Logos 49
He who has not completely abandoned material life must necessarily review the guilty actions of his existence, and death surprises him with his mind full of these thoughts, he will be forced to resume a body in this world.
The mind carries with it the tendencies of the being who is going to die, so that the state of mind at the very moment of death determines the conditions in which one will be reborn. Unlike animals, whose mental faculties are not very extensive, a man on the verge of death remembers, as in a dream, everything he has done during his life. These memories awaken in him innumerable material desires which prevent him from regaining his original spiritual form and thus returning to his first abode, the spiritual world.
The servant of God, through the practice of the service of love and devotion that he offers to the Supreme Lord, develops throughout his life his love for God, so that, even if at the time of death he forgets his spiritual activities, the Lord, Himself, remembers them. The spiritual progress of the virtuous being is never in vain, even if it has to be reborn in the material world. The Lord never forgets the service offered to him his devotee.
Logos 50
The Lord says: “He who fulfills his duty according to My instructions and who follows this teaching with faith, without envy, this one frees himself from the chains of karma. But those who, because they are envious, neglect to always apply My teachings, they are, know it, deluded, deprived of knowledge, doomed to ignorance and servitude. Even the sage acts according to his own nature, for it is so with all beings. What is the use of repressing this nature?
Although experiencing attraction and repulsion for sense objects, embodied beings should not allow themselves to be dominated by either the senses or their objects, because they constitute an obstacle to spiritual realization.
It is better to discharge one's own duty, even imperfectly, than to assume that of another, even to accomplish it perfectly. Better to fail or die while fulfilling one's own duty than to do that of others, a very perilous thing”.