PREPARING FOR DEATH

This state of affairs demands that man should remember death at every moment. He should be engaged all the time in introspection as to what preparation he has done for the life after death, and what he has in store for his journey after death. People write life’s diary but what is more important is to write the diary of death. Everyone should record in his diary as to what he thought today about death. For instance, hearing of someone’s death should remind us of our own death. When we witness that person’s last rites and see his body being lowered into the grave, it should remind us that one day we too would be buried in the same way. One who sees his own death in the death of others is truly alive. A living person does not wait to undergo a fatal experience and only then learn a lesson from it. The truly alive person is one who learns lessons from others’ experiences. o