A Letter to a Dear One — Page 12
12 Letter to a Dear One bloodthirsty animals. The water there is bitter, smelly, and polluted. The fruits are rotten, unsavory, and poisonous. In its entire area there is no peace, tranquility, or contentment. On the contrary, its entire atmosphere is that of fear, disease, and death. God willing, your heart will not be drawn towards entering this porch. This choice is very easy for you at this time. You should make this choice now and then stay firm and resolute about it. The more you delay in making a choice the more difficulties will arise in your life. Apparently you have chosen the door on the right hand side, but is your heart in it and does it verify it? Does your heart advise you to enter the door with courage and cheerfulness and does it promise to be resolute? Objective of Life What is life? What is its objective? What are the ways and means to achieve this objective? Let it be known that all life, including human life, is a manifestation of the attribute of Allah to create. Throughout life’s stages man seeks the manifestation of different attributes of Allah and benefits from them. Each thing that feels and has been trusted with the ability to progress is living, be it from minerals, vegetables or animals, or be it from the heavenly bodies. All creation has a zenith set for its progress. All creation has been given its individual distinctive perceptions and forces required to reach its own high point. Such strengths are present in them from the start. Certain alternating systems essential to the progress of these forces in a relative state have been put in place in the heavens and the earth. These can help in the progress. There is an appointed law for gradual progress for all creation, the progress is step by step and it takes many thousand years to complete a phase of the progress. As the Creator of the universe always has been and always will be, He does not entertain haste. He is the Master of time and rules over all things. He does not need haste. Only finite beings rely on haste or those, which change from one state into another with speed—those that require finishing a given task or reaching a certain result within a certain time span.