it Takes an Earthquake

IT TAKES AN EARTHQUAKE If a man is to enter Paradise, a moral revolution of the intensity of an earthquake must occur within him. Only such a divine refinement is the price of Paradise. if a man is to enter Paradise, he cannot do so after living a life full of errors of omission and commission, with a resolutely deaf ear turned towards his conscience. if he is to enter heaven’s gates, a moral revolution must occur within him. Moreover, it must be of such intensity that it is like a veritable earthquake. if this seems a very high price to pay, it must be remembered that it is in every way commensurate with the divine refinement of the Paradise he hopes to secure. Everyone is bestowed with divine nature by birth. First, however, that divine nature must be nurtured and released, very much in the way that an enormous amount of energy is released from an atom when it is smashed. in his current life of trial, man’s fundamental task is to produce just such an explosion from within so that the hidden divine self may appear. Every man is born in tune with the nature of his Maker. however, circumstances, traditions, desires, and many other such pressures, draw veil after veil across his moral vision: blurring his perceptions and muting his conscience. This conditioning covers one’s inner divine nature. Then, man gradually begins living according to how his thinking