PREPARING FOR DEATH

Why this happens is an extremely serious question. And it certainly needs to be answered. Any person who is serious about his life can never rest contented without knowing the answer to this question. It is only the right answer to this question that can give a proper explanation of the present life. Moreover, the answer to these questions will tell us what should be done to make life meaningful and successful in the real sense. Such questions have been objects of reflection throughout human history. Many great minds have devoted themselves to finding answers to them. The answer which has satisfied the minds at a universal level is that there is a God of this world. He is its Creator, its Lord, sustaining the entire world with His almighty powers; and then that this world has been created under a special creation plan. According to this plan, man is an eternal creature. But the Creator has divided human life into two parts, a small part of which is placed in the phase of life before death, while the major part is placed in the life after death. Death does not mark the end of life. It is rather the entry into another world so that man may spend the rest of his life in an eternal abode. The Greatest Unawareness The dead have left the world—this reality is known to everyone. But there is something of which many people are unaware: they too have to die one day. They too are going to face the same fate as that faced by others. It is strange that people see others die every day, yet they exempt themselves from these happenings. It is as if everyone is silently agreeing that others had to die and they have passed away, but that death is not going to come to them. This lack of awareness is most fatal. Such kind of unawareness is known as ‘Ostrich thinking’. Whether or not anyone thinks about death, death without doubt is running towards them. Death is like an earthquake at an individual level. The earthquake comes without any warning. Death too comes without prior announcement. Everyone is helpless in the face of an earthquake. Similarly, everyone is helpless in the face of death. Death comes all of a sudden. Like the Man is an eternal creature. But the Creator has divided human life into two parts, a small part of which is placed in the phase of life before death, while the major part is placed in the life after death.