The Ladder To Heaven

Do you know that there is a Ladder to Heaven? 
For all to climb, be it man or woman
But we mustn't stop at step seven or eleven 
We must go on till we reach our heaven

Many of us want to go to God
But we don't know the truth about our Lord 
We just go to a temple, mosque, and church 
Instead of going on a quest to search

The first step to God is Belief
For those who don't believe, how can they achieve? 
There are some who are atheist or agnostic
A life without faith, they choose to pick

But the ones who believe, they take their first step 
The Ladder to Heaven they start to inspect
They know without doubt that God exists
They believe and pray and their belief persists

There is not a day that they don't Pray
With folded hands they go to God and say 
Not only to the Lord everything they tell 
They also listen to Him, not just ring the bell


The third step on the Ladder is Faith 
Without this one cannot reach heaven's gate 
Faith is Full Assurance In The Heart
Our journey to God, it helps to start

The fourth step on the Ladder is Hope 
Without Hope, how can anyone cope?
Those who believe in God they find
He is there when you reach the end of the rope

And then, the believers in God, they Trust
 It is Trust that forms their journey’s thrust 
Trust is unconditional surrender to God 
And always accepting the will of the Lord

After Belief, Prayer,Faith,Hope&Trust
What is it that stands out first?
It is Enthusiasm, that is step six
'Entheos', 'In God,' that gets our problems fixed

Then comes step seven, it's Love for God
We make it a priority, the Love for our Lord
To us, God is not someone who lives far away 
Every moment that we live, with us He does stay

It is this Love that makes us seek
Our passion for God makes us climb the peak 
Because we want God, we Go on a Quest 
And whatever we believed, we put it to test


In our search for God we Contemplate
We spend time in Silence and for God we wait 
We don't accept what the scriptures tell
And we find the truth about heaven and hell

Of course, there is Karma and we must do good
As we sow, we reap, we create our own food
But step ten on the Ladder is not to live after we die 
But to learn, how to God our Soul must fly

Importance of a Guru is the Ladder's step eleven 
For without a Mentor, how can we discover heaven? 
A Guru takes us from darkness to light
And to Overcome Ignorance, he helps us fight
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020


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Date: 6/19/2020 2:40:00 AM
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