Part 6. Who am I?

We will share with you another facet of understanding of the Soul.  Next week the answer will focus one more time on another facet of understanding of the Soul, before dealing with the main question, How to develop the soul, in order to reach Paradise ?

During the past weeks in the installments we shared, with all the readers of this blog, a  rather prolonged explanation about the Soul had to be recorded, because unless and until a clear picture of the nature of the Soul is understood, it will not be possible to know why it is important that the Soul must be developed during this life first; living in this human dimension, to enable it to be attracted to reach its ultimate goal, and that is Paradise!

Every soul has been created to reach Paradise .  Do not doubt that! This is conditional upon the fact that the Soul must obey its Creator! The Soul has also been created with the power to make a choices and then act according to the choice made. The choice can reflect in deeds obedience to the Creator or disobedience. Disobedience to the instructions of the Creator will assuredly cause the Soul to walk a wrong Highway of Life and that will mean, being attracted to live an eternal life far, far away from Paradise !

The above statements are not statements to be taken lightly. It is not a statement born of imagination! It is a statement reflecting Truth! 

How come you may ask, the author of this blog know about the soul, Paradise , Hell, and The Almighty Creator! The answer is that the author cannot know on his own anything about the spiritual world. Has anyone gone to the spiritual world and returned to this world to describe it? No! Then how come this blog about the Journey of the Soul can be shared with great conviction?

The answer lies in the fact that this author had researched for more than 40 years of his life to know a truthful answer to  just one question he was searching for,  with so much of passion and dedication. The question? WHO AM I?

During his extensive research the author came across many more answers about the spiritual world. During the search, Truthful answers sprung forth from the original, true Texts  of the Prophets and Messengers of God. The many Luminaries of God; the Suns of God, also known as Prophets and Messengers of God were responsible for the birth one after the other, Age after Age, of an ever-advancing civilisation on planet earth! They revealed the Truth couched in the Word of God!

The author remembers clearly how in the beginning of his search, he began to read many so-called holy books of the various known popular religions. These books discouraged him. He  became so disheartened and he nearly gave up his search when he discovered the many different translations contradicting each other, the many differing claims made with feigned authority, the many different meanings of the very same truth espoused!  He decided not to give up! It was sheer patience, perserverance and persistence to unlock the mysteries of life that resulted in the author being empowered and inspired to continue his search!

Once again the author of this blog wish to emphasize the fact that the contents in The Journey of the Soul does  not belong to the him! The contents belong to the original Writings in the many Holy Books revealed by the past and present Propehts and Messengers of God. Their revealed Writings are a reflection of the Will of God!
This blog is a sincere attempt to share with the people of the world, truthful answers about age-old questions: WHO AM I?, WHERE HAVE I COME FROM? WHAT AM I DOING HERE LIVING AS A HUMAN BEING? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF MY LIFE? WHERE WILL I BE AFTER I LEAVE THIS WORLD? FROM WHERE CAN I GET TRUTHFUL ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS?

Be assured that unless and until one is prepared to independently investigate to seek Truth, it will not be possible to know truthful answers. This blog is published as an assistance to all those inspired to want to know how to live a purposeful life before it is too late!

Think! Is there anything in this known world that has been created by God; The Almighty Creator, or by human beings, without a purpose? No! Every created thing is created to fulfil a purpose! Even the animals create their shelters for a purpose! What then is the purpose why human beings have been created? If one does not know the purpose why one has been created, it will be just like travelling and not knowing the destination! How can it be possible to undertake and fulfil any project or a task successfully, without knowing what is the goal of such an attempt? Only when one knows why one is travelling in this life; this invisible Highway of Life, will it be possible for that traveller to fulfil the purpose of ones creation!
How many in this world at this time know the truthful answer? Alas this is the mixed madding situation that is reflected in the lives of many people around the world! How sad!  How very sad! Horrible to even imagine, how our dear and innocent children are caught in this web of deceit and falsity!

To claim that one cannot know about the purpose why each one has been created as a human being, is not right. More especially in this age when every human being has been created with  greater powers for comprehension, greater capacity for understanding and more sophisticated modes of communication!

In matters dealing with spirituality this capacity and powers are not fully used. Instead, these capacities and powers are used to study and embrace physical and material life. Of couse this way of life is acceptable and noteworthy provided there is a balance! To walk with one leg the practical path and excel in it and with another the mystical path is the ideal way of life! But it has not happened! Why then do you think the world in this day is so lopsided; where people are living unbalanced life-styles that ultimately lead to living animalistic lives! People have become material giants and spiritual dwarfs? This, inspite of the fact that everyone is conscious that anything physical or material possessions will ultimately end at the grave! After that, what?

To claim that there is no way to know the Truth is wrong! Of course a major part of the blame should fall on the shoulders of those who claim leadership in matters spiritual, when in fact they are following the dictates of their own imagination and worshipping false idols!

The Truth is that the Creator has from time to time, Age to Age since from a beginning that has no beginning, made it possible for every Soul to know and understand the purpose of being created to live as a human being! In every Age He has sent his spiritual Sun, Appearing in subsequent Ages under different Names, to convey His spiritual light, His unerring guidance and His promises of protection to all souls He created. This loving bestowal and promises He has accomplished mainly for guiding the souls who have come from Him to live a short span of life in this material world. This to develop spiritual faculties and return to Him and the other reason is for the souls to use developed spiritual faculties to bring about an ever-advancing civilisation on planet earth!

A sincere and an open-minded study of the history of  the Coming and Going of His Suns, also known as Prophets and Messengers, will clearly indicate that a pattern has been set by the All-Knowing Creator!  It is His Revelations; through the Word of God, recorded in His Holy Books that  have been responsible for creating civilisations one after the other! We also know how a later civilisation superceeded the former one and how these civilisations appearing one after the other became ever-advancing in all aspects of human living, with the passage of time.

Every human being accustomed to use five senses to know, to believe in the seeing and sensing material world will of course find it difficult to believe in the invisible and unknown spiritual world. More so to know God Who being spiritual, invisible, unknowable, and incomprehensible! This fact should in no way negate any attempt to investigate spiritual reality, since the Loving Creator has given His loving children, His Suns, His Propehets, His Messengers, His Books and also created His creation; human beings, with the power and capacity to know Him and obey Him!
Thousands of years ago when the power and capacity to comprehend and understand spiritual verities were very feeble, it was through, stories, anecdotes, analogies and parables that His Messengers spoke in order to depict Truth to the people of those days! That was in those early days. But with the passage of time the Truth was reflected more and more clearly  in Their utterances. Unfortunately if there are those who in this enlightened Age still follow the Truth as revealed in those early days, it will be like using marbles now to add two million plus five million!

A few days ago I recieved through the internet an anecdote (source unknown), about a student searching to source a wise man who can enlighten him about  himself, about God, about Fate and about the Devil!

I have edited the script for better comprehension.

It goes like this: A young man who had gone overseas to study returned after a long time. When he returned he asked his parents to find him a religious scholar or any expert who can answer to his satisfaction his three questions. 

His parents after a long search introduced the son to a religious scholar.

Son: Who are you? Can you answer my questions?
Scholar:   God willing, I will be able to answer your questions.
Son: Are you sure? A lot of Professors and a lot of experts could not answer my questions.
Scholar:   I will try my best, with the help of God.
Son:  I have 3 questions to ask:
 1. Does God exist?
 2. What is Fate?
 3. If the Devil was created from fire, why is it that in the end he will be thrown into Hell which is also created from fire? It certainly will not hurt him at all, since the Devil and Hell are both created from fire? Did God think of it this far?

Suddenly the Scholar slapped the Son on his face very hard. (The Son winced in pain)

Son: Why are you angry with me? Why did you slap me?
Scholar:   I am not angry with you. The slap is my answer to your three questions!
Son: What? I do not understand
Scholar:   How do you feel after I slapped you?
Son:  Of course I felt pain! (Rubbing on his cheek)
Scholar:   So, do you believe that pain exists?
Son:  Oh! Yes.
Scholar:   Show me the shape of pain?
Son: I cannot.
Scholar:   That is my first answer. All of us feel the existence of God, without being able to see His shape...and questions about God! Last night did you dream that you will be slapped by me today?
Son: No!
Scholar:   That is fate. That is my second answer. The hand that slapped you: what is it created from?
Son: It is created from flesh
Scholar:   How about your face. What is it created from?
Son: Flesh!
Scholar:   That is it!  This is my third answer. Even if the Devil and also Hell were created from Fire. If God wants, the Hell will also become a very painful place for the Devil.

In order to assist in visualising, comprehending, and understanding of hidden, unknown Truth, story-telling was one of the methods used in those days. Even now it is being used for many other reasons especially with children who lack experiential understanding. The corruption of Truth happens when such stories and parables which are used only to assist in visualising and imagining probabilities in real life-situations are interpreted as real, as truth!

In the next installment Part 7, one more attempt will be made to crystallise an understanding of the Soul. After that in the following weeks answers will reflect the methodology as to how to develop the Soul in this life, to enable the Soul to be attracted to reach Paradise and live there eternally!
 
Is this not the goal we should aspire to reach?