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Synopsis: Most of people have discovered the art of living life happily and are indulging into it. But sadly they have overlooked its repercussions in afterlife and therefore have not equipping themselves for it. We all must have heard a story / folk tale – One learned man while crossing a river in a boat was showing off his knowledge to a boatman. The learned man said to the boatman that you have not studied and are uneducated, therefore your one-forth life has been wasted. You do not possess the knowledge of such and such thing, therefore you have wasted half of your life. You are unaware of such and such thing, therefore your three-quarter life have been wasted. Suddenly it started raining heavily, the boat was filled with rain water and the river started overflowing dreadfully. Until now the boatman was been compelled to listen and was therefore keeping mum. Now came his turn to speak. He asked the learned man – Did you learn to swim? The learned man replied in negative to which to boatman commented – Now your total life is a waste. Saying so the boatman dived from the sinking boat into the river to save his life. The learned man didn’t know to swim and therefore sank to death with the sinking boat. We must try to understand this story in a spiritual manner. In modern times, a caper named Mouji, wallowing in earthly pleasures asks a simple hearted devotee engaged in pietism that- Have you jaunted abroad? The devotee answered in negative to which Mouji commented that you have wasted one- fourth of your life. Mouji asks the next question to devotee – Did you indulge in spree and enjoyed the luxuries of life? The devotee again replies in negative to which Mouji again comments that you have wasted half of your life. Mouji tosses the third question to devotee- Did you save enough wealth and assets thus making provision for your future generations? The devotee said – No. Mouji commented that by not doing so you have wasted three-quarter of your precious life. Mouji laments the devotee that just living with sheer devotion, he has missed the opportunity of wallowing in earthly pleasure, has missed the opportunity to spree and enjoy luxuries of life, has also missed the opportunity to save wealth & assets for his descents. Since Mouji has done all these in abundance, therefore he took great pride for his achievements. Suddenly at that very moment, death knocked the door of Mouji. He fell terribly sick and came to death bed. The devotee was standing next to him but was not required to toss the ultimate question. Because Mouji’s inner conscious tossed up the question- Did you generated devotion towards LORD and practiced pietism to sail through the afterlife ? Heavily perplexed and with terribly shaken voice Mouji replied – No. His inner conscious severely lamented him that by not doing so you he has wasted his total life. Like the learned man who met his miserable end by not been able to tide over the river, Mouji also had a severely miserable end by not been able to tide over his afterlife. Both drowned dreadfully. The travesty for majority of people is that they have learnt the art of living life merrily and are indulging themselves into it. But they have forgotten the consequences of afterlife and therefore have not prepared themselves for it. Even animals know very well, the art of living the present life . But to prepare for afterlife , to unshackle the cycle of births & rebirths, to take solace & shelter in ALMIGHTY’s feet for once & forever, to achieve the state of divine elated ecstasy is only & only possible with “efforts” made in human life. These are the efforts of devotion, these are the efforts to unite with the ALMIGHTY, these are the efforts to be of the ALMIGHTY, and these are the efforts to make ALMIGHTY all ours. Therefore in present life, efforts for achieving earthly pleasures, efforts made for enjoying the luxuries of life, efforts made for accumulating wealth & asset for future generations are very inferior & secondary efforts. The highest & topmost effort should be towards achieving pure devotion, thus becoming dear to ALMIGHTY by virtue of which to salvage our afterlife. ALMIGHTY GOD has blessed us with this golden opportunity by giving us human birth and therefore it should not be wasted. If wasted now, after millions & millions of birth in different bodies, and after bearing miseries of all misdeeds done in those births, will we be presented with next opportunity of human life. Remembering this fact, without any further delay, we should utilize this present human life in devotion towards ALMIGHTY GOD, thus utilizing the opportunity in topmost & best possible manner. Author's information : Ultimate solace only comes from total devotion towards GOD. Sandeep R Karwa under petname ChandraShekhar writes articles on devotion to GOD. Author's website www.devotionalthoughts.in contains articles that will lead one closer to Almighty GOD. www.devotionalthoughts.in
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