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What will be with you?

The solitary journey of death is the ultimate personal fact, stripping away all worldly attachments.

We love our body, family, and this world, but you must go alone. No one can accompany you—no friend, spouse, or parent. Like at an airport's immigration line, you proceed individually. There is one gate for all: the door of death. We do not know the day or hour this body will fall. It is finished. What remains afterwards? This is not about belief, religion, or philosophy. It is a personal fact. Did you ever think what will be with you? We are young and strong, believing we can do everything. But the sunrise guarantees a sunset; a dark night will come. We have comfort and happy relations, yet we must go away. What is the purpose? Please, take your time and think deeply: what will be with me?

"We will ask ourselves this very question in the final minute of our life: what will be with us?"

"Did you ever think about yourself, what will be with you?"

Filming location: USA

Ultimately, in everything we do for ourselves and for others, we must arrive at this point: in which direction are we going, and what will remain with us now? We will ask ourselves this very question in the final minute of our life: what will be with us? We love our body, we love our family, we love our relatives, we love this world, we love this nature, this creation. But you have to go alone. No one will go with you. There will be no transportation, no facilities—no car, no airplane, no bike, no horse—and no friend, wife, husband, child, mother, father, or colleagues. No one is there to give you a hand or to walk with you. They may want to very much; they may be willing to do it, but they cannot. You know, when you go to immigration at the airport, there is a yellow line. Everyone has to stop there. Individuals have to go forward alone to deal with it, and only those with the right documents pass through. Others are not allowed. So we all have our time to go. We have to go alone. There is one gate, and all have to go through that gate. It does not matter who is who—king or beggar, a holy saint or a small ant. That door is the door of death. On which day, at which time, how, and where this body will fall down to the ground, to the earth… we will not know. We will not be able to move even a small finger anymore. It is finished. What will be with us afterwards? This has nothing to do with any belief, any philosophy, any religion, or any culture. It is a fact. I am asking you a clear question for yourself: did you ever think what will be with you? It does not matter if you believe in God or you do not believe in God, if you meditate or you do not meditate, if you are vegetarian or non-vegetarian. I am not asking anything of this. It is very personal to you, my dear. Did you ever think about yourself, what will be with you? Many of us are young, and we think we will change the whole world. We have a lot of energy; the body is still healthy, movable, and we think we can do everything, everything. But you should know: when the sun rises, it means also there will be a sunset. Again, a dark, cold night will come. So we are made very young, healthy, strong, with all kinds of material comfort, healthy family relations, a happy family, everything. And we thank God that we have all this. But still, we know how long it will be. Why did we begin these relations, and why do we have to go away? What is the purpose of our life? What is the sense of life? Please, take your time: one day, five days, one month, two months, one year, two years, five years, ten years. Make some thoughts about this; overthink what will be with me.

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The text contains hyperlinks in bold to three authoritative books on yoga, written by humans, to clarify the context of the lecture:

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