FROM THE SPIRITUAL TREE

way and so change their direction, wandering away from the straight path and meandering off on little, narrow lanes. Both sorts of people have gone astray. If the first sort of people had gone astray at the very outset of their journey, the second sort go astray later, wandering away from the straight path. For physical travel there is a highway, with narrow paths leading off from it on either side. Likewise, the journey of Truth has a highway, with narrow lanes leading away from it on both sides. If you continue to journey along the highway of Truth, you will arrive at your desired destination. But if you take to one of the narrow paths that lead away from the highway, you will deviate from your desired destination. There is only one way to save yourself from this deviation. And that is, to keep asking God to save you from going astray. o How to Question Often people ask questions without being really serious. A person should ask a question on a subject which he has been thinking of and studying about. This means before asking a question, he must prepare himself. And when he receives an answer for that question from someone, he should objectively ponder over it. This means that one who asks a question has a pre-questioning responsibility and a post-questioning responsibility. Only those who fulfil both these conditions should question. For physical travel there is a highway, with narrow paths leading off from it on either side. Likewise, the journey of Truth has a highway, with narrow lanes leading away from it on both sides.