Transforming earth into a paradise – part 1

1. Transforming Earth into a Paradise – Part 1
The God whocreatedpeople hasempoweredthemwithoriginalgifts;the giftsof minds,
intelligence,andthe conscience are internal personalProphetsforeachhumanto guide himtothe
basicmeasuresof the good thingstodo and the bad thingstoavoid
Before we presentthe successguidelinesaccordingtowhatGod has revealedtothe Prophets,we
start withthe teachingsof the normal wise people whodidnotclaimthattheywere prophets.The
purpose isto clarifythatthe guidance providedbythe original giftsof intelligenceandconscience is
similartothe guidance providedbythe prophets
The purpose alsoisto clarifythat those whoneverheardof Prophetsare notforsakenbecause God
has equippedthem byinternal prophetsandtheywill be guidedtothe wisdombytheiroriginal gifts
Those whoneverheardof Prophetsmighthave aneasiertest;theymightbe savedif theyfollow
theirconscience.Those whoknowthe teachingsof the prophetshave amore difficulttest;they
have to obeyprophet’steachingsinadditiontofollowingtheiroriginal gifts
The fair teacherprepareseasytestsforthe childrenwhoare intheirfirstgrade because theyreceive
little education,buthe preparesmore complextestsforthe studentsof the advanceddegreeswho
receive more education
The common groundof all religionsandall differentsourcesof wisdomis‘the goldenrule’
What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
Confucius
Do not do unto others whatever is injurious to yourself. – Zoroaster,Shayast-na-Shayast13.29
“Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.” - Socrates

2. "What thou avoidest suffering thyself seek not to impose on others."— Epictetus(55-135)
"Do not do to others what would anger you if done to you by others." – Isocrates
Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill – Buddha
One who, while himself seeking happiness, oppresses with violence other beings who also desire
happiness, will not attain happiness hereafter. – Buddha,Dhammapeada,10
“Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the
striving and tolerant with the weak and wrong. Sometime in your life, you will have been all of
these.” Gautama Buddha
No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path
― Gautama Buddha, SayingsOf Buddha
“Remember always that you are just a visitor here, a traveller passing through. Your stay is but
short and the moment of your departure unknown.”
Dhammavadaka
“It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.”
― Gautama Buddha
“Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the
foolish who do not know the true law.”
― Gautama Buddha
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books.

3. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations.
But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is
conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it
― Gautama Buddha
“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”
Gautama Buddha
Take small account of might, wealth and fame, for they soon pass and are forgotten. Instead,
nurture love within you and strive to be a friend to all. Truly, compassion is a balm for many
wound
Faith is like a lamp and wisdom makes the flame burn bright. Carry this lamp always and in good
time the darkness will yield and you will abide in the Light
Dhammavadaka
However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you
do not act on upon them? Buddha
Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule
Buddha
One should never do that to another which one regards as injurious to one’s own self. This, in
brief, is the rule of dharma. Other behaviour is due to selfish desires. – Brihaspati,
Mahabharata. Hinduism
Analysisof those teachingsshowthattheyare similartothe prophet’steachings,similarspiritual
fruitsfromsimilargardenswateredbythe same spring,inspiredandgiftedbythe same great
creator
He who sows the ground with care and diligence acquires a greater stock of religious merit than
he could gain by the repetition of ten thousand prayers
Zoroaster(c.628 - c.551)

4. It is the greatest good for an individual to discuss virtue every day...for the unexamined life is
not worth living - Socrates
The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life
and have no fear from death - Voltaire
The above refersto the original giftslikethe conscienceandthe intelligence;those are internal
prophetwithineachhumantoguide himto whatisthe rightthingto do andto warn himabout the
bad thingstoavoid
All sects are different, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because
it comes from God. - Voltaire
Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
Voltaire
There isno harm whenwe followsuchwise teachingstaughtbythose spiritual leaderswhotaught
wisdominorderto enable ustoknowthe truth, so thatthe truthwill setusfree
Those wise people were humble,whocame toserve others,whoacceptedpersecutionsinorderto
guide the humanity,whodidnotclaimtobe of divine nature,whodidnotaskpeople toworship
them
We donot have full knowledge aboutGod,we cannotsaythat he allowstemptationssohe isa bad
God, we cannotsay that since God allowssufferingthenhe isabad God.God has revealedthatwe
are beingtestedandthere are manythingswe donot know.That wasvalidthousandsof yearsago,
it isvalidnow,itwill be validuntil the endof thattemporarylife
Jobdid notclaimto be a Prophetandhe didnot claimthat he had receivedrevelationsfromGod,
but hisunderstandingwasbasedonthe original gifts;the mindandthe conscience.He understood
that the spiritinus isthe breath of God whichmakesusunderstand

5. But it is the spirit in man, the breath of the Almighty that makes him understand
Job32:8
In hissimple statement,he taughtthatthe humanmindisnot like the stand-alonecomputerof
limitedmemoryandintelligence,butitisconnectedtothe networkof unlimitedsource of wisdom;
connectedtoGod. God doesnotstore everythinginthe humanminds,buthe listens,
communicates,answersthe prayers,andenlightensussothatwe know what isrightand what is
wrong,and providesmuchmore resourcesof wisdomtothose whouse theiroriginal gifts,tothose
whothinkand whocommunicate withtheir conscience
Whenthe studentignorestostudyhisbooks;we cannot blame the teacherwhogave the booksand
whourgedthe studentstostudyhardin orderto succeed.Similarly,we cannotblame Godwho
giftedpeoplewithmindsandconsciencewhenpeoplefail tothink
Those whothink,andask God to helpthemunderstand,theycouldbe guidedtothe wisdom
The religionteacherswhoteachthat‘OnlyourProphetisthe real Prophetof God, onlyour religionis
the true religion,we have the onlywayforsalvation”those mustbe wrongbecause theycannot
prove that otherProphetsare wrong;onlyGod knowsthose whohave receivedhisrevelations
We donot have enoughknowledge tosay“that personhave notreceivedrevelationfromGod”,but
we can compare the teachingsagainstthe teachingsof Moses,Jesusandthe similarconsistent
teachingsbyotherProphetsandwe can alwaysask God to guide usto the truth;the God who
createdus knowshowto deliverhismessage tothe people he createdandhe knowshow to answer
our prayers
Extractedfrommy AmazonBook‘Towardsa BetterLife’
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Towards-better-life-Objectives-
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