Generally, when our time is up and we are about to leave this planet we know it. We know it inside our hearts. We know it from the soul. We know it what wrong we have all done. We know it what right we have done. We know it all. But then our actions from the past do not let us sleep peacefully. But we want to be peacefully. (Maybe we realize this at that time that to be peaceful is so important). So at that time, I realized many people start accepting what wrong they have done and they want forgiveness from the people whom they have wronged. Fair enough. At least at the last minute. And yes what we do not realize, those people (whom we have wronged) have gone through the pain of wrongdoing for such a long time, we expect them to forgive us in one moment as a standard to fulfill the last wishes of a dying man.
I am sure it’s peaceful to get the load off the chest. But can we make an effort to feel peaceful everyday. First of all, when we do something wrong we know it, so we can stop or change that immediately or at least at the first realization. And if we know somewhere we have wronged someone, we can ask for forgiveness whenever we have the enlightenment of doing wrong. Why do we have to wait for the last minute? (May be the ego is stopping us from bowing down) But what we do not realize is that by doing so we would reduce someone’s pain immediately and we would feel better immediately.
We do not need to wait for the last days of life to seek forgiveness so that we can leave peacefully. We can live peacefully everyday by seeking it everyday. It is not about leaving peacefully, it is about living peacefully!
