Man Know Thyself
Man Know Thyself
~ 11 ~
People behave as if they are totally unaware of the
fact that there is a life after death, whereas, in fact,
the real life only commences after death. If they
only realized that when they enter the grave, rather
than being buried, they were being ushered into
another world, they would be more worried about
themselves than about their children’s future. The
fact is that most people whether religiously or
agnostically inclined, are not convinced that after
death they do not cease to exist, but expect rather to
discover a new life more consequential than the
present one.
Two factors cause one to have doubts about life
after death. Firstly, on dying, every human being
turns into dust and all traces of his body are effaced.
How then can he subsequently be revived?
Secondly, the life after death is not visible to us. The
world of today is an observable phenomenon, but
what about the afterlife? If no one has actually seen
it, how can we place implicit trust in its advent? Let
us look at both these objections in turn.
