Written by John H. Akhavan, M.D.
Go first class, go for the best, for the greatest:
Evolution implies getting better and better in every way with the time, ultimately getting
for ourselves the best of everything. People with wealth consciousness settle only for the
best.This is called the principle of highest first. Since the only thing to go after is
the best, why not go all the way and adopt God as the role model? After all, no one is
more affluent than God, for God is the field of all possibilities. Go first class all the
way and the universe will respond by giving you the best. There is a precise mechanism
through which all desires can be manifested:
It is important to have a clear goal in your awareness, but it is also important to relinquish your attachment to the goal, and the goal is in the gap, and the gap is the potentiality to organize and orchestrate the details required to affect any outcome.
Perhaps you recall an instant when you were trying to remember a name, and you struggled and struggled, but with no success. Finally, you let go of your attachment and a little while later the name flashed across the screen of your consciousness. When you were struggling to recall the name, the mind was very active and turbulent. But when you let it go, the mind became quieter and quieter, you slipped into the gap where you released your desire and soon it was handed to you (all sub-consciously).
This is the true meaning of "Ask and you shall receive".
Alms avert calamity: Donating some of our bounties like wealth, knowledge and good characters which God has blessed us with to others is called enfaaq. "Enfaaq" is a religious duty and a golden key to get Heaven's doors open.Alms or" Sadaqaat "is the first of three and " Zakaat " is the obligatory one. Zakaat in arabic means "purifying" and not "charity" or "poor-rate" . Giving "Zakaat" is mainly aimed in purifying the giver rather than helping the receiver. Giving "Nazr va Sadaqa" is the best way to avert calamities by strengthening one's spiritual powers.