The Road to Paradise

not evil-free. But such remarks are the result of misunderstanding. In fact, such apparently unwanted occurrences are either to maintain a balance in the world of nature, or are aimed at giving man a lesson— to cut him down to size. Such events, therefore, are desirable so that the natural state of the world may be maintained. However, our world may be said to be full of contradictions. Here, everything is perfect—with the exception of human beings. For the human world is flawed by all kinds of defects and shortcomings, as a result of which man is continually faced with a state of unrest. The human story is one of man’s continual effort to overcome this state of discontent. Everyone cherishes a dream world for himself. Call this dream world ‘paradise’, and we can rightly say that man is indeed a paradise—seeking creature. One thinker has remarked that in this world everything is beautiful except for one thing, and that is human beings. We can put this differently as follows. On closer inspection, we find that there is an extremely strange contradiction in our material world. Of the numerous things in this world, everything has taken its ultimate shape. We cannot think of any other colour for the sky except blue. Neither can we think