The Death Event

One who is truly aware of death will think of death more than he thinks of life. Wise is the one who sees his own death, and prepares for eternal Paradise.

Death is undoubtedly the most familiar thing. But the event of death is the most unfamiliar thing. Take any person,—you will not find him speak seriously of death. What is the reason for this? It is because death is just an external piece of news for people. It is not people’s personal experience.

People are dying daily. Death is certainly a personal experience for those who die. But what happens in practice is that the person leaves this world as soon as the personal experience of death comes to him. He does not return to this world again to tell us of his experience. Man’s weakness is that, consciously or unconsciously, he takes the news of death as a distant thing. He does not take any such news as a personal experience. For example, the news of the harm caused by smoking does not prevent anyone from smoking. He decides to stop smoking only at the time when he personally experiences the harm of smoking.

This is a deadly weakness from which every man should save himself. Wise is the one who awakens his consciousness so much that the death of others makes him see his own death. The news of death proves to be shaking him in the same way as the man’s personal experience of death shakes him to the core.

One who is truly aware of death will think of death more than he thinks of life. Then he will be more serious about death than about life. Any mistake related to life only causes temporary harm but making a mistake about death will cause eternal harm to the person concerned. One who knows this reality will be serious about death to the utmost extent.