THE HEREAFTER

The Hereafter ~ 80 ~ person of very great merit. But the person who can absorb unpleasant experiences and then pass them on to others in the form of pleasant experiences is of even greater merit. It is people with such patience, fortitude and consideration for others who are truly fit to take up residence in Paradise- a place of the greatest purity and refinement, where even filth impinges on the senses in the form of fragrance. The best candidate for entry to such a world is one who has shown his capacity to accomplish this same process of conversion in the world of mankind. Here, the manifestation of filth in the form of fragrance takes place on an abstract level, within the mind. In Paradise, at God’s behest, it will assume a physical form. In other words, human action on a moral plane in this world will take concrete shape in the next world. Every situation which confronts a man in this world invites one of two kinds of responses. It is on the basis of this response that one will be pronounced fit for Heaven or far Hell. A true word is spoken. One acknowledges it, another denies it. An issue arises, eliciting justice