1. THE TRIAL OF MAN

1. THE TRIAL OF MAN ~ 17 ~ making this sacrifice can never endear himself to God no matter how many exercises in selfprostration he puts himself through. A man who achieves a certain superiority owes his position to God. To acknowledge the superiority of another, then, amounts to acknowledging the fairness of God’s distribution of His blessings. If one refuses to recognize the superiority of another, that is tantamount to challenging God’s sense of fair play. When one bows before the rights of another, one is not really bowing before another human being, but before God, for it is on account of God’s commandment that one bows before that person, rather than because of any excellence inherent in him. God, the Lord of the Universe, is the Supreme Reality. To discover God is the greatest triumph that a human being can achieve. In this world, it is in the act of self-prostration that a man truly finds his Lord. But such self-prostration is acceptable to God only when a man’s entire life is coloured by humility and submission. It is only then that the devotee can be said to be psychologically prepared