"Having
attained the human form, we do not realize how precious it is. We indulge
ourselves in material pleasures for sensual gratification. We devote our full
attention to our family and their needs. When somebody asks a little boy/girl
to do devotion, he/she replies – this is not the age to start devotion. There
is still time and we can do that when we are old. When you ask a young person
to do devotion, he/she flatly refuses and says that it is for old people and
life is for enjoying.
When you ask
a middle age person to do devotion, he/she replies that there is still time for
it after retirement. Now is the time to earn money, enjoy life and look after
the welfare of the family. By the time retirement comes, many ailments plague
the body and there is very little strength left in the body, thereby making it
difficult to perform devotion.
We forget the
fact that death can come to anybody at any age at any time.
It is
ironical that a father, who is taking son's body for burial, does not think
about his own death, though the reality may be that he dies of a heart attack
on his way to the cremation ground.
Life is very
uncertain. Do not think that you will live in this human form forever.
Whatever your
age is, start doing devotion!!!"
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