WHY THIS CONTRADICTION?

and then made into steel. So is the case with everything else in the world. Everything goes through its initial phase, and then reaches its peak. There is no exception to this principle of nature. This is the case with human beings also. Humans have been given an infinite sense of pleasure, but the culmination of their delight is placed only in the next world, after death. In the present world, man discovers the ability to seek pleasure, and in the next world he will receive all that is required according to the limits of his discovery of pleasure. Feelings of pleasure can be experienced in the life before death, but truly relishing them is only in the post-death phase of life. According to His creation plan, the Creator of the universe has only given man an introduction to all conceivable pleasures in this world. In this way, He is sending a message to man that if you want to be eternally and completely satisfied with these pleasures, then you must prove yourself worthy of them. How can man prove himself worthy of everlasting pleasure? The answer is that man should make himself a pure soul. He should purify himself of all negative emotions. He should make every effort to protect himself from all corrupt emotions, such as greed, selfishness, envy, misconduct, lying, anger, revenge, violence and hatred. He should develop within himself a superior human personality which is a completely positive personality. This positive and elevated personality will make him capable of living in the neighbourhood of God. The life of a human being is divided into two stages: the pre-death stage, and the post-death stage. A relatively short portion of this phase of life is placed in the pre-death period, and a much longer, in fact eternal, portion in the post-death period. If the period before death is seen as the whole life of a man, it certainly appears as tragedy. But if the human story is seen including the eternal post-death period, it will present a thoroughly satisfying end. According to this creation plan of God, man stands at a critical juncture. He is at a point where he has to choose one of two possible outcomes: using the opportunities of the present world according to the plan of nature and proving worthy to live in eternal bliss, or living a life of neglect in the present world and losing eternal enjoyment in the afterlife. o Human beings possess the sense of pleasure at the highest level, but it is not possible for them to enjoy this fully in this world.