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of the calamity of which God has given us ample
warning. The news does not impress upon them
the absolute certainty of their doom. This being
so, they do not feel spurred on to atone for their
sins, or to begin leading righteous lives.
God has given us not only our two eyes with
which to perceive the external world, but also a
‘third’ eye, which can scan the invisible realities
that lie beyond the horizons of perception. This
‘third’ eye is that of our intellect. People remain
in a state of doubt because they do not use their
intellect. They reckon that reality is what they
see through their two eyes, whereas, if they were
to ponder over things, they would become even
more certain about what remains unseen than
about what is visible.
What is the one reality that everybody
acknowledges? Death must be the unanimous
answer to this question. Death is a reality to
which everyone has to reconcile himself with.
Everyone realizes that death can overtake one at
any time, but whenever the thought of death
