Of all moments that lie within the realm of human imagination and beyond, death is the most savage. All the other calamities that cause man distress are nothing compared to that which he will encounter in the form of death. With death we enter the most difficult stage of our lives. We become totally powerless, destitute and helpless.

In fact this is the reality of man in the present world. He is inherently so weak that he cannot bear even the slightest inconvenience. Just the prick of a needle, a day’s hunger and thirst, or a few nights’ insomnia, are enough to rock his entire being. In this world, however, he has everything he needs. That is why he forgets his indigence, and remains blind to his own true nature.

In this world man has food and water, he has air and light; he is able to tame the forces of nature and bring civilization into existence. But if this world were taken away from him, then he would not be able to fashion another world of this kind anywhere in the universe. It would be his lot to wander around in darkness.