Positive Conception of Death
There are innumerable stars in the vast space. They are in constant motion. Their speed is so accurately attuned and determined that there is not the slightest change in it even after thousands of years. Because of this accuracy, it is possible to predict, for instance, the time the sun will rise and set a hundred years hence. The same is true for all the stars in the universe. It is as if in the entire cosmos there is the highest level of time management. How different the world of human beings is from this!
In the natural world, everything is in its perfect form. For instance, the grass that grows in the wilderness is the perfect model of grass. The water that nature supplies us with is the perfect model of water. And the solar system in which Earth is located is the perfect model of a solar system. It is as if the entire universe is the ultimate model of source management. What a difference from the world of us human beings!
In the universe, at every moment innumerable activities are taking place. All of these activities are result-oriented. In the vast world of nature, no activity is without results. Even little insects that are active day and night are engaged in very useful activities. Contrast this with the world of human beings!
In this world, nothing is in a static state. Everything is in constant motion. From the electrons and protons spinning around in an atom to the mighty stars, every single thing is constantly moving. Despite this, nowhere in the universe is there any clash or accident. It is as if in the whole world of nature, a no-problem culture prevails. How different it is in the human world!
In the universe, all things work on the principle of providing benefit to others. From the rays that the sun emits to the oxygen that is breathed out by trees, all things are designed to be beneficial to others. For this purpose, they work in perfect coordination and harmony with each other. It is as if throughout the cosmos a culture of giving prevails. What a stark difference from the world of humans!
In the natural world, everything is exceedingly beautiful. Be it the stars up above, or snow-capped mountains, the sunset or the sunrise, or an army of ants busy at work, everything in Nature is amazingly beautiful to behold. In contrast, a human being’s life is a mix of beauty and ugliness, with the latter often far exceeding the former.
By birth itself a human being is an idealist. He has an irrepressible desire to build a world of his dreams and to live there forever. But he fails to obtain this world here, on Earth. After spending a limited time on Earth, he goes into the Hereafter, where an ideal world does indeed exist—the world of Paradise.
In the universe, everything is engaged in converting its potentials into actuality. For instance, a seed gradually grows into a tree, thus fully achieving its potential. But a human being, who is born with immense potentials, dies without using all or even most of them. In the human mind there are around 100 million million million particles! The human mind is a treasure of enormous possibilities. But a person uses just a miniscule fraction of these potentials and then death whisks him away.
But death is not the end of a person’s life. Rather, it is the door for him to enter eternal life. After death, he enters the period of life that stretches forever, where, if he has lived the right sort of life while on Earth, he finds the world of his dreams, in Paradise. There he gets all the opportunities that he needs to actualize his immense potentials.
Wise is one who plans his short stay on Earth to develop the spiritual character that will make him deserving of living in Paradise, the ideal world of joy and comfort, for eternity.
