God and the Universe

refers to the condition that overwhelms a person due to this discovery. If one obtains this realization, or, in other words, makes this discovery, it is as if the doors of all the blessings of the world and the Hereafter have been opened unto him. He is that fortunate person about whom it will be said in the Hereafter: You can enter Paradise through any gate you wish. From today onward, there is no fear or sorrow for you. MAN’S POWERLESSNESS Man’s condition in this world is extraordinary. He finds himself alive here, with an individual existence of his own, but this existence is a gift, for he has not bestowed it on himself. Man requires those many things to live that comprise the life-support system, but he cannot create any of these on his own. Man desires eternal life, but every person who takes birth on earth dies at an appointed time. It is beyond man’s capacity to stave off the arrival of death. Man is, in a complete sense, a powerless creature. He is entirely dependent on an external Power to fulfil all his needs. This aspect of man shows that in this world, he is only a taker and that, on the other hand, there is someone else here—the Creator—who is a Giver, on whom man is dependent for everything. This equation should lead man to think about the reality of his existence and shape his life accordingly. He should recognize both his own and the Creator’s actual position.