Time was created with the Heaven, and it seems to hold that it is identical with the movements of the Heavenly bodies, which measure its passage. Let us link the past and the future with our present paces, and turn life into a dream of science and then turn the dream into reality. Only when we turn our complaints of environments into the strength to strive for success can seize the opportunities. God has an ever present eternity, and all years stand at once (omnes simul stant). Eternity is the complete possession of eternal life all at once—a notion that becomes clearer from comparison with things temporal. For whatever lives in time moves as something present from the past to the future, and there is nothing placed in time that can embrace the whole extent of its life at once. It does not yet grasp tomorrow, and it has already lost yesterday. And even in the life of today you do not live longer than in the transitory moment. That, then, which is subject to the condition of time, even if (as Aristotle thought of the World) it has no beginning or end and its life extends through endless time, is still not such as may be rightly judged eternal. For though its life be endless, it does not grasp and embrace the extent of it all at once [totum simul] but has some parts still to come. And so, if, following Plato, we wish to give things their right names, let us say that God is eternal, but the World is everlasting. Time is to the perceptual World of becoming what eternity is to the intelligible World of being. #RandolphHarris 1 of 9

God has the power to restore any past motion, and therefore a corresponding past interval of time, since there is no difference between motion and time. “And they are one God, yea, the very Eternal Father of Heaven and Earth,” reports Mosiah 15.4. Eternal Return is the doctrine that every event in the Universe, in all its details and in its whole cosmic context, will recur an infinite number of times in exactly the same way that it has already occurred an infinite number of times in the past. This doctrine must be distinguished from the belief in the general periodicity of nature, according to which the main features—but not the specific details—of human and cosmic history recur. “Everything will eventually return in the self-same numerical order, and I shall converse with you staff in hand, and you will sit as you are sitting now, and so it will be in everything else, and it is reasonable to assume that time too will be the same,” reports Pythagoreans. “For behold, the time cometh, and is not far distant, that with power, the Lord Omnipotent who reigneth, who was, and is from all eternity to all eternity, shall come down from Heaven among the children of humans, and shall dwell in a tabernacle of clay, and shall go forth among people, working mighty miracles, such as healing those with infirmaries, resurrection, causing those without the ability to walk to have full control over their bodies, the vision impaired will be cause to see again, and those with hearing impairment will be able to have full use of their audio equipment, and curing all infirmaries,” reports Mosiah 3.5. #RandolphHarris 2 of 9

That is the great plan of the Eternal God. God wants to make us all perfect and timeless. Therefore, the Spirit of revelation must be in each and every individual, to know the plan of salvation and keep in the path that leads them to the presence of God. According to the moral-sense theories, one perceives the difference between right and wrong much as one perceives the difference between a red thing and a blue one. Just as I know that the letter box is red because I see it is, so I know what Reese is doing is right because I perceive that it is. According to theological theories, there is an objective criterion of what is right or wrong which is provided by what God wishes us to do, approves our doing, commands us to do, and so on. If the criterion of right is provided by God’s commands or wishes, then it is not possible for two people, one whom says that an action is right and the other of whom says that the same action is wrong, both to be correct; for if the one is right in thinking that God wishes us to act in a certain way, then the other must be wrong in thinking that one does not. So vital is this frame work that is one strays or strays outside it, one risks provinciality and misery. In fact, most human misery represents ignorance of or noncompliance with the plan. A cessation of such mortal suffering will not come without compliance to it. #RandolphHarris 3 of 9

Hence, the Lord, who has freely shared this vital knowledge of salvation with us, has urged us to teach the fundamentals of this plan freely. There are three ways in which God’s commands could be relevant to human’s duties.  The fact that God commands us to perform a certain kind of action might be what makes this kind of action right. On the other hand, it might be the fact an action is right that causes God to command us to perform it. Finally, it might be the case that the fact that an action is right and the fact that God commands it are one and the same fact; it might be all we meant when we said that an action was right was that it was commanded by God. The very word plan confirms God’s paternal purpose, a realization so desperately needed by the confused and despairing on the World’s stage. The plan of happiness not only ensures the immortalization of our individual identities, but can yield bettered and reborn individuals. “How great the plan of our God! For on the other hand, the paradise of God must deliver up the spirits of the righteous, and the grave deliver up the body of the righteous; and the spirit and the body is restored to itself again, and all people become incorruptible, and immortal, and they are living souls, having a perfect knowledge like unto us in the flesh, save it be that our knowledge shall be perfect,” 2 Nephi 9.13. Good will supply people with the proper axioms from which to deduce rules of conduct. #RandolphHarris 4 of 9

We are living in what may be termed one of the most important periods in the history of the Word. This is the dispensation of the fullness of times, a time when the keys of all former dispensation have been given to the prophets of the restoration; a time when God has spoken from the Heavens, Angels have appeared to people; a time when men and women have the Holy Ghost conferred upon them. By the power of the Holy Ghost we may know the truth of all things. There is need for this great power in the Earth today—this steering power. It is our duty and responsibility to live worthy of the blessings that we enjoy. Where much is given, much is required. We are required to live exemplary lives, to keep the commandments of the Lord, and it is also our responsibility to carry the true gospel message to all humankind. “Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven. Give us our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead of not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For if you forgive people when they sin against you, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you,” reports Matthew 6.9-14. We can begin with facing our aggressiveness; then unearth the anger that underlies it, developing more and more intimacy with that anger, eventually feeling deeply empowered, simultaneously vulnerable and filled with healing courage. #RandolphHarris 5 of 9

There is undeniable growth in such work of forgiving those who sin against us because if we do not, our Father in Heaven will not forgive us. This forgiveness, requires both a keenly discerning awareness and a full commitment to bringing together heart, guts, and the mental mastery in ways that serve our heights good. “Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen. The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will be fluent and clear. No longer will the fool be called noble nor the scoundrel be highly respected,” reports Isaiah 32.3-5. It is now clear that we must take into account what the environment does to an organism not only before but after it responds. Behaviour is shaped and maintained by its consequences. “And they did pray unto the Lord their God continually, insomuch that the Lord did bless them, according to his word, so that they did wax strong and prosper in the land,” reports Alma 62.51. The doctrine that maintains that what I cannot have I must teach myself not to desire; that a desire eliminated or successfully resisted, is as good as a desire satisfied, seems to me a sublime form of the doctrine of sour grapes: What I cannot be sure of, I cannot truly want. “Blessed are the peacemakers. Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven,” reports Matthew 5.9-10. #RandolphHarris 6 of 9

Physiological psychologists have greatly influenced today’s theories of motivation. Chief among their contributions is an idea often called Drive Reduction Theory. This is not the only way to look at what makes people behave as they do, but it does answer many questions. According to this theory, all motivation begins with a need that must be satisfied. In its simplest form, a need is a lack, a depletion, something missing. (When I have not eaten, the cells of my body experience a need for nourishment to energize them or to provide building blocks for repair or replacement.) A signal is relayed along the nervous system and bloodstream to the brain, and we experience a tension-force called a drive. This activates the entire body and changes the person’s consciousness. One might say it shakes a person up so that one is now thinking about looking for something to meet that need and reduce the tension of the drive (“I am hungry!”) Tension, whether large or small, is painful. It causes discomfort. We want to stop it. So, to reduce the tension, we search out a goal, an incentive. (“I want food! I want Harris Beef!) The goal or incentive must have two qualities: it must actually satisfy the need, and it must be something that the individual recognizes as being able to meet that need. (If I ate grubs or grasshoppers, my hunger might be satisfied, but I might not classify those objects as food in my search.) When we reach the goal r incentive, this results in a return to homeostasis or satisfaction “Ahhhh. I am not hungry anymore. I got a Harris Steak.”) “Put your hope in God, for I will praise him, my Savior and my God,” reports Psalm 42.5. #RandolphHarris 7 of 9

We must pay a price for everything we get, whether of a temporal or spiritual nature, and we generally get about what we pay for. If, for instance, I should purchase a suit of clothes, in order to get the best material, the best style, and the proper fit, I must pay a higher price. Every man knows that a good suit can make him look great, whether he is going to work, a night out on the town, or even out on a date. Even if you do not have to wear a suit every single day, nobody ever looks down on the guy that is always dressed well. When it is time to hand out promotions, it might even give you an edge over your fellow employees. Some suits are so nice because every single detail is controlled by the manufacturer and the sheep that provide the wool for the suits are even kept in a beautiful environment that is set to the right temperature during sheering season. Of course, the wool is only part of the charm. The classic Italian craftsmandship and cut is another huge factor. While suits like Brioni are certainly at the top of the price range, they are a lifetime investment that any guy can wear with pride. And you pair that Brioni suit with a Brioni shirt and you really have a classic, timeless wardrobe that cannot be beat in terms of quality. Likewise, if I desire to purchase a Cresleigh home that elicits excitement, joy, and pleasure, a BMW, which is the ultimate diving machine, or whatever it may be, it is going to cost. Similarly, if I seek intellectual values, I must pay the price by study, research, by devoted effort and oftentimes of sacrifice. #RandolphHarris 8 of 9

The same is true of spiritual values. Once cannot expect to inherit eternal life if one is not willing to pay the price and to do the things required for such salvation and exaltation. “There is a law, irrevocably decreed in Heaven before the foundations of this World, upon which all blessings are predicated—And when we obtain any blessing from God, it is by obedience to that law upon which it is predicated,” reports Doctrine and Covenants 130.20-21. Our goal is salvation in the celestial kingdom of our Heavenly Father and to receive the glory that awaits the faithful there. Surly one cannot expect to receive the greatest blessings that the Heavenly Father has in store for his faithful children by paying bargain prices. The satisfaction of physical needs is indeed the indispensable precondition of a satisfactory existence, but in itself it is not enough. In order to be content, people must also have the possibility of developing their intellectual and artistic powers to whatever extent accords with their personal characteristics and abilities. We must also keep in mind that showing others more concern and kindness is more effective and brings more practical profit than giving them any gift. Life is to meet challenges. An attempt is a good beginning. Without attempts, how can we find new opportunities? “You are the most excellent of people, and your lips have been anointed with grace, since God has blessed you forever,” reports Psalm 45.2. #RandolphHarris 9 of 9