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No doubt the world will be paradise, but for that we have to work very hard
members which is a sign of our being in the correct path, always progressing under the watchful eye of eternally
present Rev Babuji Maharaj.
Let us all pray for His Grace to be showered on all humanity in general and strength to all abhyasis in particular to preach what we are fortunate enough to practise.
Pranamams to you all.
5. Sri M. S. Balchander
The topical sentence for the Seminar ‘No doubt the world will be a paradise, but for that we have to work very hard ‘is from Master’s message ‘Love Him who loves all’. In this, three sets of words have fascinated me and they are: No doubt, Paradise, and Work very hard.
The word ‘Paradise’ has a religious flavor. It denotes a state of complete happiness and delight.
Babuji says that there is hell for the sinful, Paradise for the ignorant, Brahmaloka for the innocent, artificial paradise for the wise and learned and the mortal world for the weak who lack self-reliance and confidence. (SS253) As innocence is decidedly more rewarding than ignorance, he talks of Brahmaloka for the former as against Paradise for the latter. By one’s ingenuity, learning and smartness one could create a artificial paradise for oneself and it is decidedly of a lower version than the Paradise. Since Spirituality is not for the cowards but for the lions, as Lalaji puts it, Master might have used the expression ‘No doubt’ to instill confidence even though world becoming a paradise is contingent on working hard.
The sentence runs as the ‘world will be’ which conclusively indicates that it is not as of now. Was it
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