Love of God

were developing a negative personality, such as would have a deleterious effect in the life after death. Such a negative personality would, indeed, render one incapable of gaining entry into Paradise. You came to realize that the culture of the people of Paradise would be that of peace; only those would be accommodated there who had the capacity to live together in love and peace. This being so, one who develops a personality which is intolerant, easily provoked and downright unfriendly will be held ineligible to enter Paradise and will be deprived of happiness and success for all eternity. Such thinking will prove to be revolutionary and you will become your own watchdog. You will become extremely keen to reform yourself. Thinking born of introspection is the greatest source of tazkiyah. Tazkiyah can always be achieved by inner selfappraisal, rather than by some external activity. HOW TO ENGAGE IN INTROSPECTION? When man discovers his total powerlessness, the feeling of helplessness is necessarily born within him. It is this feeling of helplessness which compels man to engage in introspection and it is in this discovery that the real secret of tazkiyah lies. The real source of self-purification is introspection, that is, thinking about oneself, analyzing one’s words and deeds, or in other words, becoming one’s own judge, by