Remember death often, because it demolishes all desires.

These profound words of the Prophet remind us that death is a tremendous experience that we will all have to undergo one day or the other. We spend our lives on earth doing the things we want to, pursuing our dreams, trying to build our own little or big worlds. But very soon, death arrives and puts an end to everything. Death is a nullification of the worlds we have been trying to construct.

Realistically, remembering death is enough for us to reform ourselves. It should suffice to cure us of the obsession with worldly things and ‘world-worshipping’ mentality, and make us ever-conscious of the Hereafter. The root of all evil lies in being totally oblivious of death. Conversely, the source of all goodness is living with the constant awareness that one day we will die and appear before the Lord of the worlds to give an account of our life.

Turning a blind eye to death makes one frivolous, while consciousness of death makes one to take life earnestly. Awareness of death makes a person conscious of the need to obey God. It reminds him that he is simply a helpless creature. It cuts him down to his actual size. It helps in abstaining from evil and making a person modest. All this helps in one's reformation.

Remembering death brings a realisation that we need to be responsible for the way we lead our life.