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to adopt the correct attitude to stress—that of
managing stress instead of trying to eliminate it
or react negatively to it and thus pass our test.
Unpleasantness has been put into this world for
man to learn the right lessons from it. The true
lesson taught by unpleasant experiences is that
man remembers the next world of Paradise.
Seen in the light of this creation plan, the root
of all human problems is that the unenlightened
want to make their Paradise in this world prior
to death, whereas under the natural laws, the
situation here on earth makes this impossible.
According to God’s creation plan, man has to
be content in this world before death, so that he
may be sure that in the world after death he has
Paradise in store for him. The right and proper
thing for man to do is therefore to acknowledge
and accept this law of creation, and plan his life
accordingly. His sole aim in this present world
should be to make himself acceptable in the eyes
of God, so that he may be held eligible for
admission into Paradise in the eternal world after
