If the truth cannot change, if it is permanent, if it is ever-present, then it is always reliable. There is nothing, but stability and nothing but security. The truth is faithful. Truth has no birth, evolution, or decay. God is eternal, immortal, deathless, and an ever lasting being. We must stand as witness of God at all times and in all things, and in all places. It many not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is always the right thing to do. Every day our neighborhoods and communities are in desperate need of our support and our commitment to safety and law and order. Crime, in all its pervasive manifestations, is a serious Worldwide evil and moral problem about which we have great concern. The social, economic, and moral costs of crime are incalculable. It is no respecter of race, religion, nationality, age, culture, or socioeconomic status. There are secret combinations engaged in crime and they present a serious challenge, not just to individuals and families but to entire civilizations. Among today’s secret combinations are gangs, drug cartels, and organized crime families. They have secret signs and code words and participate in clandestine rites and initiation ceremonies. #RandolphHarris 1 of 6

We cannot fall out of this World. Among the purposes of these criminal organizations is to murder, plunder, steal, and commit whoredoms and all manner of wickedness, contrary to the laws of their country and also the laws of the adversary. Although this outset and these purposes sounds so strange and fits in so badly with the fabric of our psychology, if we are not careful, today’s secret combinations can obtain power and influence. The secret combinations begin among the more wicked part of society, but eventually seduce the more part of the righteous until the whole society is polluted. There is considerable interest in healing this split, but if it is going to be bridged, our very idea of what we are doing in psychology has to be radically re-imagined. Psychology and spirituality need to be seen as one. We are in grave need of a renaissance of our own, a rebirth of ancient wisdom and practice accommodated to our own situation. We are dealing with the same issues in Medieval times, except that we are farther in time from the days of magic and mythology, and for us, technology has become a burden as well as an enormous achievement.  #RandolphHarris 2 of 6

The emotional complaints of our time include emptiness, meaninglessness, vague depression, disillusionment about marriage, family, and relationship, a loss of values, yearning for personal fulfillment, and a hunger for spirituality. All of these symptoms reflect a loss of soul and let us know what the soul craves. We yearn excessively for entertainment, power, intimacy, emotional fulfillment, and material things, and we think we can find these things if we discover the right relationship or job, the right church or therapy. However, without soul, whatever we find will be unsatisfying, for what we truly long for is the soul in each of these areas. Lacking soulfulness, we attempt to gather these alluring satisfactions to us in great masses, thinking apparently that quantity will make up for lack of quality. We have all heard the tragic stories of unsuspecting individuals who have been victimized by gangs simply because they were wearing a particular color in a community that does not allow people to choose what color their clothes are. That is why it is so important for us to take a firm stand for truth and right by doing what we can to help keep our communities safe. #RandolphHarris 3 of 6

Care of the soul speaks to the longings we feel and to the symptoms that drive us mad, but it is not a path away from shadow or death. “The Lord is able to do all things according to his will, for the children of humans, if it so be that they exercise faith in him. Wherefore, let us be faithful to God. And if it so be that we are faithful to God, we shall obtain land of promise (2 Nephi 7.12).” Humans awake to life, turn toward the light, and triumph over limitation. A soulful personality is complicated, multifaceted, and shaped by both pain and pleasure, success and failure. Life lived soulfully is not without its moments of darkness and periods of imprudence. However, “God is the same yesterday, today, and forever; and the way is prepared for all people from the foundation of the World, if it so be that we repent and come unto God (1 Nephi 10.18).” Care of the soul requires a special crafting of life itself, with a spiritual sensitivity to the way things are done. Soul does not pour into life automatically. It requires our skill and attention. All truth affirms that God is all there is. God never changes. God is in us. God is within the Universe. God is the Universe. God is peace, joy, love, wisdom, beauty, and power. #RandolphHarris 4 of 6

In 400 BC, therapy actually referred to service to God. A therapist used to be a sacristan, an officer charged with the care of vestry, the church, and their contents. Someone who takes care of the practical elements in religious worship. Somehow, we have to understand that we cannot solve our emotional issues until we grasp the mystery that honor the divine and the departed as part of the basic care that as human beings we have to bring to life. Everyone should know that we cannot live in any other way than by cultivating the soul. The objective of the soul is to become healthy individuals. Our goal is a richly elaborated life, connected to society and nature, woven into the culture of family, nation, and globe. We have to learn to be profoundly connected in the heart to ancestors and to our living family in the many communities that claim our hearts. As we catch a divine inspiration and begin to think about God as being the truth and our savior, a great wave of peace will flow through our whole being, a feeling of trust and confidence will manifest as our soul will start to sing within us. God loves us and is kind. #RandolphHarris 5 of 6

It is never too early nor too late to care for the well-being of the soul. God is a loving presence, guiding, guarding, and keeping us so that we have a sense of being cared for, a feeling of security. When we let the Lord of all creation take care of us we are following divine laws. God knows his children and loves us. We can cultivate, tend, enjoy, and participate in the things of the soul. Care of the soul is inspiring. Some people believe that it is theology of the soul worked out so painstakingly and so concretely in Renaissance Italy and the American Victorian era that gave rise to the extraordinary art and architecture of those times. The act of entering into the mysteries of the soul encourages life to blossom forth according to the Lord. God will open to us the windows of Heaven, and pour out blessings, that there should be enough room to receive. We shall pray unto God and he will be favorable unto us. For everyone that asks shall receive, and those who seek shall find. All things, whatsoever that we shall ask in prayer, believing, we shall receive. Care of the soul is not solving the puzzle of life; it is an appreciation of the paradoxical mysteries that blend light and darkness into the grandeur of what human life and culture can be. #RandolphHarris 6 of 6