Dead end

[Confused]

So following a path that eventually leads to unity, make all that effort, only to abandon it?

Ankh, let us think of human life in non-spiritual secular terms, for a moment. Many people only come to know about matters such as reincarnation, etc, at some slightly mature age in life. But almost all know early that we are going to die at some stage.

Then why do still most people attempt to live, study, build careers, maintain matrimony, painstakingly raise their children, age into frail dependent beings, etc? Why not just die without having to go through all the rigmarole? I think if we can dig through that, we might have some clues for your interesting question.