LESSONS OF LIFE
1HUMMMMM, the people of the land wanted rain, and they saw a cloud and rejoiced. Behold, it was coming towards their tracts, winding through the hills. Their irrigation channels would be full, their fields would be green, and their season would be fruitful. But no! What is this? It is a tremendous hurricane carrying destruction on its wings! A violent blast, with dust and sand! Its fury destroys everything in its wake! Lives lost! Fields covered with sand-hills! The morning dawns on a scene of desolation! Where were those who boasted and did wrongs! There are only the ruins of their houses to witness to the past! (The people had been wiped out, and any small remnant had fled. Nothing was to be seen but the ruins of their houses.)
2HUMMMMM, the events of the past have become parables for the present and the future. If there are any to whom the signs from Nature, from within their own heart and conscience, and from the voice of Revelation, are not enough to convince, what possible kind of exposition will they accept? Each individual, each generation and each people is responsible for its good deeds and misdeeds. The laws of actions and their fruits apply; you can not blame one for another. Righteousness is the remedy. Uphold the standard of unity.
3HUMMMMM, the light of the Revelation make things clear to human, and to the world. It is harder to be patient and forgive, and yet to get wrongs righted than to bluster about and “punish the guilt” or “teach them lessons”. It may look like futility or lack of purpose, but in reality it is the highest and noblest form of courage and resolution. And it may carry out the purpose of reform and the suppression of evil even better than stern punishment.
4HUMMMMM, the Hypocrites at all times are plausible people. They present a fine exterior; they dress well; they can usually afford fine equipages; they try to win the confidence of every one, as they have no scruples in telling lies, and apparently expressing agreement with every one. Their words are fair-spoken, and as truth does not check their tongues, their flattery deception knows no bounds. But all this is on the outside. As they have no sincerity, nothing that they say or do is worth anything. The Hypocrites are like rotten timber. They have no firm character themselves, and for others they are unsafe props to rely upon. Their conscience always troubles them. If any cry is raised, they immediately get alarmed and think it is against them. Such human are worse than open enemies. Repentant and amendment are required from Hypocrites. They should turn from evil and seek the Truth. It is goodness that produces strength and prosperity.
5HUMMMMM, the downward course in evil is rapid. But the most tragic consequence is that evil persuades its victims to believe that they are pursuing good. They think evil to be their good. They go deeper and deeper into the mire, and become more and more callous. Evil protects (or thinks it protects) evil; it has really no power of protection at all, for itself or for others. If they plot against the Truth, the Truth will destroy them, just as, if they accept the Truth, the Truth will make them free. Truth is manifesting itself against all odds and the whole world is seeing. Cast off fear and take refuge in divine guidance and goodness (hummmmm).
6HUMMMMM, instruction in wisdom by means of a knowledge of life and its laws, and an understanding of wonderful universe, human see things from different angles and dispute about them; human hide real motives, and pretend to virtues which they do not possess; they may attribute such virtues to others among them and those may come to believe it themselves; human conceive likes and hatreds on insufficient grounds; human forget what they should remember, and remember what they should forget. Among human are of narrow vision and false values. Three things that hold society together are: Revelation, which commands Good and forbids Evil; Justice, which gives to each person his due; and the strong arm of the law, which maintains sanctions for evil-doers.
Justice is the central virtue, and the avoidance of both excess and defect in conduct keeps the human world balanced just as the heavenly world is kept balanced by mathematical order.
7HUMMMMM, checking human’s selfishness and narrowness of view and giving comfort and guidance; grasping selfishness which would deprive others of their just rights or seize things which do not properly belong to it. If human can get over this covetous selfishness, they achieve real prosperity in justice and truth. Retreat from false positions, advance to the right or withdraw from the wrong.
8HUMMMMM, Say: do not suppose that I am going to harm you individually or socially; the very opposite is my wish; but I cannot force you to right conduct; that must depend upon the purification of your own faith and will. It is the habit of the world to make a marked man of any who diverges from the beaten paths of their favourite sins and who pleads earnestly for the cause of Truth and righteousness. Do not persecute or mock the Teacher. This is to purge the world and give it a good start.
9HUMMMMM, some among human mock at Truth and hug Falsehood to their bosom. Every time that they do an ill deed, it make a stain or rust on their heart. The stains deepen and spread more and more, until the heart is sealed. It is such stains that stand in the way of their perceiving Truths which are obvious to others. The stain of evil deeds on their hearts sullies the mirror of their hearts, so that it does not receive the light to every heart, through signs in human’s conscience, in Nature and in Revelation. Heart is the seat of intelligent faculties and understanding as well as the seat of affections and emotions. Your soul shall be enlightened with divine wisdom, your heart and life filled with righteousness (hummmmm).
10HUMMMMM, condemnation of anti-social vices: scandal-mongering, talking or suggesting evil of men or women by word or innuendo, or behaviour, or mimicry, or sarcasm, or insult; detracting from their character behind their backs, even if the things suggested are true, where the motive is evil; and miserly hoards, blocking up the channels of economic service and charity, and the circulation of good-will among human. Woe to the man or woman who deals in scandal, in word or act, or by insults or suggestions. Woe to the practitioners of anti-social vices.
11HUMMMMM, illumination of universal light for removal of Falsehood, pretence, and illusion; for reduction of injustice or inequality, darkness or evil; there is much make –believe, and Falsehood often masquerades as Truth and is accepted as such even by those who should know better. The harmonisation of human community is the apex of human wisdom.
Biliaminu Adeleke Adediran-Adegoke, a world great thinker, sharing some nuggets of wisdom with the human community of the world. There is a great human revolution in this man.
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