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same direction. Man is even ready to sacrifice
his faith and his conscience for them at the altar
of worldly gain. His struggle is for worldly ends
alone, and he cares not what this struggle entails.
Every success gained in this way, however, is
trivial and mundane and will be of no avail in the
afterlife. He who is concerned with the
consolidation of his worldly position at the
expense of the afterlife is like the young man
who does not care to save up for his old age.
Eventually the time comes when his limbs fail
him and he becomes unfit for further toil.
Suddenly he realizes his predicament: he is no
longer able to provide for himself. The same
applies to our afterlife. All of us are too
concerned with the consolidation of our present
positions. No one gives a thought to tomorrow.
Though we witness with our own eyes the death
of people all around us, we are still not
galvanized into action. When the air-raid siren
sounds in wartime and proclaims in its chilling
wail: ‘Squadrons of enemy bombers are
