India, May 24 -- A traveller buys a ticket for a certain destination, then boards a train bound for another destination. He does not realize his error until the train has left the station. Imagine how he feels! The seat on which he was relaxing now gives him nothing but discomfort. As soon as the train reaches the next station, he will get off in order to return and catch the next train.
A believer's attitude to his eternal journey is the same as this traveller's. Whenever anything happens which will divert him from the path to his eternal destination and will adversely affect him in the next life, he is extremely ashamed of himself. He wastes no time in admitting his mistake. He gets his bearings and immediately starts travelling in the r...