God and the Life Hereafter
God and the Life Hereafter
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spiritual personality, or the soul, remains
unchanged and lives on. This is because the human
personality, being eternal, has an existence
independent of the human body. To put it in
another way human life can be likened to an
iceberg, a very tiny part of which is visible, while
the rest remains submerged. By analogy, the human
lifespan is divided into two parts: the first, the
infinitesimal part runs its course in this world,
while by far the greater part unfolds in the
Hereafter.
While everything in this world is so designed as to
permit man to develop his personality, we must
remember that everything in the present world
more importantly serves as a test paper for man.
For instance, the present world is filled with all
kinds of bitterness and animosity. This had all been
devised so that, by undergoing these experiences,
man might prove that he could lead his life with
positive feelings even in negative situations. It is
only those who are capable of such positivism who
will gain admission to the ideal world of Paradise.
On the contrary, those who fall a prey to reaction
and respond negatively to bad experiences will be
