, or denied, what they wanted. Nobody at all seems content. This is how their days and nights pass—