The Illusion of Life: Reflections on Mortality, Regret, and the Meaning of Existence

Introduction: The Illusion of Life

the illusion of life come and go describe in short sentenza of poet

“Morning comes, evening comes

This is how life ends”

The illusion of ife. Why! What are you thinking? Today, you are in a somewhat pensive mood. No, it’s nothing. You are just lazy. A man sometimes has some thoughts, sometimes nothing. Sometimes, he is happy with these thoughts; occasionally, he is pensive.

Well, tell me, what thoughts have made you pensive? Let us listen, too! It has been a few days since I spent an hour in my room. Its anchor had broken, it was closed, and it did not move or make a sound. A friend kindly fixed it. It started moving and started making a sound. I see it walking day and night, beginning its journey at one and ending at twelve. In one turn, day and night end.

When we think about what we have done? Then it turns out nothing. This tune had been on my mind for many days, and I was confused by this thought until our friend Pastor Rajab Ali Sahib sent me a book on top of it, which was written “The Illusion of Life.” I was thrilled and thought this might solve some of the problems.

The Elegant Book

This book is originally in English, and Johnson wrote it eloquently. Pandit Beshambar Nath has translated it into Urdu with great ability and slight variations. In this book, the author has mentioned very worthy and famous and wise and eloquent and elegant and poetic, generous and miserly men who were present in this world a few days before our time and then have shown how they left this world with regret and sorrow. They went all their wealth and possessions. Neither that wisdom nor those worldly pleasures were of any use. They died saying this in the language of today.

Book Thoughts

Why did they come, and what did we do?

A few accusations were taken to task.

This book further confused my thoughts about solving the problem, and this question arose in my heart: “Why did they come?” It was with this thought that I opened the door of my room. A beautiful river, green trees, and lush fields caught my eye. I saw that the river’s water flows away, the previous one comes, and the next one goes. I noticed that the trees were old and new ones were coming. The ripe fields are cut, and new ones are sown. This is what the situation is. Why did they go, and what did they do? Did they also carry some regrets?

Why Did they Com and Do

I did not understand anything, but I thought that perhaps the problem of “why did they come and what did they do” was related to living beings.  turned my attention to everyone’s condition. The thought of the lion, which is the most beautiful, majestic, brave, and jealous but is known for being the most dangerous and cruel of all. When I looked at its dead body, I saw a motionless corpse, its stomach swollen and torn, its entrails eaten by jackals, its golden skin mixed with dust, its flesh rotting and lying on the ground, its bones only a skeleton, and probably that too in a few days.

I thought that this was the same kind of animal as the kind of people Johnson mentions in “The Mirage of Life.” Look at a better animal.

Loyality Frinedship and Love

At that moment, I thought of the dog. I felt that this is the one who has reached God among all animals. Contentment, love, companionship, friendship, loyalty, obedience to its owner and the most self-denial all end in this. Everyone does it far and wide. For example, Maulvi says that it is impure, but this poor man, out of humility and self-denial, shakes his tail and bows his head in front of everyone. But when he also died, he was a motionless corpse.

There was neither a wagging of the tail nor a bowing of the head; neither was there companionship nor obedience. In a few days, the bone structure was like this. The mouth was open, the jaw was bare, the teeth and fangs were exposed, and thousands of ants had entered it. I was shocked and said that the end of both was the same. But I said no, take some sacred animal. I thought of the pigeon, which is considered the most sacred in the world.

Forgetful Appearance

The forgetful appearance, the sweet and lovely words, the very affectionate face, and the social behaviour of both of them were charming. He also surpassed everyone in holiness. The one who brought the blessed olive branch to Noah (peace be upon him), the one who descended as the Holy Spirit to Christ, the one who circumambulated the Kaaba in Mecca, the one who lived in the presence of all the monasteries, the one who healed the sick with the breeze of his wings, the one who guided Hindus and Buddhists to save their lives, but when he saw the end of it, he found nothing more than that his wings were lying somewhere, his beak somewhere and his claws somewhere, his chest was covered for a few days, and then even that was gone.

Story of Sultan

I turned my thoughts to man, and suddenly, the story of Sultan Abdul Aziz Khan appeared before me, who was a very famous and brave man. He fought with great courage and wisdom in battles. Sultan had been on the throne of Constantinople for fifteen years; people say he was very wasteful. Was very fond of women, so much so that 53 women were in his harem. There was a shortage of rupees in the country.

The royal treasury was empty. The empire was in trouble due to the rebels. But he had hidden several crores of rupees in his treasury for luxury. For the happiness of his beloved wife, he wanted to break the old custom of the crowning of the Turks. He tried to make the son of his wife the crown prince and, without thinking about the ruin of the country, he made the enemies of the country his friends to complete this task.

Dethroned

Do I see that in his crimes, the people of his empire attacked him? He was dethroned, exited the palace, and was imprisoned in a small house. The longing to go to the kingdom made his heart impatient, and he killed himself. My thought immediately ran his hand. First, he placed it on his forehead and then in front of his nostrils to see if there was any breathing.

He felt his chest, looked at his hands, looked at his feet, looked around, found nothing except a corpse, and put his ear to his chest to see if the bones were moving but could not detect anything. I thought that there was nothing in it now. In a few days, this flesh and skin would not be there; only the skeleton would remain, and even that would not be there after a few days. I remembered Johnson’s “Mirage of Life” and thought that he died in the longing for the world. That is why he was in this condition.

God-Fearing Person

I felt a longing to see the condition of a great God-fearing person who had died from the world. A very holy man from Punjab appeared before my eyes. I was thrilled to see him. There was no other word except God. There was no work except worship; the world and its pleasures were unreal—the one attached to God and Raqba. By coincidence, his last hour also came. He advised his friends about his first destination.

He prepared for the journey very happily and joyfully and died without any wishes or regrets. My thought immediately raised his hand, placed it on his forehead, touched his nostrils, felt his heart, felt his chest, looked at his hands, looked at his feet, but there was nothing. He tied a knot on his chest that some light must have shone from inside, but there was nothing.

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Said Involuntarily

I was scared and said involuntarily, Aji Hazrat, speak up. What was there? There was not even a breath. I said this was the same as it had happened to his predecessors. There is no difference between carrying the longing for the world and dying in the passion of worship. In the meantime, people started preparing and burying him. They started digging a grave in the old monastery, similar to the graves of the previous Sajjadahs. I was scared and said he should stay for two or four days. Let me understand what is going on.

People say that it is a curse. Someone is keeping dead people; all the skin will be skinned, the flesh will rot, the skeleton of the bones will come out, crows and vultures will start circling, and people will start running away in fear of the skeleton of the bones. Hearing this, I was shocked. All the corpses in front of me flashed before my eyes. I said that the same thing happened to my husband and everyone. Is this true?

Hesitantant Thoughful and Surprised

How do you walk, my dear?

Whether you are on the throne of the dead or the ground

I got up from there, hesitant, thoughtful, and surprised, and went to my garden to entertain myself. It was a vast garden. I had decorated it beautifully in my youth and excitement, and friends and famous and accomplished people often gathered there. happy with Ghalib’s heart-wrenching and loving words, Azarda’s heart-wrenching and heart-wrenching eloquence, Shefta’s calm and half-smiling manner, and Sahbai Jan Nawaz’s gentle love.

was wandering around. I reached a newly dug lawn and saw a bone in the soil that I thought was a goat’s head. Stumbled and threw it away; when it came out, it was not a goat’s head but a human skull. Told my heart that one day, someone would stumble over my skull like that. I ran, picked it up, and saw only the bones left.

There was a letter on the forehead bone, which might have the same inscription as fate, but it was not readable. There was a hole and a circle in place of the eyes, if you put your finger in it, it was nothing, the nose was not beautiful at all, there was a broken, slightly high, hideous bone mark and its hole looked very bad. Those teeth, which were called pearls and hailstones, looked so terrifying that it made the heart tremble.

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Apologize

I apologize for my unwitting rudeness and asked who you were. What religion was it? Were you a scholar, a pauper? Did you die in the longing for the world or in the worship of God? No matter how many times I asked, I got no answer. Then I turned it upside down and looked at it, hoping to find some sign of good or evil, but I didn’t find anything. An old gardener watched my words and asked, “What do you see, sir?” The good and the bad, the jackal and the wolf, all become the same when they die.

I was surprised and remembered Johnson’s “Mirage of Life” and what he said next. My friend said, “Your thoughts are also very crude, and it is a pity for you to be thoughtful. What were you looking for in this pile of dirt, rotting flesh, and decaying bones? The thing you were supposed to see was not there at all. I asked, “Where was she then?” He said, “I don’t know,” then asked what she was like, he said, “I don’t know.” Then asked, “What was she visible?” he said, “No,” then asked, “Where did she go?” he said, “I don’t know.”

Surprized

I was even more surprised by this answer to the question that he was saying something about which he did not know. He said that God had said it. I told the truth. “But to satisfy my heart.” He remained silent after hearing this. I said that these are all your thoughts that that person died in the longing for the world and in the worship of God. But everyone is equal. What is true is mutual sympathy, national support, and national good, while the condition of our nation in the world is suffering from humiliation, disgrace and ignorance. So if someone dies in the longing for the world and goes to hell, it is because of our shoes and worship and goes to heaven; it is because of our troubles; what is their crying? Cry for the living, who are worse than dead.

Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life
Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life

 

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