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the present world has not been made as a place
of luxury and comfort, but rather as a period of
trial and as such as will help determine whether
he is eligible or not for the eternal life in Paradise.
In spite of tremendous development in the
present world, adverse conditions are still very
much in evidence. But people, owing to their
lack of awareness of God’s creation plan, do
not understand why this is prevalent. So, they
continue to react negatively to situations and by
giving such a response, prove themselves—in
the eyes of God—to be failures in the examination
he has set for them. Stress is also a major
problem faced by people everywhere. Many
institutions have been established which claim
to be able to eliminate stress. What these
institutions actually do, in their endeavour to de-
stress people is to ask them to stop their thinking
process, thus bringing on them a kind of
temporary anaesthesia. This is, however, not a
real solution to the problem of stress. There is
only one true solution to this problem and that is