What happens next

Human beings have been traversing the earth for aeons, and ever since we were dropped onto it, as our religions say, or evolved, a Darwin says, we have for ever been clueless about why we are here, what we are supposed to do here, and where we are heading. Religion has taken care of the first two questions. We know we were put on earth by God to do good things, the right thing, and help him prove to the Devil that our creation was not in vain. We also know we will go back to him, and death will take us there, but one question always bothers each human being as we progress on our own individual life path: what does the future hold, what does life have in store for us, simply, what happens next. To me, it seems the reason for this curiosity is, that there is an outer landscape around us, and in our minds, there is an inner landscape that is very different from the physical one outside. the landscape of our minds is composed of what we want our life to be like. It is made up of our hopes, dreams, desires,ambitions. And with this landscape our emotions are very much attahced. There is an innate desire in every human being to want that the physical lanscape around him should match his inner landscape as much as possible, and on this his or her happiness and satisfaction in life depends. The desire to know what happens next is because we want to know how much these two landscapes will resemble each other in future, and if our efforts to match them will bear fruit or will be futile. We have devised many ways of assessing what happens next. Astrology, tarot, runes, iching,palm reading,dream interpretation, signs, all sorts of superstitions, globe reading gypsies, and Istikharas for muslims.We pray, we go to holy places, we make promises to God, all to placate Him into granting our wishes. Yet we still have no idea. Sometime something works, sometimes something else works. We do not know why. But more often than not, we notice that what we believe in works. Is it perhaps because belief is stronger than all other things in the universe? What we beleive in, becomes our truth. And that becomes real, palpable, and takes a physical form in the end. Does that mean that the human being is actually the most powerful being in this world? the viceregent of God the creator, who can acheive things through sheer willpower? Hope, belief and faith, have made what seemed impossible, become possible in my life. So I guess I am one person who has proof that faith can move mountains. I am sure each of us have many examples of such events in their own lives. It is true, things in our life never match our inner landscape exactly. There are variations. Depends on our effort level and and also our willingness to take risks. Which follows on the strength of our beliefs. The more we strive, the more similar they become. The more one believes, the more one strives. Reminds me of Rumi's ideas, (i do not remember the exact words), that there is a hidden treasure in each of us, meaning a well of strength, which is more powerful and valuable than anything in the outside world, and every human being should try to seek that. If we find it, we can change ourselves and our world. What happens next in our lives, is usually based on what we find inside us.