AN UNDISCOVERED REALITY

AN UNDISCOVERED REALITY Journey Towards Death D EATH is the most known event of human life, yet it is an undiscovered reality. People see or hear of this regularly, but everyone takes it as external news. No one applies it personally. What is the reason? The reason is the ‘now-based’ culture. This culture is so common that everyone, religious or secular, is living in their ‘now’. It is rare to find a person who lives for tomorrow. Animals do not possess a mind like humans. Animals are born today and live for today. But a human being has a special mind. The concept of tomorrow is human mind’s unique feature. All the planning of a human being is based on tomorrow. Without tomorrow, there is no planning, civilization or activity. Unawareness of the world Hereafter leads one to plan only for the present. Seldom can you find a person who plans keeping the world Hereafter in mind. They talk of the world Hereafter, but it is mere lip service, not the result of a deeper realization. It needs an intellectual campaign to make people aware of the reality of death and the Hereafter. Death is the gate through which we enter the next world. But man is oblivious of this significant reality which he should know more than anything else. The American evangelist Billy Graham has reported a very thoughtful incident. Once he received a message from a very important person, who had requested him to come and meet him urgently. Billy Graham cancelled all engagements and went to meet him. Face to face in his office, the person said without any introduction: ‘You see I am an old man. Life has lost all meaning. I am going to take a fateful leap into the unknown. Young man, can you give me a ray of hope?’ (The Secret of Happiness, Billy Graham, 1955) This is not just a story of a statesman; rather it is the story of every man and woman. Every person, consciously or unconsciously, is obsessed with this thought. Man’s average life expectancy is about 70 years. This is why every person, sometime or the other, thinks: What will be my life after seventy years? What will happen to me after death? What It needs an intellectual campaign to make people aware of the reality of death and the Hereafter. Death is the gate through which we enter the next world.