The Story Of Job
Job is a man mentioned in The Bible and The Quran. He experiences three phases in his life:
- First, he has abundance - he has a great family, he's wealthy and he has his health.
- Then he loses everything - his family, his wealth and his health.
- Then everything (and more) is restored to him - his family, his wealth and his health.
I can explain this story based on my own personal experiences. It's a story about going through a change in the perception of one's reality, and having one's internal qualities change from selfishness to bestowal.
- First, I started off with abundance - I had a great family (based on my old perception of reality), I had a great job that paid me well and I was healthy. I was immersed in the quality of selfishness, but I had abundance.
- Then I lost everything. I went through a change in the perception of my reality and I perceived that my family was not my family, they were not the people I thought they were. The family that I had, that was based on my old perception of reality, was gone. Also, I got sick, so I lost my health, and I had to quit my job due to illness, so I lost my wealth.
- Then everything was restored to me, and is continuing to be restored to me. Based on my new perception of reality, I have a new family (the entire world). Also, my internal qualities began to change from selfishness to bestowal, so I have spiritual wealth and spiritual health. So now I have more than I had before: a new family (the entire world), new wealth (treasures of the kingdom of heaven) and new health (adhesion with The Creator).
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