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the spiritual sacrifice of Jesus' life + your acts of selfless love = eternal union with God.

this equation is true even if you have never heard of Jesus in your life. this equation is true even if you could not bring yourself to believe in Jesus despite your earnest efforts to do so.

all acts of selfless love stem from a soul's love for God regardless of whether the mind is conscious of God or not. the love for God in the mind is merely a reflection of the love for God in the soul. the latter can be without the former. therefore the true determinant of salvation lies solely on the latter (the area that God and God alone can see). thus, no human being is in any position to determine who goes to God and who doesn't.

a mind that is devoid of love for God does not necessarily equate to a soul that is devoid of love for Him. it may be indicative of a mind that has not caught up with the soul yet in that regard. for most (if not all), it takes several incarnations for the mind to get caught up with the soul. here then is one value of being a christian - striving to live the christian way of life accelerates the process by which the mind catches up with the soul (thereby reducing the number of incarnations in the journey of a soul).

ultimately, the end of the journey of a soul that loves God is eternal union with Him. the length of this journey is inextricably linked to the degree of dominance of the fallen mind in one's existence. the more dominant the fallen mind is in the existence of a person, the more prolonged the journey of that person's soul becomes. the more dominant the soul is in the existence of a person, the shorter the journey of that soul gets.

can you now somehow grasp the spiritual dynamics between the fallen mind and the soul?

long story short - don't judge; just love. forgive and love. love and forgive.