Seek the Eternal World

more than an aberration or even a delusion. Sickness, accidents, and old age continuously shatter our dreams, and hopes. And in the end, after spending his days on Earth in sorrow, a person accepts defeat in the face of death. A poor man is unhappy that he does not have a house and enough money to meet his needs. But, on the other hand, the conditions of rich people are not significantly different. Having money creates even more significant problems for a rich man than a poor man with no money appears to face. A famous man, whom people constantly surround, is so troubled and miserable within that he cannot get a wink of sleep at night without consuming sleeping pills. In short, every person in this world is unhappy—each in different ways. Even if you save yourself from unfavourable conditions and acquire joy and peace, how long will that state last? Even if you garner, by some means or the other, an enormous treasury of joys, it will keep you happy only for a few days, at the very most. And then the Angel of Death will suddenly come to take you, and all your wealth or the army you mustered to protect you will not be able to save you. Death overtakes everyone—rich and poor alike. It enters triumphantly into both the palace and hovel. Death is a person’s greatest compulsion. Death reminds a person to rise beyond ‘today’ and think of ‘tomorrow’—the eternal world after death. It tells an individual to search for success on the other side of life—in the world to come. A truly successful person draws this