Fear not that life may end; fear that life may never begin
We all fear death. Among all our possessions, life is most precious,
because without it, we can’t enjoy any other possession. Naturally, we treasure
life.
Though we are terrified about losing our life in one stroke to death,
we don’t even notice losing our life gradually, moment-by-moment. We willingly,
even eagerly, let so many of our moments be dissipated on trivialities and
trinkets: trivialities such as gossip and trinkets such as a new gadget.
Bhakti insights revise our understanding of what is worth fearing – not
the ending of life because life will inevitably end at the material level. What
is worth fearing is that life may never begin, that we may imprudently delay
offering our love to Krishna and thereby block the beginning of our real life.
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