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Lately, I often encounter helplessness, despair, and even suicidal tendencies in others, and sometimes I myself cannot see the way forward. Dear Swamiji, I would like to ask about the possibility of how to face, how to cope with, and how to overcome this helplessness and despair within myself or when dealing with others. In this stressful modern civilization, the contemporary way of life has a very negative effect on human consciousness. But there is a way to emerge from such a crisis. You should spend time with your friends. Speak more about life and work, and so on. Do not withdraw into yourself. Read some good books that inspire you toward a healthy way of life and toward spirituality. Never think of suicide. There is also a question: what happens after death? It is like this: you have to go through the waves and experiences of your deeds from this life. This is called destiny. Destiny will lead you further, in the direction in which your karmas were oriented. According to those karmas, your next life will be given. Also according to those karmas, you must spend time in that space. All accounts of your life have to be settled there, and then you are released again to come to this mortal world. These are individual cases. Often, two persons die at the same time in an accident or similar event, but their destiny does not let them go together. Immediately, they take different paths—that is destiny. Therefore, our life after death will be according to what we are doing now. Mahāprabhujī said, "The past is gone." The present is here. Your future will be like your present life. So, begin to think positively, understand, and give everyone a feeling of happiness. Avoid any kind of negative activities.