From Everything Towards Nothing

In this world, an individual appears to have been given everything that he needs to live—for instance, heat and light from the sun, oxygen, water, food, a family, social relations and institutions, a governmental system and so on. They are part of what is called the ‘life-support system’. All these things a person receives at birth itself, and he continues to have access to them throughout his life, generally speaking. Because of this, a person tends to take these things for granted. He doesn’t think that, one day or the other, all of these will be taken away from him. Yet, that is precisely what is destined for us all. One day, after a certain age, death must happen and all the things that we have been given here will be taken away from us. We will remain the very same person that we were before death, but all the material things we were surrounded with will be separated from us. People who love to accumulate things will, in a fraction of a second, be bereft of all their material possessions. This is something that is bound to happen. Given this, it is something that we must seriously ponder on. In fact, it must become our greatest concern.