Cool under Pressure

I’ve always admired people who keep their cool under pressure. This ability allows for graceful navigation of even the most intense circumstances. I’m sure you’ve also noticed that it also affords those who possess it a little more time to process, decide and act, which, in turn, makes them generally more effective in handling the …

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Providence or Serendipity

Whether the astounding diversity of life forms and landscapes on our beautiful planet are the work of Providence or serendipity, I think we all can agree that we live in a beautiful world.

A Man’s Worth

A man’s worth is neither measured by his material wealth, nor his educational attainment, neither is it calculated by the scope of his accomplishments. A man’s worth boils down to one, central metric: the degree to which he has remained faithful to the spirit of love. What is the spirit of love? God is the …

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Try the Spirits

It is said that spirits pique feelings, which then coalesce into thoughts, words, and actions. Think about that for a moment. Spirits give rise to feelings, which then may become thoughts, words, and actions. Notice the use of the word "may." The feelings you have cannot force you to think, say, or do anything. You …

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In the spirit

The question is not if the spirit of God is with you. The question is whether or not you are “in the spirit.” What does it mean to be “in the spirit?” To be “in the spirit” means that you have relinquished all attachment to the ill spirits within and around you. To be “in …

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The Costume Party

The world we live in is a giant costume party, and it ought not be. Mankind, dissociated from true Being, lives not in reality, but in a show—a tragic and unnecessary pretense. In this self-created world, man hides from reality, fearing the discovery of his ruse and the unraveling of his wellintentioned disingenuousness. This was …

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The Policy of Forgiveness

Forgiveness is one of the most powerful tools you have at your disposal as a human being. Forgiveness purifies your heart and liberates your mind. It releases you from the tyranny of past grievances and offenses, rendering them powerless insofar as your expression is concerned. There are no exclusions or limitations in the policy of …

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Radiance, Being, and Purpose

You were designed to live a radiant, joyous, and fulfilling life. You know that inherently, because every time you've lived radiantly, you've been at peace, in a state of internal alignment, and at one with the world beyond you. These feelings are unavoidable; they are the natural and ineluctable result of a radiant posture. The …

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Compulsion to Greatness

The Being within you-the true you- is compelled to greatness. It is driven to magnify below that which comes to focus in it from above. Who you are in the deepest sense has a single purpose, namely, to honor and glorify that which is "above." Jesus summarized it in this way: "Let your light so …

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The Death of the Real Man

Of the many things we lost as a result of the fall of man, one of the most devastating and limiting is the quietus of divine manhood, the death of the real man. The original descent and demise was described allegorically early in the Bible as a self-induced ejection from the "garden" planted "eastward in …

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