FOREWORD

FOREWORD ~ 6 ~ a man’s life remains unaffected by it, and he clings fast to his ‘religion’ all twenty-four hours of the day, be he conscious of this or not. The point which is missed by so many people nowadays is that whatever our goals in life; whether selfless or selfish, and whatever the zeal with which we pursue them, our ultimate goal should be to prostrate ourselves before God. No goal should ever be so placed above and beyond religion that the godhead becomes eclipsed. And no matter what kind of religion we choose for ourselves – God-centred, pantheistic or Godless – we should never lose sight of the fact that in this world we are all on trial. There is a common, but erroneous belief that a Godless religion coupled with material success should be the be-all and endall of existence. But success achieved without God’s being an all-pervasive factor is a trivial, ephemeral matter, relative only to life on earth, and will not support one into the life Hereafter. When death finally overtakes a man, all his material possessions and all his worldly successes fall away from him, and he is left, alone, and empty-handed, to stand before God, who will arise before Him in all His