If you don't believe, then you just haven't tried to realize, you are just lazy or afraid to realize the infinite danger of the future. It's everyone's choice to believe or not to believe. I choose to realize that death is a transition to another life, as the Scriptures say. This gives meaning, great hope, and joy, removes the fear of death, and motivates one to learn about the Original Source through the Holy Books. And the conscious reading of these Books makes the faith even stronger and gives not hope but a real, clear realization that everything it says is true.
The path of unbelief leads only to death. To constant mental disorders, to depression, to nightmares. To thoughts that your end and the end of all your loved ones is the same — death, cessation of existence. This way leads to the formation of a personality with a worldview of death, not of life. I emphasize — leads to the formation, which does not mean that it is good. Paradoxically, this worldview is formed precisely because people do not think about death and ignore the fact of its existence as if it were somewhere infinitely far away.
Think of any significant, important, exciting, and memorable day in your life. For example, the day you graduated from elementary school, the day you graduated from college, the day you got married, the day a child was born, or, unfortunately, the day that someone close and dear to you died. So it happened once, and it can never happen again. And once you either looked forward to the event, worried about it the day before, or suffered agonizingly the day you heard about it. Once, before all these events, we didn't even think about them, then they suddenly came, and now it's all behind us as if nothing had happened. In childhood, we don't think about death, and in adolescence, many people don't think about it at all, but it will come to you, just like all the events mentioned above, and this is a fact that most people ignore throughout their lives. But think about it for a moment, maybe it will happen tomorrow or a hundred years from now, but it will inevitably happen, just like all your important, exciting events that have already happened. I'm 37 years old now, I used to think that was an unattainable age, but lo and behold, school, university and so much more are behind me. And that Day will come incredibly quickly. This is a fact, this is our reality, and this is what awaits us very soon. Earthly life is very fast. And when that day comes, the day of death, everything material, everything living, ceases to exist for you, and you think about what comes next, but it is too late to think.
All this is just to say that our life is very short and the end is very near. There is little time to doubt faith, much less to live the right way.
The difference is that for the unbeliever, death is death, but for the believer, death is resurrection, the passage in eternal life.
The right questions and meanings
Many people do not know what they are living for. This statement is true even for mature people who have lived quite a long life and who work in serious companies in high positions. I am talking about businessmen with considerable life experience. Can you imagine them not knowing what is worth living for? I can sort of understand why that is. It's probably because there are too many imperfections in the world, and they're disappointed in everything and everyone. Today wives cheat, friends cheat, and even family members betray. It is clear to any reasonable person that neither friends, nor work, nor even family can be the only meaning of life as such. All of these are goals that we want to achieve. We want to make our family happy and not in need of anything, we want to not betray our friends, and we want to not cheat on our wives. These are just our goals, which we do not always achieve, and often many people change their priorities in such goals. But neither wealth, nor the opposite sex, nor fame — nothing can be meaningful by definition. A person is satiated by everything if he has it. Either the most terrible question is the question of death. Many people think that either there is nothing in it or there is something, but they do not want to find out what it is. Also, the most difficult question is the question of God, and they do not think about it. It is as if they are ashamed to acknowledge Him or afraid to prove His existence or non-existence. They are afraid that if He is discovered, it will change everything, or if it becomes clear that He does not exist, everything will become even more confusing. The strange thing is that many people have a hard time accepting simple truths. We're ready to believe anything. Any kind of fairy tale, any kind of hypothesis. Even the monkey we all came from. We're willing to believe anything but the simple truth. It's like we have trouble living with common sense. It seems clear to everyone that "GOD" is the most common and natural concept. There isn't a person on earth who doesn't know about Him. Or death? Well, no man will avoid it. And whether we like it or not, it's everyone's immediate future. Or maybe you don't care about these questions? But indifference is a very scary thing. Indifferent people are more dead than alive. They have no interest in living. That's a terrible thing. If you want to have healthy views and not live in blindness and indifference, you have to understand the most important things. For example, what you live for. You have to know what the soul is, who is that being inside us that we are always talking about, arguing about, judging. Why do some people get everything and others get nothing? Where is justice in life? If there is a God. Why do billions of people believe in religions? If there is life after death. If there are rules for a happy life. What true success in life is. How to achieve basic mental harmony. What is the sense of life in general? A sane person should at least be concerned about these questions.
If a person does not fill himself with such meanings, he should force himself to do so, think again about the risks mentioned in the previous chapter, and realize that he will soon disappear, and not only he but also his dearest and closest people will one day disappear forever, as if they did not exist at all. Then try to accept these events as if they were happening today because it is inevitable anyway. Maybe then you'll start asking the right questions and looking for the right meanings. Maybe then you will wonder if the path of faith you have chosen is true. For most non-believers, truly, realistically accepting this will be much more difficult than believing in the Original Source and His Word — the Scriptures. For me, the truthfulness of the Holy Books is obvious. We do not leave "as if we never existed". And according to the holy texts, we are inscribed in the eternal book of life, where it is recorded how we have passed our earthly journey. And we will enter the true and eternal world of God, where we will be held accountable for how we have lived our lives. This is the truth, whether you choose the way of unbelief or the way of faith that is logically justified!
If that day come
If today was the last day of your life.
Would you do what you're doing? For in the face of death, everything loses its meaning. That is, when you realize that you have 2–3 days to live, no more, the value of time in your mind increases so much that you start to focus exclusively on the important things. You don't care what kind of car you have, what kind of clothes you wear, what your co-workers are gossiping about, and in general, you don't care about anything at all. You don't even care about your loved ones, because you know that your family and friends will stay here without you. And they will go on living, breeding, and having fun, and you will not be here anymore. You're going away, and no one from this world is going to go to the grave with you. No one will lie in the grave with you, no one will want to hug your body and be buried with you. This is not a judgment on anyone; it is the truth, our nature. But when you realize things like that, whether you like it or not, the priorities in your mind change dramatically. In general, you know, death can be compared to an awakening. Because a person, just before death, looks back on his life and realizes that it passed like in a mist. So fast, so instantaneous, not clear, like in a dream. And now it is time to wake up. But in the case of death, awakening is a complete disconnection from the outside world and a transition to the world beyond, to another reality, to another dimension, where absolutely everything is different. So you no longer care about what happens here on earth. You only care about what will happen to you after death. And this is a very important question in human life. You can find many pre-death interviews of celebrities or bloody criminals. What's interesting is that when death came to any of them, it was like magic. They started to say things that were contrary to their life path as if they'd been replaced. They put aside all their philosophy, all their false theories about life, about nothingness, about God. It was as if they forgot, did not notice or remember everything they had done all their lives, how they had lived, and what they had done. Just look at the latest interviews of famous godless people, atheists, and criminals. What silly excuses they come up with to justify their godless existence. Their minds are clear and sharp, their pupils dilated. Now they see everything perfectly, hear everything, feel everything, understand everything, and are not as bold as they used to be. Why is that? Because they know what awaits them now and who they will be facing. Every soul knows — that's why. In modern society, it is not common to talk about death. It's a difficult subject for everyone. As one poet said, "Do not spoil our celebration of life." I'm not comfortable with that option at all, and I don't want to hide my head in the sand from our reality. I know everyone doesn't like death, but I don't want to push those thoughts away. I think it's silly to do that. Besides, I think that everyone should be reminded of their end periodically in life to realize the truth. This will help you go through life in the right way, the only right way. Death is inevitable, no one can avoid it, and therefore I will think and reason about it. I want to be clear about where I am going, what awaits me, and what I need to prepare for. That makes sense, doesn't it? Well, for example, before you move to another city, you pack your suitcases with everything you need in advance, find out the routes, and book hotels, and you consider that a reasonable approach to the question of moving. In this case, it's the same, so what's the difference? Even in the case of death, it would make more sense to have the most serious preparation and knowledge than in any other case. You're not going for a weekend, you're going for eternity. Where am I wrong? Doesn't logic just evaporate for most people when it comes to death reasoning? In fact, a lot of people are very contradictory on this subject for some reason. Everyone seems to be trying to advocate logic, rationalism, and sanity. But as soon as it comes to their immediate future, all these people behave like little unreasonable children. They just cling to some dreams of billions, companies, and mansions, or they just drown in alcoholism, drug addiction, idleness, debauchery, indulge in false dreams, and think that everything will be fine. And what about your impending danger, your future "bankruptcy"? Do you not care at all? How can you call such people reasonable? No one wants to think about death: neither young nor old. You can call this attitude short-sightedness, stupidity, cowardice, or whatever you want, but it is not at all reasonable, rational, or sane.