Page 50 - Character Types of the Unbelievers

CHARACTER-TYPES OF THE UNBELIEVERS

All this eventually causes them to become dissatisfied and
draws them into a moral abyss. As soon as they acquire something
they want, they no longer desire it anymore. Instead, some other
things attract their attention, which they then pursue. They are

wealthy in material possessions, but they can never achieve spiritual
happiness. They cannot attain trust, love or respect, either in their
marriages or in their friendships.
Even though they have whatever they want, they are not con-
tent. The moral degeneration of a certain section of the high society is
reflected in their own lives. Lying, fraud, deceit and all sorts of other
moral deficiencies are usually regarded by them as normal. There

will come a point, however, where this corruption will turn on these
people living by this wicked morality. For instance, while they are
themselves gossiping, others are talking about them. Every detail of
their private lives, and even unfounded hearsay, becomes the subject
of rumors. A secret they share with a friend becomes the headline in
a magazine the next day. They approach others with feigned affec-
tion, and false friendship, and they are approached in the same way
by others. They can never enjoy real genuine friendship. They rarely
have intimate conversations, to share their sincere feelings. They

never experience loyalty, either in their friendships or in their mar-
riages; they do not trust even their husbands. This life they have cho-
sen for themselves, as in other roles in a society of ignorance, is the
product of an environment far removed from the morality of reli-
gion. For this reason, these women find themselves at a significant
impasse. But, in spite of the fact that they have lived their entire lives
in anxiety, they are unable to recognize the contentment the religion

and a good moral life can provide. They seek the solution to their

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