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Death
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Questioner: Please tell us exactly what happens in the final
hour of the life of a dying man.
Dadashri: In the ultimate end, whatever has been
‘deposited’ (into one’s karmic account) thus far will carry forward.
In the final hour of his death, his next life is decided based on his
spiritual evolutionary status, which is determined by the result of
the final analysis of his balance sheet. This balance sheet is not an
accounting of his entire life’s activities, but his coming life form
and the middle portion. The middle represents the last hour, the
current final event. For example, if he is preoccupied with the
welfare of his young unmarried daughter, a dominant theme in the
last hour of his life, he will bind a life in the animal kingdom. This
preoccupation is part of the balance sheet.
People have been taught to utter holy words and scripts in
the ears of the dying man but in reality the dying person will only
be able to make a positive use of this if he has bound the merit
karma to do so, otherwise he will be preoccupied with worries
about his daughter who he leaves behind.
The summary of the balance sheet will carry forward. In
this regard, the good done in older age is much more effective
and carries more weight compared to the same done in youth.
The First Photograph Of Next Life
The law of nature is very precise in what it sends forward,
nevertheless the Vitarag, the Omniscient Lord, cautions us to
maintain awareness as we approach the age of fifty.
If a person is to live seventy-five years, the first imprint,
photograph (for next life) will be created at age fifty. For a life
span of sixty years the first snap is taken at the age of forty. For
a life span of eighty-one years, it takes place at age of fifty-four.