The Final Journey

Yet it should be borne in mind that man has no intrinsic power. No one can, by himself, give anything to anyone, nor can he deprive anyone of anything. All human acts take place according to the will of God. Man exists in this world to be tested, and the test is as much concerned with his intentions as it is with his actions and their outcomes, for man can only desire that an event should take place and strive to cause things to happen in the way be wishes, but if God wills otherwise, there is no way that man can see his wishes come true. Ramaya might well have escaped under the cover of darkness and enjoyed the fruits of his hideous crime, but he had failed the supreme test and God willed that his punishment should be immediate. He Is Listening M any years ago, in 1982, the Times of India published a report titled ‘Careful, Uncle Sam May be Listening’. It was about a book by a former officer in the NSA, the American secret service agency. The name of the book was The Puzzle Palace. The book contains some very interesting anecdotes and information. It relates that the number of telephone calls and telex and telegram messages (this was before the age when email became popular) sent every day from America is enormous. These messages are first received by what is called an Earth Station. From there, they are sent to a satellite, which revolves around the earth at a height of some 2300 miles. This entire process is over within less than a second!