Reflections on Life and Death

based on the eternal consequences of our actions in the life before death. Every person is travelling from life towards death. For some, this journey is for the sake of this world. For others, it is for the sake of the Hereafter. Some people spend their lives drowned in the things of this visible world. Others live in the things of the invisible or spiritual world. Some people spend their entire lives rushing about trying to fulfil their desires and satisfy their egos. Others are overwhelmed by the fear and the love of God. In this world, the difference between these two types of people may not be apparent in all respects, but this is not so as far as what is going to happen after their deaths is concerned. He who lives in God and in the consciousness of the Hereafter is saving himself, while he who lives in worldly pleasures and the desires that his ego constantly hankers after is destroying himself.

The Moment of Death T he moment of death is more serious than any other imaginable or unimaginable moment. All other difficulties that human beings encounter pale into utter insignificance in the face of death. Death is the journey towards the most serious stage in life, a stage where one has no control on anything