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Fearing the Unknown




The most intriguing question that mankind has ever faced is that, what is there after death. The biggest unknown of our life to which no living person has an explanation. I might sound irrational and unscientific in all these statements but give it a thought and all you'll find is emptiness or speculations. It is a black area no matter how many people claim to have been there.

The problem arises as we have nothing to define nothingness. If after death there is nothingness than what is it. No answer that you may have is anything but an assumption. Thus all we do is ignore it, not care for it and take it for granted.

The most common human tendency is to ignore something which is not visible, something that is known. What if your life after death is 200 years and the deeds you do here are counted for there. This is all fantasy but what if it's true. When the known is absent, there are possibilities abound. This could be just one of them.

The way we think is greedy, selfish and short sighted. People would say, why sacrifice the present for something we are not even certain of. I prefer to say, why take chances. Why can't our life be principled. At least to the best of our abilities. We need to respect the unknown, just like the earthquake in Japan because they have limitless possibilities.

Just the way I think. People have their different view and sensibilities. Those too are highly subjective so there is nothing that can be put against you for thinking the way that you do. But letting other views come forward and being flexible and able to accept others view is a great ability to have.

“The ''kingdom of Heaven'' is a condition of the heart -not something that comes ''upon the earth'' or ''after death.''”

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