The Potential of Higher Realisation

beings to realise God. Now, it has become possible for any man to apprehend the evidence of the Creator through direct study and observation of creation. Through this scientific revolution, the divine signs revealed to man have made possible the achievement of a high degree of divine realisation. A significant number of God’s servants have achieved the realisation of God through these signs. However, evil forces are always at work in this world alongside good forces. Zoarashtra (d. 55 BC) expressed it thus: “The world is a perpetual battleground of good and evil forces.” Indeed, certain influential minds were born in this next stage of human history whose ideas were responsible for taking people away from Godrealisation. The Prophet forewarned this when he stated that a great deceiver would be born in later times who would put people on the wrong path by his outwardly alluring ideas (some traditions mention 30 deceivers who will appear in the later phase of human history). What is meant by deception? It means, in fact, intellectual misguidance through misinterpretation of religion. In this age, this kind of misguidance will become widespread.