If there were such a thing as 'sinning against God' it would be despair, for despair is a denial of the God within, the Holy Spirit. Choosing the path of fear rather than the path of love. A person who commits suicide cannot find love of himself, love in the people about him or love in the world in which he finds himself.

Suicide is not the 'ultimate act', nor is there any punishment. There is, however, a great deal of compassion. Nevertheless, one will have to face the same sort of challenge at other times until one gets it right.

When you are filled with the sense-data of your current life, immediately after the "death" experience, you will realise all the opportunities you had, but chose fear, chose a false image of Self, and you will eventually choose to have another 'go' at physical experience. This is not inflicted upon us by some stern, moralistic teacher. There is as much love for the suicide as for the saint. The Universe is filled with love, wisdom and compassion. Only the hypocrites say "God is love" and talk of hell. If you think you have you have one only physical lifetime in which to grow and develop, you are in for a surprise.

There is a story about a great Master who came across a man who had been born blind. "Tell us Lord, who sinned? This man or his parents, that he should be born blind?" asked one of his followers, as if he had some understanding of reincarnation, for how could the man sin BEFORE he was born? "None of them sinned!" replied the Master, "The man is born blind to manifest the Glory of God." So are we all. Our true purpose throughout beginingless and endless eternity is to manifest the Glory of who and what we really are. That is what is known as 'manifesting the Glory of God." We do not do this when we violate another Being, physically or psychologically.

Hellen Keller, who was both deaf and blind, refusing to despair, became an author and world lecturer, and shiningly manifested her Spirit. The Minister for Sport in Western Australia, without legs, competing in kayak races and not wallowing in self-pity is another example. Both of them became lights unto the world.

With maturity comes the knowledge that every major success in life is based on a hundred failure. Each seeming failure is another rung on the ladder of your development. Failure is not a matter of failing or being knocked down. It is a matter of staying down. You are never beaten until you give up.

Nothing remains the same. Life is full of peaks and valleys but we cause suffering for ourselves when we cling to them as if they were permanent conditions. No child ever learns to walk without falling over. We do not consider the fall a failure. If the child believed it was, it would not try again. Learn that you can change your life by changing your attitude.

One of my many gurus, Frank Sinatra, said, "There is no revenge like a massive success." Life, when you discover how to take control, can be very rewarding.