Are you ready to die now?

I still remember that night at Jabalpur, when I was coming back to my flat from towards my college. I was riding alone, enjoying the beauty, calmness and cold breeze of night. As soon as I crossed the GCF gate and the speed breaker at Pat Baba turning, I had a realization, “What if I meet an accident and die”. That could happen to me anytime but I realized that moment that I was not at all prepared to die at that time. By preparedness, I mean I never hesitated on the thought of becoming dead, but I had lots of pending jobs to do like talking to many people, talking to them about various things, lots of places to visit, meeting some people and so on. Lots of such activities would have remained undone had I died at that moment.

Immediately, a new energy came to me and I continued my ride back home quite worried but planning to do all such pending tasks. Within a few days, I was satisfied upon my position of being up-to-date with my activities. I didn’t have to think at that time before leaving this mortal world. Happiness showered upon me after that.

That incident taught me a very practical and beautiful lesson, which later on Swamiji told us, about being up-to-date always. The best example he gave was of Mulla Nasiruddin. After that I tried my best to keep myself without any pending jobs.

Recently, while going back to Singrauli, many times I felt of dying by some possible accidents. That time I was too much disturbed upon thinking that I had lots of pending tasks (even after that incident). Even now, I have been feeling of my death coming, but my pending tasks keep me here. I’ll try my best being with time, here and now.