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CHAPTER EXCERPT 3.12
When you compare a rich man with a poor man, understand that the poverty of the poor man is not the result of arbitrary discrimination on the part of the Actual God. It only means that the rich man has done many good deeds, as measured by the uniform code of justice of the Actual God, which have fetched him the large amount of money as his dues of destiny. If you find yourself deficient in any aspect of your life, you have the absolute liberty to improve your destiny in that aspect of life. The correct method for uplifting your destiny in the true sense is revealed here. Given that the Actual God keeps no discrimination between any two individuals, the uniform code of justice applies to both direct-worshippers of the Actual God and worshippers of visual entities. In order to improve your destiny – whether financially or romantically or in any other way – the first important step you should take is to embrace the religion of Direct-Worship of the Actual God. For a Direct-Worshipper of the
Actual God, wealth and marital bliss are divine goals. Direct-Worship of the
Actual God will thus, by default, assist you in performing the appropriate deeds
that would enhance your destiny in such ways. The creation is built in such a way, that as the destiny of each individual is enhanced by his/her good deeds and sacrifices, those deeds also serve, by definition, to improve the quality of life of others who are in less fortunate circumstances. So the more you uplift your own destiny through your deeds, the more you would enhance the quality of life of others around you, who would be beneficiaries of your actions. The strength of following that any prophet, saint or guru receives for his prayers and sacrifices for enlightenment forms part of his dues of destiny. These dues are also determined in accordance with the uniform code of justice of the Actual God. The uniform code of justice applies to both direct-worshippers of the Actual God and worshippers of visual entities. 3.12.1 The Dues of Destiny The Actual God – the Actual Creator of all mankind – expects everyone to earn their dues of destiny by way of righteous deeds rather than by laborious efforts and stress that may bring suffering of any kind. Fortune is enhanced or reduced based on your deeds. The Actual God created mankind to enjoy, and remain happy permanently, in His eternal Paradise of Heaven. To place mankind appropriately in Heaven, the Actual God wanted to use deeds as the criterion to determine fortune, rather than physical or laborious efforts that may bring suffering. Although being hard working may be considered a good quality, it is not the deciding factor of your destiny. The traits you build within your character, including being hard working, merely function as the media by which you will receive the dues of your destiny, as defined by the uniform code of justice of the Actual God. Character only determines the nature of the role you will play in society. The Actual God evaluates you and rewards you more and more as you become increasingly righteous and a nicer person, as measured by your deeds. In this respect, there is no limit in the extent to which you can enhance your dues of destiny. However, if being industrious were the criterion that would determine your fortunes, you would find that the number of hours in the day, and your requirements of sleep and nutrition (among others), would severely curtail your success. You would find yourself compromising on these vital activities. This would bring you great suffering. In an ideal world under the rule of the Actual God, you would acquire your dues of destiny without any struggle. However, given that the devil is ruling the world, and that you, mankind, have empowered him to govern your destinies, he has been making you struggle to achieve your dues of destiny. It was neither the intention of
the Actual God to bring you suffering of any kind, nor to make you struggle to
acquire the dues of destiny that are rightfully yours. Mankind was created to
enjoy His eternal Paradise permanently. • Make the Actual God agree to his
demands. From the perspective of the devil, suffering is divine for mankind. They must suffer and struggle in every aspect of life to win his grace and favor in hell. It is for this reason that visual-worship saints are expected to sacrifice the God-given divine institutions of marriage and family life, instincts for modesty (wearing clothes), money and other worldly assets, and to surrender the ego and resign themselves into humility and solitude to gain salvation with the devil. It is also for this reason that the devil generates compelling circumstances for mankind to violate the divine teachings of the Actual God, and to perform evil acts that would degrade their destiny as measured by the uniform code of justice of the Actual God that determines the destiny of every individual in this world. Achieving a poorer destiny as a consequence of evil deeds is thus ‘divine’ from the perspective of the devil. Hence, visual-worship enlightenments consider the poor as the “blessed ones who would inherit Heaven.” The devil’s evil rule is bringing great suffering of every dimension by making you struggle and use deceptive acts to achieve even your dues of destiny. These are meant to be legitimately yours anyway, without your having to engage in any laborious efforts, mental tension or stress. Any deeds you perform that enhance, or help in enhancing, the fortune of others in any way, would also enhance your own fortune in that same way. Likewise, whatever deeds you perform that degrade the fortune of others in any way, would also be detrimental to your own fortune in that same way. THE ENTIRE code of justice of the Actual God that determines your destiny would run into volumes. A few points of interest to everyone are imparted here. 3.12.1.1 Monetary Fortune Every individual is earning his fortune as a result of the deeds performed, as measured by a standard, uniform code of justice. The qualities such as wisdom, education and skill are merely functioning as media that qualify him for a role, through which he is getting the dues of destiny. It is not necessarily true that a person with greater education and skill acquires greater monetary fortune than a person who is less educated or less skillful. Hence, if enhancement of fortune is desired in the true sense, then it can be achieved by doing good deeds in line with the standard uniform code of justice of the Actual God, which measures and bestows each individual’s fortune. If you see an uneducated, illiterate, lazy and sleepy looking person having a vast monetary fortune, with his employees being far more intelligent, but working for him for a mere salary, do not be surprised. That person has done deeds in line with the standard uniform code of justice of the Actual God, which are fetching him his wealth. Since he does not have the necessary education, literacy or intelligence, the Actual God is giving him his fortune by equipping him with intelligent people as his employees, who do the job that serves as the medium for fetching him that wealth. Thus, the difference between the destinies of an educated man and an illiterate man, is that the educated man has acquired and built the asset of education, which merely functions as a medium to enable him to play a more sophisticated role in society, as compared to the illiterate man; but both will still only receive their dues of destiny as measured by the uniform code of justice. The same is the difference between an entrepreneurial type of person and a conservative cautious one. The entrepreneurial type may start his own business and derive his dues of destiny from it, while a cautious type may take a job and derive his dues of destiny from that. Both will still only get their dues of destiny independent of their chosen occupation in life. If you want to enhance your monetary fortune in the true sense, it is only possible through deeds that enhance or help in enhancing the fortune of others by way of charity. Charity is a good sacrifice. When you help others, you are not only helping them, but also unknowingly building your own fortune. There are essentially two types of charity, namely
Short-Term Charity Short-term charity calls for donations of a fixed amount of money to the poor. It is a good and righteous sacrifice that enhances your fortune. However, you could end up making the beneficiary of your charity totally dependent on you to the extent that he becomes lazy and stops putting any efforts toward earning his own livelihood, taking for granted the revenue that he would receive from others. Since the Actual God expects every individual to earn his livelihood by means of some trade, receiving this kind of charity should be avoided to whatever extent possible. Begging should also not be your profession to whatever extent possible. This form of charity is essentially appropriate for people who are old, sick, handicapped or otherwise unable to find a source of income out of bad luck, or people who are in a sudden major crisis. Long-Term Charity Long-term charity calls for helping people on a long-term basis. This is the best form of charity. It calls for building a long-term source of livelihood for someone. A few examples of this are:
3.12.1.2 Marital Fortune Like monetary fortune, if you want to improve and enhance your marital fortune in the true sense, it is only possible through deeds that enhance or help in enhancing the marital fortune of others. This means helping others to get married, in whatever way you possibly can, and includes:
3.12.1.3 Quality of Life The character you build in yourself does not determine your fortune. It merely functions as a medium by which you can get the dues of your destiny, which are legitimately yours anyway. Apart from the dues of your destiny, you can change everything, including the media by which you may get the dues of your destiny in your present life. Do not be under the false impression that the Actual God has fixed everything and that everything is pre-destined – from the profession that you will pursue to the education that you will acquire. The very fact that you see so many thousands of people entangled in the evil professions of the vices should surely convince you that the Actual God did not put them into those evil professions. Good character appeals to the Actual God and wins you His grace and blessings. Besides, character forms the seed of your soul and is carried wherever the soul goes. So you must strive hard to build a very good character by refusing opportunities of an evil nature. By refusing them, you would later get that fortune in a more righteous way. Since rationality must prevail at every stage of this creation, you may not get that fortune immediately, but it has to come to you one day. By following these guidelines, you can most certainly shape your life on the lines of the divine religion of Direct-Worship of the Actual God and enjoy the highest quality of life, whilst getting the dues of your destiny to the fullest extent, in the most honorable and righteous way. 3.12.2 General Deeds and Misdeeds Once you become a direct-worshipper of the Actual God, you will get immediate salvation in Heaven (after your death). Be assured that you will be released from this devilish cycle of rebirth. The deeds and misdeeds that you committed in your earlier life determine your dues of destiny in this life. However, the physical ailments that you are suffering are essentially a result of: • Alterations in the environment,
as a consequence of which you are the unfortunate victims. They are not the result of your misdeeds in a previous life. It is particularly unfortunate that:
In the present situation, with natural products so depleted, there may not be an adequate supply to satisfy every need of every human being immediately; but as you begin to patronize them, you will see a rapid growth that satisfies the increasing demand. The vast majority of ailments are consequent to the alteration of the environment, originating from the dominance of visual-worship, which is worship of the devil. It is wrong to say that all these major ailments are a consequence of evil deeds in an earlier life. There is hardly anyone, even in this evil world of the devil, who is so bad as to merit a punishment as severe as blindness, paralysis or mental sickness against his/her deeds. It is wrong to say, or even think, that ailments in your lifetime are natural traits of the human body. By saying so, you are sending a disrespectful message to the Actual God – the Actual Creator – that the body He gifted you was faulty, or designed with sadistic intent. Such evil rationalizations originate purely and exclusively from the devil. They serve the evil objective of justifying suffering and portraying it as a spontaneous and integral part of life, so that mankind remains resigned to suffering without considering the possibility that it is avoidable. Suffering results solely from
violation of the divine teachings – whether knowingly, unknowingly or
helplessly.
3.12.3 Do Not Damage Yourself in the Hereafter 3.12.3.1 Crime As a direct-worshipper of the Actual God, you must avoid the following crimes (among others), which would seriously damage your destiny in the hereafter. For temporary material gains, it is not sensible to ruin your destiny permanently by:
3.12.3.2 Bad (destructive) Professions These include:
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