Surely my prayer and my sacrifice and my life and my death are (all) for Allah, the Lord of the worlds.
Lao Tan said, “I was letting my mind wander in the beginning of things.”
“What does this mean?” asked Confucius. Lao Tan said, “It means to attain Perfect Beauty and wander in Perfect Happiness. He who attains Perfect Beauty and wanders in Perfect Happiness may be called the Perfect Man.”
Rituals that are performed with the desire of attaining salvation also help a man to achieve growth and progress in this world.
If we cannot envision the world we would like to live in, we cannot work towards its creation. If we cannot place ourselves in it in our imagination, we will not believe it is possible.
No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
