Lessons for Living: What Only Adversity Can Teach You

Just to say this plainly: human beings can never be made happy by the material world. We are spiritual beings and can be emotionally healthy only when we are in touch with a higher world. We need higher forces just as we need air. This is not abstract philosophy, it is a description of our nature. But it requires constant work to stay in touch with

There is always a point when we resent the effort we have to make and want to quit. Paradoxically, these dark moments are what give us the opportunity to develop faith. If during these times of demoralization when the outer world promises nothing you find the will to push yourself forward, you are relying on higher, inner forces. That is faith. As

to one choice, you deepen your relationship to the Father. You are practicing the power of limitation.

Why are we so afraid of conflict that we’re willing to live limited lives? Because of an illusion.

Faith is a deeply held conviction that there is a higher meaning in life that cannot be proved by outer events.

The human dilemma is that the important things in life are unprovable. It is precisely because faith does not require proof that it has so much power.

To act in the face of the unknown brings up a primal fear in most of us. You can overcome this fear if you learn to look at action in a new way. Here are three principles that make the process of taking action more effective.

To the ancients, time was a gift of the gods, to be treated with awe and reverence. Elders were respected precisely because they had aged in the stream of time. Time was something higher than the individual, something not to be controlled but to be appreciated. In the sacred view of time, all good things come as part of a rhythmic process, whether

Self-love is the process of accepting the most inferior part of yourself.

Speed Once you have determined to do something, the less time you allow to elapse until you act, the better. A failed action, done quickly, will improve your confidence more than one done after great procrastination, even if it