Now, people are saying that God is dead. This theory is popular. They are making
propaganda that the Lord is dead. But neither God nor we will ever die; neither do
we have birth. In Bhagavad-gita, Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri
Krsna, says, “Arjuna, why are you afraid of fighting? Myself, yourself, and all these
kings and soldiers who have assembled before us—all of them—they existed before,
and they're existing now, and they will continue to exist in the future. There is no
birth and death. So, this warfare should be on the condition of the body. Don’t be
afraid of it.”

This point we have already discussed. One must understand this point: I am pure
soul. My presence as pure soul is symptomatized by my consciousness. I know what
has happened in my past life. And what is happening, that I can remember also.
And, I can guess about my future life. At least, I make plans for my future. Unless I
have my future, why should 1 plan? But, I am beyond this past, present and future. |
am eternal. The Lord is eternal, and I am eternal also, as part and parcel of the
Supreme God. Therefore, my self-interest is to attain that life of eternity. Life of full
bliss. Life of full knowledge. That is the mission of my life. And one who takes that
position seriously, who has taken up this mission of life, and is trying for that
perfection, he is actually awake. And others who are not at this point, they are
sleeping. This is the mark of a sleeping man. A man who is working strenuously the
whole day, he is not actually awake. He is sleeping because his real intelligence is
asleep. He has lost his self-interest. He does not know what the real interest of
human life is.

All Vedic literature is imploring us, “Don’t sleep! Don’t sleep! Be awake! Be awake!
Get up! Get up from this sleep! Utilize the boon which you now have. Don’t be
foolish.”

People are working hard, and earning enough to eat. Especially in your country,
there are sufficient means for eating, and nobody is starving. That’s all right, but
they are still not satisfied. I have studied this very carefully. The younger people all
appear to be frustrated. It is not a very good condition, when the young generation,
which is the future hope of the country, feels that there is no hope. Their future is
dark. Why? Because they have no direction. What is the aim of life? What will they
become? The philosophy is, work hard, get dollars, and enjoy as you like. This is
misguidance. Therefore, the young are not happy. So, they take center of something
which is objectionable for satisfaction. But that cannot give total satisfaction.
