BUILDING A DIVINE PERSONALITY
Spirituality means building a divine personality in this world so one can be truly successful in the world by obtaining a place in Paradise in the period of life after death.
This world is where an individual engages in actions, and the Hereafter is the place where he will receive the fruits of his actions. A concise and initial portion of a person’s life is spent in this world. Then, he is taken to the next world, where, according to his actions, he will get a place either in Paradise or live in eternal deprivation.
In this scheme of things, the present world is a place for the test. An examination hall is always for tests, not for enjoying the results. A student who seeks to build an ideal world for himself in the examination hall will fail to do so. The person who wants to make an eternal palace of joy in this world will not obtain his goal—because the present world has not been made for this purpose.
Wise is he who understands this difference and performs righteous actions in this world, hoping for God’s blessings in the Hereafter.
In this matter, an intelligent person adopts the same principle as a student. When a student sits in an examination hall, he focuses all his attention on answering his test paper correctly. He does not attempt to build the palace of his dreams there.
An understanding of God’s creation plan should govern man’s relation to this world and the Hereafter. According to this, man has to spend a brief period of life before death preparing for the Hereafter in order to obtain a world of eternal joy in the period of life after death. One who discovers God and builds a divine personality while living in this world of tests will find himself in eternal Paradise. When a heedless person enters the next world, he will find that his heedlessness cannot be compensated for. He will face eternal deprivation as he will not be able to return to the present world and be given a chance to take the test again.
We should prepare ourselves for the world that will come after death. We should build a divine personality within ourselves so we find a place in Paradise in the period of life after death. This is true success.
