Since a tragic event happened in my life a few weeks ago, I started looking for peace within and how to achieve that peace. That led me to explore a bit about Islam. It started with watching videos about Ali Banate, an Australian businessman who died because of cancer in 2018.
I said this to myself,
This life is a gift; I don't know I have been so inward-looking - life and people look so stupid to me in general - we have one life, and we don't know when is the end - can't do things that hurt Allah / Babaji.
Whether it is teaching by Mohammed or Babaji (Radha Soami), it always comes back to one and only one thing - be prepared for your death, that it can come at any moment. It doesn’t mean that you stop living. Live fully every day to do more good deeds, and leave the world in the right hands so that Allah / The Supreme / Lord / Universe will be happy with your karmas.
The teachings of Islam are similar to what I grew up listening to - i.e., Radha Soami Satsangs (spiritual preachings). We deceive ourselves whenever we interact with Dunya (the world), forget that our time is limited, and distract ourselves with worldly desires and pleasures. We forget about the creator and purpose we have in this world.
The only truth that we know of as humans is that death is inevitable, and it can come anytime. Knowing and experiencing death have taught me a lot. Here are five things that I learned from death.
Not in our control: Life is a mere distraction from the fact that you can't change the end outcome. We might be able to control our lives, but what we can't control is death. It proves one fundamental thing - nothing is permanent; everything is born to die.
Being Alone: We are born alone, and we are going to die alone; nobody, not even our close ones, can save us or, as a matter of fact, do anything about it. We sometimes kid ourselves by being social, having a sense that someone is with us, but interestingly tough to accept - We all are alone. Getting it makes us feel more humble.
Karma: The rule of Karma is applied in life, but you can't avoid death with good Karma.
3rd law of thermodynamics: We are living every day to die one day, i.e., we all are moving towards a state ‘f 'disorder' (final stage - death) from 'order' (initial stage - birth)
Nothing to lose: we can't lose anything from this materialistic world because we have nothing to lose and nothing to gaiIt'st's all going to be left here when we leave. So, why bother? Life is too short to be sad about, to be depressed about. It gives me a reason to live, a reason to take risks, to make this world a better place, to fight for the causes, and a reason to discover my spiritual side.
Someone asked”- “Prophet of Allah, who is the one that is most wise?”
He said”- “The one that is most wise is the one that plans for his death.”
I am not scared of death, but also, I am not ignorant that it won't come to me, and when it comes, I will be helpless and won't be able to do anything. I am supposed to die like all of uIt'st's a very humbling thought. I know the end outcome - Death - makes life more liberating.don't see death as hopelessness - rather an unavoidable event. At least I know one thing about my future :)
Where can you find true happiness and peace?
I think I am ready to get initiated -
When there is an empty feeling deep within us, which we can’t explain;
When things that once gave joy now seem mundane, boring and useless;
When restlessness seeps into our system and we ask questions about things that we were not conscious of;
When the need within us to search for something beyond our present existence becomes a necessity, a passion;
When a knot within us aches to be untied;
When we start looking for something to fill an unexplainable void; that is the exact moment of awareness! ––
Initiation – Are We Ready? - https://rssb.org/initiation.html
Allah bless me, Babaji protects me, and I hope both guide me to one god. I am prepared to face death.
Radha Soami + Aamiin Ya Allah,
Sagar