The Destination of Man

The answer is that what man is looking for in his ‘today’, exists in his ‘tomorrow’. What he desires to find in his ‘present’ has been situated in his ‘future’, according to the creation plan of the Creator. According to this creation plan, man’s life is divided into two parts: one is the predeath period and the second is the post-death period. The desired world of man has been deemed for the post-death period. The position of the pre-death period is that of a selecting ground. Those men and women who qualify themselves in this pre-death period will be held deserving of inhabiting the desired world of the post-death period. Paradise is the name of this desired world. An event like the tsunami serves as a warning that man cannot build a Paradise for himself in this present world. Although the earth is very beautiful, it is so vulnerable and suffers from such limitations that it cannot be turned into a heavenly abode. Our earth is an initial introduction to Paradise, but not Paradise itself. We need another world for the building of Paradise, a world which is unlimited, free from all kinds of fear. A perfect world is needed for Paradise, whereas the present world is imperfect in every respect, and a perfect Paradise can never be built on an imperfect earth. Man by his very nature is desirous of Paradise. But the concept of tomorrow that man uniquely possesses tells us that Paradise is achievable only in the world of tomorrow and not in the world of today. Realizing this fact is without doubt the greatest wisdom. Those who build their lives focused on tomorrow are successful while those who build their lives focused only on