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Pro-Self Activism, Anti-Self Activism

are engaged in violent activism are mistreating the Creator’s
gift to them—they are destroying it instead of using it for the
right purpose.

The second category is that of non-self activists. Such
people are gravely under-utilizing the potential given to them
by their Creator. What they are doing with the gift given to
them by the Creator will certainly not be acceptable to Him.
The third case is that of pro-self activists. These people are
performing their roles in accordance with the creation plan of
the Creator. These are the people who discover themselves and
also the world in which they find themselves. Through study
and contemplation, they understand the higher realities and
then rightly prepare themselves for the purpose for which the
Creator has created them.
People who belong to this last category are human beings in
the true sense. They make their plans according to the divine
scheme of things. They turn their potential into actuality and
thus develop themselves. These are the people who qualify
themselves according to the right standard set by the Creator.
It is people such as these who will be held deserving of the
eternal blessings of the life Hereafter. They will grow as trees
of God in this world, and in the world Hereafter they will
become a beautiful part of the garden of God.
I know of a person who was not able to benefit from a
higher education. Therefore, he had to lead his life doing an
ordinary job. He would often say with deep regret to a friend
of his, ‘A person finds life only once.’

This means that life is a very precious gift of the Creator.
One should avail of this opportunity, because one will never
find it again. After death, one will know only repentance, for
death always comes at a point of no return.
This formula or principle applies to those who, to a far
greater degree, are involved in violent activities. These people

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