FROM THE SPIRITUAL TREE

There is a tree beside my house. I call it the 'Spiritual Tree'. I derive spiritual inspiration from it. A tree is an ever-growing being that was initially a seed possessing the potential of becoming a full-grown tree. A seed takes food from the universe around it and then grows into a tree. The same is true with spirituality, the desire for which is intrinsic to, and an integral part of, the very nature of, every human being. To realise this spirituality, Man must derive spiritual food from the universe around him. A tree converts carbon-dioxide into oxygen; a spiritual person is one who can take positive lessons from negative situations. From this perspective, a tree is an embodiment of a spiritual personality. —Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

GOD’S TREE

A TREE is but a manifestation of a seed’s potential to derive sustenance from earth and water, and produce one of the most beautiful sights in the world in the form of a trunk, branches, leaves and flowers.

Man is much the same as a tree. He has been put on earth like a seed. But he can grow into a tree only by virtue of his own efforts. Providence however, has granted him innumerable sources of nourishment, and opportunities exist on earth for man to build an eternal future for himself. His efforts on earth will have the reward of the verdant gardens of Paradise in the next world. He will dwell there in eternal contentment.

A heavenly soul is like a fine tree which grows in this world and is then transplanted in God's evergreen garden in the after-life.

For those who do not partake of this divine sustenance are like seeds, which are cast on to a rock or on barren land. Such seeds will never grow into trees. One who does not make use of the opportunities for growth in this world is like a defective seed, which never grows into a tree. Such a person will meet with eternal failure. The world he will inherit in the next life will be a total desert.

A heavenly soul is like a fine tree which grows in this world and is then transplanted in God’s evergreen garden in the after-life.