The only right way

God is the Source, the One, and His laws are one and true for all. Therefore, it does not matter what religion or nationality one is.

It is easy to find the moral rules and commandments themselves in the Holy Books. I am sure everyone has heard of the 1 °Commandments of Christianity. I will mention only the simplest laws, which are common to all religions, and at the same time the most important ones: You shall have no other gods before the Lord your God; you shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything; you shall not take the name of the Lord in vain. Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is the gravest sin. Suicide, murder (especially of the innocent), pride, lying, malice, adultery, theft, and envy are grave sins.

According to the sacred texts, the only holidays, laws, and customs to be observed are those specified therein, and no others.

The most important characteristics a believer should have are love, mercy ("For all else comes from it, and mercy comes from love"), repentance ("Repent of your sins and encourage others to do the same"), humility, patience, and forgiveness.

Do not doubt your faith, have a clear conviction. Never be discouraged and drive away despair.

Think of the following sayings, they say it all and commentary is unnecessary.

"Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and depart from evil."

"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge."

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding."

"Do not despise the chastening of the LORD, nor detest His correction. For whom the LORD loves He corrects."

"Keep your father's command, and do not forsake the law of your mother."

"But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant."

"And do not walk on the earth arrogantly."

"Whoever commits sin is a slave of sin."

"Abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation."

"Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake."

"Never say that there is no sin upon you, for it is a lie."

It is written that when a man sins grievously, evil clings to him.

The sacred text tells us to fight against the temptations in life and to get rid of passions ("Do not tempt anyone and do not tempt yourself"), to keep promises and oaths to the Lord ("Do not swear at all", but if you do, "You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn").

Always thank God for everything and don't forget Him when you get what you asked for! Some sacred lines say that in a dispute between believers, the one who gives in is always right.

Do not add to or subtract from the words of the Scriptures.

Always pronounce after expressing or thinking about your plans, assumptions, and desires: "If the Lord God will."

Give alms from what you have.

Do not forget the Qur'anic saying, "The reward of an evil deed is its equivalent." But whoever pardons and seeks reconciliation, then their reward is with Allah.

The Bible also says the same thing: "Love your enemies. For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?"

And this is a logical thing. A person will get his reward for injustice, effort, and suffering. If you reciprocate, you are simply giving back. But if you respond to evil with good, then you have made a loan.

If someone is a danger to you, stay away from him, but it would be beneficial to forgive him. This is the formula of righteousness. In this way, you will remain without sin, and the Creator will give retribution to the enemy for everything. It is not that you want your enemies to be punished, but that they should understand and be aware of the evil they have done. In this way, you will cleanse yourself from sin, and "you will heap coals of fire on his head."

This is a micro-summary of the laws of the Scriptures.

There are many more detailed instructions in the Holy Books that touch absolutely every aspect of our lives. For example, regarding food: "Keep yourselves from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled."

By obeying the holy laws and commandments of God Himself, you will be a righteous person, part of God's people, whom God watches over as the best of His servants.

As you study the Bible and the Qur'an, you must always remember that these laws are universal and common to both of these great Books.

Purpose and true success

The goal of everything in our material earthly life: work, sports, business, politics, study, personal life, and every life activity is to enjoy the results of our efforts, and it is right. There is only one misconception: you can wish for anything (which is not evil), but to lust is only to please God, only then you will have everything harmonious and good.

You must not put anything or anyone first in your life except God, and you must worship and serve Him only. Everything else should be secondary at best.

The ability to succeed in one area of life or another is your gift from above. Let this ability bring you a lot of money, fame — any good thing. But you have this success only to glorify your Creator who has given you all this. Otherwise, you will not have this success for long. Millions of destinies prove that. Never boast or take credit for your achievements — all praise to God.

Many atheists are millionaires, billionaires, soulless and unprincipled people, also cruel criminals who live a luxurious life until their last day on earth. The Holy Qur'an says about such people: "And let neither their wealth nor children impress you. Allah only intends to torment them through these things in this world, and [then] their souls will depart while they are disbelievers."

These people have put the most important thing at stake — their souls. They have risked everything, and there is no need to look at them as an example. Let alone envy them. You should not envy anyone. The lives of such people will also fly by very quickly. The pleasure will be temporary, and then eternity awaits them, perhaps a cruel eternity that rewards them according to their deeds.

Perhaps the Almighty is giving them a chance to overcome the temptation of wealth: either to give it up, to sacrifice it, or to lose it in great trouble, and to get on the right path by repenting.

No one knows how a person's life will turn out: he may seem to be rich and have everything he wants, but in reality, he's deeply unhappy and has many difficulties, worries, and sorrows.

I am far from being righteous, I have acted quite badly in many situations in my life. It is not easy to be righteous in reality, and only the strongest, even the saints, can do it. But it is at least necessary to strive for it with all one's soul, to have an intention, and to do everything possible that depends on one in every concrete situation of life so that one does not deviate from the laws of the Holy Books.

Perhaps then you will join the number of those who succeed.

One should remember that the Creator loves absolutely everyone, not only holy people. Everyone will receive according to his efforts. One should always believe only in the best, for God gives only the best. Prophet Muhammad said: "Always expect the best from Allah."

So the highest pleasure and reward of effort comes from what comes first, the goal. That reward is eternal life in the revealed greatness of God. One must believe in this with absolute clarity and conviction, without doubting it for a second. It is difficult because many people want a sign, an omen, a phenomenon, or a vivid dream — proof that God exists. But what is your merit if you believe only after the sign? It is the same as a cheating wife who knew in advance that her husband was coming and canceled the meeting with her lover. It doesn't make her reliable, at least. And that's the logic of it. That is the essence of faith: To be faithful no matter what. Married couples want the same kind of commitment from each other: that each will be faithful to the other, regardless of distance or the temptations of life. Fidelity to God must be infinitely greater.

As the Gospel says, "He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much." Your success in everything depends on your faithfulness to God, not false success, but real success. Real success can only come from God.

The result of the effort to achieve this higher goal is not money and fame, but good deeds, fighting temptation, and fighting evil with the help of the fear of God that arises from faith — true power. This is true wealth. That is what leads to true success. It is clearly defined in the Holy Qur'an: "For whoever You protect from the evil of their deeds on that Day [on the Day of Judgment] will have been shown Your mercy. That is [truly] the ultimate triumph."

The intentions, desires, and dreams of every human being are to obtain a boon, and of the believing human being to obtain a deserved blessing from the Most High, and to praise Him for it. For all things are according to His Will and not according to man's efforts. Your efforts should be to fulfill the laws of the Scriptures and to overcome obstacles in the only right way. Only that should come first.

To achieve such a goal, you should observe yourself from the outside: your intentions, thoughts, and actions (which are the most important things for a human being). Eventually, you will get to the point where you stop forcing yourself and just live righteously naturally. Also, don't forget to thank the Creator for everything and appreciate what you have, and you have a lot: your life is a win in the biggest lottery with a chance of one for infinity, think about it. You will see that no matter how many trials there are, all will be well in the end, just have the patience to wait in righteousness, for hardship is inevitable.

People's desire to accumulate earthly goods: expensive cars, jewelry, clothes, and luxurious houses are just the result of our imperfection. Everyone has a need to prove something, to win someone over, or to please someone. And there is no point in proving anything to anyone. It is a waste of energy and just pride — a grave sin. It is necessary to please only the Creator. It is necessary to have the elimination of all negative emotions, the realization of the end in this world, and the belief in the truth of everything that is written in the Holy Scriptures.

Of course, if you have a talent for something, you should develop that talent if it does not bring evil. And on the contrary, if you see that it is bad — do not do it under any circumstances. Maybe you just really like something — do the same: make it better for yourself, for your family, and for others. I also hope that my gift of writing this book will do some good.

It is important to believe and do what you sincerely consider to be right, without any doubt, to do it from the heart, that is, not to force yourself, but to live it so naturally. But if a person feels that he is used to living differently, it is better to force himself to live righteously — not sincerely, but it is better to do so than to drown in sins.

Thus, pleasing God is the goal of the believer in every Abrahamic religion. Faith itself in God is at the heart of this goal. And as it is said he who believes without evident proof is blessed. Such a man pleases the Creator, for that is what faith is — a test of faithfulness.

It is necessary to remain faithful to God in difficult times. Not to lose heart under these circumstances is the way to success. In this way you will please the Creator, and the reward will not be long in coming. It is enough to always ask only for mercy and forgiveness.

One day everything will be fine, there will be a white streak. But if a person renounces faith at a difficult time, he is like one of those spouses who vowed great love and betrayed it at a temporary difficulty.

The consequence of faith is the fear of God. It helps to achieve the main goal — to be an acceptable servant of the Almighty. The fear of God is to realize the infinite greatness of the Creator every moment so that every temptation in life pales before the understanding of Whom you can upset. At the same time, it is necessary to realize Whom you can please with your good deeds. The reward for this will also be infinitely great. God must be loved sincerely from the bottom of your heart, soul, and mind — He is your Creator!

Some people do not think of the Most High because of a lack of information from any religion, but if such people live naturally without breaking the commandments and laws of the Holy Scriptures, they will also be pleasers. So the most important thing is intention and action.

Let's talk a little about the soul. The soul is eternal, and the fact that it exists is even proven by science (when a person dies, the weight of the deceased decreases by 21 grams). The holy texts say that the soul is in the blood. The soul is you. When you leave your earthly body, as if you were moving from one car to another, you take with you the accumulated energy 'baggage', your true DNA, that you have acquired on earth. This DNA is prescribed based on your intentions, thoughts, actions, efforts, and sufferings during your earthly life. It is the imprint you leave behind forever. It is the path you have traveled, which cannot be changed after death. This path is the book of your deeds mentioned in the holy texts. You will receive the reward you deserve based on this book.

Therefore, while you are alive, take action. As it is written, "Each person will only have what they endeavored towards, and that [the outcome of] their endeavors will be seen [in their record]."

Choose the right goals and the right, true way, and strive for true success.

Logically, there is no point in setting goals, because we will all be gone. The point is only to be pleasing to God and to enter eternal life by successfully passing this exam — earthly life.

Don't rush the time

In the previous chapter, we found out what we should put first in life — the greatest and purest pursuit — to be pleasing to God. One must never abandon this path, not even in the hour of death; on the contrary, it is precisely in the hour of death that one must believe, repent, and ask for forgiveness.

In fact, everything that exists is distinguished in the holy texts by only two criteria: bad and good, good and evil, and acceptable and unacceptable.

Man is the greatest creation; it is enough that we are the image of the invisible God, according to the Scriptures. Because if man is insignificant, then so are the stars and the cosmos and the whole Universe and even what is beyond it. Everything has a period of stay in this world, some shorter, some longer. Everything, like people, came from somewhere, and once it did not exist, and once it will die, and once it will be resurrected. So everything that exists is a unity, connected by a common Source. But really there is only one difference and it is not material — you are either a favorable creature to your Creator or you are not. Because what is not pleasing to the Creator does not exist or will not exist soon, but what is pleasing will always exist.

All God-inspired books, as well as the common human mind and logic, tell us this in unison.

Striving to please the Most High defines a true believer from any religion, or simply a person who believes in the One Lord God. This is what unites all the books of the Holy Scriptures and all the Abrahamic religions, and what consolidates believers from all over the world.

To please your Creator, regularly replenish your supply of good deeds that don't need to be publicized, and don't expect any reward for them. Remember that you are preparing for the most important meeting of your life — a meeting with the Lord God. It is at this meeting that you will receive your reckoning for the whole of your life. Good deeds are not only a physical help, but also an emotional effort. To do this, you must focus on faith and service every day. Serving God does not have to be conspicuous. It is, as they say, a way of life. It is important to put the right information, the true information, and the false information in the right place in your mind. After that, live, try not to violate God's laws, and work on yourself in spiritual efforts: restrain anger, pray, meditate, learn the Bible and the Qur'an in peace and quiet, and worship the Most High. Act wisely and do not make mistakes in life.

In the book of ECCLESIASTES in the Bible, there is a very memorable and thought-provoking phrase: "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, For this is mańs all". So vast, so profound, that the subconscious mind, if not the soul, shudders when read in the context of the Bible. A clear understanding and realization of inevitability comes. Everything in life pales into insignificance before the mere thought that one day it will all come to an end here and you will stand in front of your Creator. You will be shown all that you have done, and you will be held accountable. And your life in eternity will depend on that moment. There comes the realization of the need to fight every kind of temptation in life: physical, mental, and spiritual. There comes the understanding that earthly riches are dust, nothing more. Appropriately, there is a saying in the Holy Qur'an: "The most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most God-fearing among you."

A godly servant is God-fearing, patient, humble, alms-giving, and forgiveness-seeking. And to leave this world godly is the highest reward and gift from the Almighty.

No matter how difficult it may be, always try to please God, realizing at every moment that He is looking at you. And it will be difficult, for it is said, "You [believers] will surely be tested in your wealth and yourselves."

God's ways are mysterious: "How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!" You can never be sure how righteous a person is. Sometimes people think that someone is a criminal, an unbeliever, just a bad person who is doing well in life, and they agonize over the question: "How can God give good things to such a person? In fact, that person may be more righteous than many who think that way.

Don't look around, don't judge, and don't put a stigma on anyone. After all, you don't know if you, given the opportunity and the power, would have done any better than the one you're judging. Perhaps someone else in his place would be incomparably worse.

Be righteous and you will see that in time you will be truly happy. Happiness is given only to those who are faithful to God.

Everyone has the opportunity to be happy in this life and forever in the next. Do not miss this opportunity, for all the rules are prescribed and they are very simple. Live according to the laws sent to us by our Creator. Be acceptable to God and do not rush the time — you will see what you get.

The clear sign

God created us all "to test which of you is best in deeds" (Qur'an). For this purpose, the Creator made us "micro-gods" endowed with freedom of thought, intention, and action. Everyone always has a choice, if not physically, then mentally, morally, and spiritually. To this end, we are placed in an environment where many have become unbelievers. Our reality is overflowing with temptations and trials in which we are free to make choices. Choices between good and evil. We are boiling in our human cauldron called the Earth. We see no clear evidence, no signs, no angels. Humans make their own choices in everything, including faith. Only in this way can God's purpose of seeing which of us is more righteous be realized.

We can assume that the Almighty could have determined everything in the first place, so why check? And you try to realize even a fraction of God's infinite greatness. You will come to the fact that we live in the thought of God, our whole life, the Universe and the present are defined, it is the thought of God out of the infinite number of other thoughts, and we live in it.

Everything is already defined and verified. The Creator is so great that man can only live his life in His thoughts in which He has already verified our souls. Life is a long journey for us, but in the true divine reality, it is only a moment.

Many fall into confusion and dispute, and so remain unbelievers. They say they want clear proof: to see with their own eyes, or to hear, or to see in a dream.

We need to realize that God is the true perfection. He grants us this favor — the opportunity to become righteous, to become part of God's shining, chosen people. Because of His perfection, the Creator should not forgive us if we see a clear, obvious sign, a vision (given to a chosen few out of many billions of people), and only then believe. Man is the image of God, so he must not doubt his Creator and must earn this definition.

We must first believe, and then perhaps we will see the signs, see them only because of our faith. Faith is primary, then understanding the signs around you. Only in this way can righteousness be imputed to you according to your faith. So you will not grieve God.

The Bible also says that you must not make up or dream up (this is a sin) that you have seen something from God. Do not invent predestination without absolutely clear evidence, and do not exalt yourself.

You have to see directly and realistically: if it's a vision, it's clear and real, if it's a dream, it's as clear as reality, and so on. Everything that is of God comes true and is manifest, otherwise it is not of God. "God's judgments and His ways past finding out!" (the Bible), and perhaps after a clear sign someone will believe and be forgiven.

But according to the Scriptures, you should not even think about it, there is a heavy penalty for it. One should only dream and desire to strengthen one's faith, but to desire an apparition, a vision is a great sin. Do not tempt the Almighty.

Only in ancient times did the righteous chosen by God receive the highest reward in this world — great faith and mercy from the Creator in a good, real appearance to man (through an angel or a prophet). Such people were just as faithful and unshakable in their faith even in the absence of such an appearance.

There is no sinless person on earth, but man can and should strive to be one. Therefore, all man has to do is fear God and be humble in the circumstances of life. All that is in a man's power at any time in his life is to repent and ask for forgiveness and mercy from the Most High, and that will lead to the best. To believe in simplicity and humility, not to ask for anything, and not to be tempted by the desire for a vision. Study the Holy Scriptures carefully and do not fall into temptation. Then you can be happy.

Many people think that if they saw it, they would believe it.

There have been signs before, but people did not believe.

Jesus Christ did many miracles, but people always found excuses and did not believe. They either said that there was a demon in Him or that He was a friend of sinners. There have been many miracles in history, people have been tested, but only the elect have believed, and that is why we do not see obvious miracles in our time.

The Holy Qur'an says: "Signs are only with Allah. What will make you [believers] realize that even if a sign were to come to them, they still would not believe?"; "Even if We had sent them the angels, made the dead speak to them, and assembled before their own eyes every sign [they demanded], they still would not have believed-unless Allah so willed."

Many said they would believe if they saw, but they did not. Open the heavens to an unbeliever, and he will say that it is witchcraft.

The words of the great Holy Books describe as accurately as possible the essence of the answer to every question.

Every soul will receive what it seeks.

Dream world

Based on all the information I have studied and considered, I see that our present world and our stay in it were created to purify us human beings, just as one purifies a precious metal so that the ingot becomes homogeneous. We are sinful from the beginning. Perhaps God intended for us to be tested by this sinful life, to be purified by our efforts to overcome sin and to be honored as one with God's world in Paradise. God is unreachably great, and when I write about a whole, I mean a world where all are reunited through the Holy Spirit, where all are equal. This is the next eternal life after the resurrection.

Holiness is one for all. We human beings are infinitely insignificant before God and even before the saints, but this does not prevent us from entering the Kingdom of God. That is, to become one with the infinitely great. This shows that everyone should try, and he will be rewarded according to his efforts and endeavors, compared to his opportunities and difficulties.

And our real life is the litmus test of whether we become part of the whole or go to the trash.

The Scriptures

The Scriptures are unquestionable. Let us think about it. There is a God — it is an axiom, an obvious and logically provable fact. The truth is in Him alone. This is where all reasoning and guidance to the true path begins.

The knowledge of the Creator is embedded in everyone from birth. So are the Bible and the Qur'an really the Word of God? Are the laws of the Scriptures true? We would not have such questions if something from the Lord had appeared to us and confirmed the answers to them clearly and visibly. That's what almost everybody thinks. But would it truly help? Hardly. The reason for this has already been discussed above, in the chapter "The CLEAR SIGN".

Let us start with what we have. And today we have the most authoritative and unique scriptures, from very distant times, which we have no right to question. All that is in our power is to reason logically and believe or disbelieve, for there is no direct evidence in our hands in our day, nor will there be; there are no alternative more authoritative texts for them to prove or disprove anything.