Man and Paradise

Today, they are blessed with peace of mind; tomorrow, they will live this peaceful life in the external world as well. In the perfect world of nature, the imperfect human world appears contradictory. But Paradise resolves this contradiction. It signifies a perfect world of eternal comfort and pleasure, a world with meaning greater than even the present world. This divine plan may be what Jesus Christ alluded to when he prayed: “Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” (Matthew: Chapter 6) WORLD OF TODAY, WORLD OF TOMORROW Human life consists of two stages—the temporary predeath and the eternal post-death periods. This division is so that whatever one could not obtain in ‘today,’ the present world, they may be able to achieve in ‘tomorrow,’ the world of the Hereafter. In the known universe, human beings are the only creatures who possess intelligence. As far as we know, no other creature shares this quality with them. Animals, too, are living creatures, but their actions are entirely determined by instincts. In ordinary language, we can refer to instincts as the unconscious mind. The conscious mind is a quality unique to humans and is not found in any other species. According to modern research, the human brain contains approximately 100 billion neurons! In terms of their capacities,