Man’s Position in the Universe

MAN’S POSITION IN THE UNIVERSE In the same way, the study tells us that man always thinks of a particular result and then plans the course of action to seek to obtain this result. Man’s thinking is result-oriented. He wants to engage only in that action that produces his desired result. Man’s Nature is such that he is reluctant to engage in any activity that does not create the desired result. Human Nature demands that man plan the course of his life in the broader sense under this principle. In the same way, as in the pre-death phase of his life, man plans his actions based on the results he seeks; in the post-death period, too, he should make the result the criterion. He should organize his activities in the pre-death phase of his life in a way that will benefit him in the post-death phase of his life. The system of this world is divided into ‘today’ and ‘tomorrow,’ the present and the future. Other than man, all the creatures in this world act in the present. They have no concept of life other than ‘today’ or the present. The word ‘tomorrow’ is found only in the dictionary of man. This difference is a sort of message to us from Nature. In this difference, Nature is exhorting man not to focus on (or remain concerned only with) his ‘today’ but to keep his ‘tomorrow’ in front of him and accordingly plan his life. The success of other creatures lies in obtaining only what they need ‘today.’ However, man’s success is that he should be successful not just today (that is, in the life before death) but also tomorrow (that is, in the life after death). Man’s success lies in obtaining the best place in the eternal world after death: eternal Paradise.