ON THE DOORSTEP OF DEATH

Every Moment

MAN thinks that he is living a life, but the truth is that every one stands on the door of death. When the time of death is not established, every moment is a moment of death. Every step of man is a step towards death. For every one, life is only an experience of today, not of tomorrow; today is the day for living and tomorrow, the day of death.

Death is a journey from a known world into an unknown world. Every day man undergoes various types of small and large journeys, domestic and international, by land, sea and by air. All these journeys are undertaken from a known place to a known destination. Man has been so accustomed to such type of journeys that he does not take them seriously.

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When the time of death is not established, every moment is a moment of death. Every step of man is a step towards death.

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But the journey of death is very much different. The journey of death takes one from a known place towards an unknown destination. Without doubt this is a crucial matter for everyone. But due to his conditioning, man does not appreciate the seriousness of this matter. He is so used to the journeys of the world that he is unable to consciously comprehend the magnitude of the journey of death. Death, to him sounds like some obscure information and not a soon upcoming event.

Man always thinks on the basis of his conditioning and mind-set. This is the reason for man’s insensitivity towards death. To fully appreciate the seriousness of matter, man needs to come out of the shackles of his conditioning and then address the issue of death with a clear unbiased mind. Only then will it be possible for him to understand the reality of death, which is without doubt the most crucial issue that confronts him.

Belief in God
Belief in God compels man to steadfastly
adopt a proper attitude in all situations,
privately as well as publicly.