The Secret of Being Happy-21.

(Spoken on October 19, 1972)
 21.
When we leave the world, we do not know in what condition we leave. We are not yet ready to accept the fact that the last day can be any day. And when we are to quit the world, with what attitude we are to quit, and where we are to go, we do not know, all because of the fact that death comes to us as a shock, a separation from things. We dread death because it separates us from all the objects of the world.

We thought quantities are realities, and the quantity is the universe, so our reality itself has gone. It looks as if we are entering into nothing when we die. It is not so. After death we do not enter into nothing, but we enter into a condition or circumstance in which our unfulfilled desires for objects will find an avenue for satisfaction. It is called rebirth. It is the mind seeking a new channel of satisfaction inasmuch as its relationship with the body has been severed due to a sudden snapping of its tenement here.

Therefore, spiritual seekers, aspirants after God-realisation, students of yoga, should be vigilant, and not go with the waves of the world. They should be a different quality of people. They should not try to think with the herd or move with the masses. They should not ape the material progress of people and the temporary joys of the earth. These are very dangerous attitudes of the mind.

Swami Krishnananda
To be continued  ...