All relationships are beautiful...until one mutilates them with with the ugliness of one's inner soul. A beautiful soul is magnanimous, forgiving, loving and understanding. When the beauty of these elements is lended to a relationship, everybody becomes beautiful. Loving fellow human beings becomes the most natural thing to do.
Creating space in one's heart for others is a sign of spiritual evolution without which a human being is unworthy of his title. To create space in one's heart to accomodate everyone is not the easiest thing to do; unless one keeps one's focus on one's own imperfections and make allowances for the same in others.
Human beings are born with an amalgamation of qualities; some divine, others base. Whichever set of traits surfaces determines whether we are closer to God or to the devil. Often we see that it is the base qualities that ride high on our minds, which results in our base behaviour. We hate, we are envious, we are selfish, we are cruel, conniving. We undermine the rights of others for our own gains. We lose sight of what is right or wrong. We forget that there is another life which is eternal. Why does it not matter to us where we will be in that life? Heaven? Hell?
We have to work very hard in order to allow our divine qualities to become more superior to our darker self. It is easier to hate and take revenge than it is to forget and forgive as that is an animal instinct. On the other hand, it is Divine to forgive and overlook. If we love God, we must try to be like Him; just like we endeavour to copy our parents and be like them.
When He decided to send man to the earth as His deputy, He wished man to execute the affairs of life here according to the laws He made. How could He allow us to be His disciples and follow the devil? He wants us to behave in a manner befitting a human being which He calls 'the best of His creations'. Man is placed even above the angels; but only if he chooses right over wrong and gives preference to others over self.
The mind is a very powerful instrument in the hands of a human. And a part of the mind is also that which is called the 'heart'. Because it is the job of only the brain to think. So when we say our heart says this and our mind says that, we are actually talking about two separate portions of the same organ. A conflict between the two is what we experience at every step in life. The 'heart' of the brain urges us to follow the animalistic instincts and satisfy the 'self'. But the mind tells us to remember God's expectations from us. It teaches us to be magnanimous and when we listen to our mind we stay on track and move closer to God with every test.
Creating space in one's heart for others is a sign of spiritual evolution without which a human being is unworthy of his title. To create space in one's heart to accomodate everyone is not the easiest thing to do; unless one keeps one's focus on one's own imperfections and make allowances for the same in others.
Human beings are born with an amalgamation of qualities; some divine, others base. Whichever set of traits surfaces determines whether we are closer to God or to the devil. Often we see that it is the base qualities that ride high on our minds, which results in our base behaviour. We hate, we are envious, we are selfish, we are cruel, conniving. We undermine the rights of others for our own gains. We lose sight of what is right or wrong. We forget that there is another life which is eternal. Why does it not matter to us where we will be in that life? Heaven? Hell?
We have to work very hard in order to allow our divine qualities to become more superior to our darker self. It is easier to hate and take revenge than it is to forget and forgive as that is an animal instinct. On the other hand, it is Divine to forgive and overlook. If we love God, we must try to be like Him; just like we endeavour to copy our parents and be like them.
When He decided to send man to the earth as His deputy, He wished man to execute the affairs of life here according to the laws He made. How could He allow us to be His disciples and follow the devil? He wants us to behave in a manner befitting a human being which He calls 'the best of His creations'. Man is placed even above the angels; but only if he chooses right over wrong and gives preference to others over self.
The mind is a very powerful instrument in the hands of a human. And a part of the mind is also that which is called the 'heart'. Because it is the job of only the brain to think. So when we say our heart says this and our mind says that, we are actually talking about two separate portions of the same organ. A conflict between the two is what we experience at every step in life. The 'heart' of the brain urges us to follow the animalistic instincts and satisfy the 'self'. But the mind tells us to remember God's expectations from us. It teaches us to be magnanimous and when we listen to our mind we stay on track and move closer to God with every test.
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