The Final Journey

that is superior to him, although death daily announces that everyone must face a reality someday that nothing can counter. Truly, man is totally dependent, although he imagines himself to be immensely powerful. People make promises but promptly forget them. They neglect to fulfill others’ rights. They decline to acknowledge the Truth when it appears in front of them. They constantly blame others while refusing to recognize their own mistakes. They ignore the ‘small’ and flatter the ‘big’. They subordinate their life to their desires, rather than to principles. They are crushed by those more powerful than themselves, and, in turn, they oppress the weak. They make themselves, instead of God, the centre of their concerns and attention. Instead of living in the desire for heaven and the fear of Hell, they live in the desire and fear of this world. Doing all this, man forgets that he is leading himself closer to Hell and that he is proving himself unfit for Paradise. Man has no interest in what should be for him the matter of greatest interest. He is the least fearful of what he should be most fearful of! What Will Happen That Day? G od is the Lord of everything. Whatever anyone receives is given by God. No one but God has anything to give to anybody. And so, if someone were to snatch away something