Did you know that you are going to die ? Even I am going to die. Our dear and beloved ones are all going to die. The sun, earth and all planets are all going to be blown up into pieces. I hear you say, “Dont talk negative!”. If we don’t think about death, is it going to disappear ? One day or the other we have to give up everything. There will come one day when we have to come face to face with death. Merely to stop thinking about it is a solution for babies. It does not go too far. Its not a real solution.

If we know we are going to die, why should we be attached to things which we are anyway going to leave one day or the other ? Most people keep enjoying, having fun all the time, but does death leave them alone ? No! Death spares no one. It is inevitable. I have to leave away everything one day, linux kernel, my computers, my mobile phone, my money, my body!. Ah, imagine this for a moment. I’m not being pessimistic here. Its the truth. It won’t become false by denying it! So,lets get prepared. Shan’t we ? “Why so early!” – I hear you say. Early! ? We are at the edge of a cliff unsure about the future. The space time scale of the universe is so huge, wilder than our wildest imagination. Our life span is so trivial compared to this! We are growing old.. There’s not much time left. We could die any instant.

Everything gets straightened out in the face of death. We will no longer be selfish. We will no longer remain misers. All our fears will vanish! Ah, we’re all going to die, how does it matter! Physics, chemistry, computers, medicine, nothing will help us! No secular science will tell us the truth about death. It is religion alone that will help us. Religion tells us that God is the only object we ought to be attached to. God is the only unchanging aspect in the ocean of death. Only when we shall know God, all misery ceases.

Love towards god is the only way. If we begin loving god, we shall give up everything else. Only god shall be able to save us. Not wealth, not medicine, nothing. Only God is. All else is naught. So, lets sincerely pray our personal god to make us love him. Believe me there is no other way. Stop looking for “permanent” solutions like “My own house”, “A permanent job”, “A fixed deposit”. Its ridiculous!

If everything is going to vanish one day, why should we work is the question. We should work for work’s sake, not with the hope of reward. Work for work’s sake is a way to attain God (karma yoga) as preached in the Gita. as Lord Krishna saya “A man ought to live in this world like a lotus leaf – which stays in water but is not moistened by water. One should give his heart to god and put his hands to work.”. So brothers and sisters, lets not be attached to matter. Lets love god wholeheartdly. Only this is the way.

Om Namo Narayana.