"I mean, as of now, we're all still headed in the same direction which is death."
In some ancient languages there were two quite distinct words for "death". One of them had the meaning "die like a man" and the other had the meaning "die like a dog".
So, although we are all headed towards "death", it may be a totally different destination for some people as for others.
*Ask yourself who will be in difficulty if you die like a dog. At the moment of death you have to be wholly aware of yourself and feel that you have done everything possible to use all, within your abilities, in this life which was given to you.
It could be that in the last moments of your life you will not have the choice where and with whom to be, but you will have a choice to decide how fully you will live them. The ability to take the valuable from life – is the same as to take from the food, air and the impressions the substances needed to build up your higher bodies. If you want to take from your life the most valuable for yourself, it has to be for the good of the higher; for yourself it is enough to leave just a little. To work on yourself for the good of others is a smart way to receive the best from life for yourself. If you will not be satisfied with the last hour of your life, you will not be happy about the whole of your life. To die means to come through something which is impossible to repeat again. To spend your precious time in nothing means to deprive yourself the opportunity to extract from life the most valuable.
https://o-meditation.com/2011/05/13/the-last-hour-of-life-g-i-gurdjieff/