Life Supreme — Page 24
LIFE SUPREME 27. Optimism. Kindness. Sympathy. Tact. Love. Nobility. Self-control. Patience. Earnestness. Honesty. Steadfastness. Contentment. Simplicity. Charity. Cheerfulness. Cleanliness. Justice. Helpfulness. Sincerity. Dignity. Refinement. Politeness. Forgiveness. Gentleness. Hospitality. Mercy. Courage. Perseverance. Gratitude. Unselfishness of. One should endeavour to ingrain these qualities into one's personality as permanent habits of conduct. One is the governor one's thoughts, and I have already stated that one becomes what one thinks. The task of the spiritual wayfarer who seeks to radiate the sunshine of heaven is to feed his mind with only pure, uplifting, noble and grand thoughts. As long as one allows impure, depressing and pessimistic thoughts to revolve around in the mind, one's progress in spiritual growth is very much hampered. Selftransformation depends to a great extent on right thinking and it is self-transformation which is the real aim of life. The Promised. Messiah has said: "You should transform yourselves and turn entirely into a new people. Everyone should realise this secret and transform himself so thoroughly that he may claim he is now a different person. ". The path of virtue winds through the garden of paradise and it is no wonder that the Holy Quran exhorts us to excel one another in virtue. No one should rest content with one's present spiritual condition. One's motto should be constant self-improvement. . Anything else is not the spirit of a true believer; nor is it even the attitude of the inmates of paradise in the Hereafter, although after death the capacity of doing right or wrong ceases. Nevertheless, those holy souls continually pray to Allah to draw them nearer and nearer to Him. Allah says in the Holy Quran: "Their light will run before them and on their right hands. They will say, 'Our Lord, perfect our light for us and forgive us; surely Thou has power over all things. (66:9) ". The verse reveals that even after death the souls dwelling in