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In Search of Meaning

discoveries, which was developed and refined to the
point of being able to create the civilization we see
around us.
Then, man questions himself: Who is behind this
living drama? What is the relationship between me and
that superb artist? Furthermore, there is the question
of death: Why does man die and what lies in the post-
death period?

If you try to explain this phenomenon, you will find
a single, overarching title for it, which in religious terms
is expressed as ‘God’. If we accept this term, we can say
that, in fact, everyone is in search of God. It is God who
gives meaning to all phenomena, and, after finding
God, everything falls into place.
Once I was in a crowd where I saw a little boy running
around anxiously because he had been separated from
his mother. He was crying and continually asking: “Meri
mummy kahan hain?” (Where is my mother?) When he
found his mother, she took him in her arms. Instantly
the boy stopped crying and became calm and content.

This incident illustrates the case of man. Everyone,
knowingly or unknowingly, is in search of God. And
when he finds Him, he becomes calm and content. But
all too often, during this search, when he runs towards
various things, he very soon realizes once they come
within his reach that he has not found what he was
searching for. This has been true of almost every human
being throughout the entire history of mankind. It
is essential to re-focus his endeavours after mature
consideration.

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