RUNNING WITHOUT A DESTINATION
Race for Materialism
EVERYONE seems to be talking non-stop, doing this and that, being busy with all sorts of things, chasing different dreams. They are all driven with the purpose of fulfilling unlimited desires. They want to acquire all sorts of comforts for themselves and their children. This is a mad race of materialism. But what is the end result of all this?
Everyone feels that their hopes have not been met, that their desires still remain unfulfilled. And so, people are living in terrible despair, bitterness, tension and frustration. They feel they have been deprived of, or denied, what they wanted. Nobody at all seems content. This is how their days and nights pass—in this sorry predicament—till one day, the little world of their dreams comes crashing down when death sweeps them away.
People are busy with things that belong to this temporary world, instead of preparing themselves for the eternal life after death.
People are busy with things that belong to this temporary world, instead of preparing themselves for the eternal life after death.
The life of this world is a test, and hence it is God’s responsibility to provide every one of us with the things that we need to undergo this test. But as far as life after death is concerned, God has not taken responsibility for it. Our life after death depends entirely on our actions in this world. We will reap there as we have sown here, on earth. Yet, strangely, people are preoccupied doing everything possible for their life in this world but have completely forgotten the life that will come after death.
In this world, if you face a shortage of something today, you can make efforts and acquire what you need tomorrow. But in the life after death, you will not have the chance of engaging in any actions to make up for any shortage on account of your deeds while on earth.