Life, as we find it, is too hard for many of us; it brings too many pains, disappointment and impossible tasks. Many people of today are most culpable to not think it worth while to take the trouble to sympathize with their own kinsfolk and give to the hard-working son of the national family what was his by the iron logic of justice, while at the same time placing his seducer and corrupter against the way. However, there is of no better way to bring about harmony in the home, in the neighbourhood, in organizations, peace in our country, and in the World than for every man and woman first to eliminate from his or her heart the enemies of harmony and peace such as hatred, selfishness, greed, animosity, and envy. Selfishness so often is the basis of money problems, which are a very serious and real factor affecting the stability of family life. Selfishness is at the root of adultery, the breaking of solemn and sacred covenants to satisfy selfish lust. Selfishness is the antithesis of love. It is a cankering expression of greed. It destroys self-discipline. It obliterates loyalty. It tears up sacred covenants. It afflicts both men and women. Thus, selfishness denies the individual worth of the human personality, impugns the teaching the nation greed and envy have a primary significance. By adopting these unsavory traits, it takes away the very foundations of human existence and human civilization. #RandolphHarris 1 of 19

If the doctrines of greed and envy were to be accepted as the foundation of the life of the Universe, it would lead to the disappearance of all order that is conceivable to the human mind. And thus, the adoption of such a law would provoke chaos in the structure of the greatest organism that we know, with the result that the inhabitants of this early planet would finally disappear. Should people who adopt the doctrines of green and selfishness triumph over the people of this World, his Crown will be the funeral wreath of mankind, and this planet will once again follow its orbit through ether, without any harm life on its surface, as it did millions of years ago. In our failures, there is usually disguised selfishness, the overreaching for a “bridge too far.” Whether in financial or civic ruin or in infidelity and divorce, proud selfishness is usually there. Lack of intellectual humility is there among those who have deliberately cultivated their doubts in order, they think, to release themselves from their covenants. Some nurture their grievances assiduously. Were their grievances, instead, Alam’s seed of faith, they would have long ago nourished a mighty tree of testimony. Selfishness is really self-destruction in slow motion. No wonder Prophet Joseph Smith urged, “Let every selfish feeling be not only buried, but annihilated.” #RandolphHarris 2 of 19

Surging selfishness, for example, has shrunken some people into dungeons; they seek to erase their emptiness by sensations. However, in the arithmetic of appetite, anything multiplied by zero still totals zero! Each spasm of selfishness narrows one’s Universe that much more by reducing his awareness of or concern with others. In spite of its outward, Worldly swagger, such indulgent individualism is actually provincial, like goldfish in a bowl congratulating themselves on their self-sufficiency, never mind the food pellets or changes of water. Inherent limitations may cause a premature termination of self-analysis in another way as well. The person may arrive at a kind of pseudo solution by arranging his life to fit in with his remaining neurosis. Life itself may be instrumental in bringing about such solutions. He may be thrown into a situation that provides an outlet for a craving for power, or permits a life of obscurity and subordination in which he need not assert himself. He may seize the possibility of a marriage to solve his urge for dependency. Or he may more or less consciously decide that his difficulties in human relationships—some of which he has recognized and understood—are too great a drain on his energies, and that the only way to live a peaceful life or to save his creative abilities is to withdraw from others; he may then restrict to a minimum his need for people or for material things, and under these conditions be able to work out a tolerable existence. #RandolphHarris 3 of 19

These solutions are not ideal, to be sure, but a psychic equilibrium may be reached on a better level than before. And in some circumstances of very severe entanglements such pseudo solutions may be the most that can be attained. In principle these limits to constructive work are present in professional analysis as well as in self-analysis. In fact, if the deterring forces are strong enough, as was mentioned before, the idea of analysis will be rejected altogether. And even if it is not rejected—if the person suffers so much under the pressure of his disabilities that he undertakes analytical treatment—the analyst is no sorcerer who can conure up forces that are entirely choked. There is no doubt, however that by and large the limitations are considerably greater for self-analysis. In many instances, an analyst can liberate constructive forces by showing the patient concrete problems accessible to a solution, whereas if the patient were working alone, and felt blindly caught in invisible and apparently inextricable entanglements, he could not possibly pick up enough courage to grapple with his problems. Moreover, the relative strength of the various psychic forces within the patient may change during treatment, because none of these forces is quantity given once and for all. #RandolphHarris 4 of 19

Every step that leads him closer to his real self and closer to others renders him less hopeless and less isolated and thereby adds to his active interest in life, including also his interest in his own development. Therefore, if necessary, after a period of common work with an analyst even patients who started with severe neurotic difficulties may in some cases be able to continue on their own. Though on the whole the comparison with professional analysis is in favour of the latter whenever intricate and diffuse entanglements are concerned, there are certain reservations that should be borne in mind. It is not entirely fair to compare self-analysis, and its unavoidable deficiencies, with an ideal analytical treatment. I know several people who were barely touched by treatment but afterward grappled successfully on their own with rather serious problems. We should be cautious both ways, and neither underrate nor overrate what can be done without expert help. If he has already had some analytical treatment, and if conditions are favourable, I believe that he can continue alone with the hope of achieving far-reaching results. The example of Clare—and also other cases not presented here—shows clearly that it is possible, with previous experience, to deal alone with even severe and intricate problems. #RandolphHarris 5 of 19

It appears a reasonable hope that both analysts and patients will become more aware of this possibility, and that more attempts of this kind will be made. It may be hoped, too, that analysts will gradually assemble criteria that will enable them to judge when they can reasonably encourage the patient to continue his work independently. In this context there is a consideration I should like to emphasize, though it does not refer directly to self-analysis. If the analyst does not assume an authoritative attitude toward the patient, but makes it clear from the beginning that the enterprise is a co-operative one in which both analyst and patient work actively toward the same goal, the patient will be able to develop his own recourses in a much higher degree. He will lose the paralyzing feeling that he is more or less helpless and that the analyst must carry the sole responsibility, and will learn to respond with initiative and resourcefulness. Broadly speaking, psychoanalytic treatment has developed from a situation in which both patient and analyst are relatively passive to one in which the analyst is more active, and finally to one in which both participants take an active role. Where the latter spirit prevails, more can be accomplished in a shorter time. However, there is no doubt in my mind that severe neuroses belong in the hands of experts: anyone who suffers from severe disturbances should consult an expert before embarking upon self-analysis. #RandolphHarris 6 of 19

However, in considering the possibility of self-analysis, it is a mistake to think primarily in terms of sever neuroses. Beyond doubt they are far outnumbered by the milder neuroses and the various neurotic troubles caused primarily by the difficulties if a particular situation. Persons suffering from these milder disturbances should consult an expert before embarking upon self-analysis. However, in considering the possibility of self-analysis it is a mistake to think primarily in terms of severe neuroses. Beyond doubt they are far outnumbered by the milder neuroses and the various neurotic troubles caused primarily by the difficulties of a particular situation. Persons suffering from these milder disturbances rarely come to the attention of analysts, but their difficulties should not be taken lightly. Their troubles not only cause suffering and handicaps but also result in a waste of valuable energies, for the person is prevented from developing to the best of his human capacities. With regard to these difficulties experienced, I believe there is hope. If any experience with analytical treatment, in several instances, persons had little. To be sure, they did not go far enough in their endeavours at self-examination. #RandolphHarris 7 of 19

However, there seems no good reason not to believe that with a more widespread general knowledge of the nature of neurotic troubles and the ways of tackling them attempts of this kind can be carried further—always provided the severity of the neurosis is not prohibitive. The structure of personality is so much less rigid in milder neurotic entanglements than in severe ones that even attempts that are not carried very far may help considerably. In sever neurosis it is often necessary to do a great deal of analytical work before any liberating effect is achieved. In milder disturbances, even a single uncovering of an unconscious conflict may be the turning point toward a freer development. However, even if we grant that a considerable number of people can profitably analyze themselves, will they ever complete the work? Will there not always be problems left that are not solved or not even touched upon? There is n such thing as a complete analysis, and this answer is not given in a spirit of resignation. Certainly, the greater the degree of transparency and the more freedom we can attain, the better for us. However, the idea of a finished human product not only appears presumptuous but even lacks any strong appeal. Life is struggle and striving, development and growth—and analysis is one of the means that can help in this process. Certainly, its positive accomplishments are important, but also the striving itself is of intrinsic value. As Goethe has said in Faust: Who’er aspires unweariedly, is not beyond redeeming. #RandolphHarris 8 of 19

It is difficult to know to what extent a man born in 1900 can convey his experience to people born after 1914, or after 1929, or after 1945. I selected these dates, of course, intentionally. Anyone who was, like myself, at least fourteen years of age when the First World War broke out, still experience part of the solid, secure World of the nineteenth century. To be sure, if he was born as the son of a middle-class family with all necessities and quite a few luxuries provided, he experienced a much more comfortable aspect of this prewar period than if he had been born into a poor family. Yet even for the majority of the population, and especially for the working class, the end of the last and the beginning of the present century were a tremendous improvement over the conditions of existence even fifty year earlier, and they were filled with hope for a better future. It is difficult for the generations born after 1914 to appreciate to what extent his war shattered the foundations of Western civilization. This war broke out against the will of everybody, yet with the connivance of most participants or, rather, of special interest groups in each country which exercised sufficient pressure to make war possible. #RandolphHarris 9 of 19

By and large, Europeans, after almost one hundred years without major and catastrophic wars, and almost fifty years after the German-French war, were prone to think that “it cannot happen.” The powerful Socialist International seemed to be resolved to prevent war. The antiwar and pacifist movement was a potent force. However, even the governments, whether that of the Czar, of the Kaiser, or of France and England, seemed to be resolved to avoid war. Yet it did happen. Reason and decency seemed suddenly to have left Europe. The same socialist leaders who only months before had pledged themselves to international solidarity, now hurled at each other the vilest nationalistic epithets. The nations that had known and admired each other, suddenly broke out in a mad paroxysm of hate. The British became cowardly mercenaries to the Germans; the Germans became vile Huns to their enemies; the music of Bach and Mozart became tainted; French words in the German language were ostracized. Not only that, but the moral rule against the killing of civilians was broken. Both sides bombed helpless cities and killed woman and children; it was mainly the lack of development in aviation that restricted the scope and intensity of these raids. However, the fate of the soldiers was equally in contrast to all demands of humanity. #RandolphHarris 10 of 19

Millions on both sides were forced to attack the enemy trenches and were killed in the process, although it should have been clear that such tactics had become futile. However, perhaps worst of all, the slaughter was based on a life. The Germans were persuaded that they were fighting for freedom, and so were their Western enemies. When the chops were down, especially when, after 1916, a possibility for peace arose, both sides refused to settle because both insisted on gaining the territories for which the war was really being fought—regardless of the cost. At one-point millions of men recognized the great deception. They rebelled against those who forced them to continue the slaughter, in Russia and Germany successfully, in France sporadically, by means of mutinies which were severely punished by the generals. What had happened? The belief in continuing progress and peace had been shattered, moral principles which had seemed secure were violated. The unthinkable had happened. Yet hope had not disappeared. After the first step in brutalization, hope arose again in the minds of men. It is important to understand this because nothing is more characteristic of Western history than the principles of hope which had governed it for two thousand years. They chatted about the “revival” of the German naval power, protested against the plunder of our colonies, and recommended taking them back. #RandolphHarris 11 of 19

In the same way, our American pacifists will ignore the bloody rape upon the nation, no matter how bloody, even if it is carried out by the evilest military forces, if the only way to avert this fate is by resistance and force. To further highlight this illustration, although Denver’s suburbs do not share its sanctuary city policies, the influx of migrants into the Mile High City has spilled outward. Now, its neighbours are facing an unprecedented wave of activity from a notorious Venezuelan prison gang. Officials from Aurora, about nine miles east of Denver reported that the Tren de Aragua gang has gained a strong foothold in their city, commandeering apartment complexes and drumming up violent crime and sex trafficking. “We currently have entire complexes under gang control—complexes where staff have been beaten up, they’ve been threatened, their families have been threatened [and] complexes where there are no staff left on the property,” Aurora City Council Member Danielle Jurinsky said. “These complexes are being run by this Tren de Aragua gang. They start brokering apartments themselves when someone leaves out of fear or whatever. They go in and take pictures of the apartment themselves. Then, I’ve been told, within hours, a Venezuelan family moves in. Part of the city are absolutely under this gang control. The local media is downplaying this. I believe politics is being played with people’s lives. Nothing is being done to help the American citizens that are trapped under this gang’s control.” #RandolphHarris 12 of 19

Calls for emergency services have been on the rise. “The number of emails coming in to me for help from residents and business owners, the volume is much higher. The allegations being made [about again activity] are types of crime that I’ve not heard of on a regular basis in our city,” report Danielle Jurinsky. California is home to more than 11 million illegal immigrants. That is nearly 25 percent of its population. Many people want them gone because they believe that rents would decrease, so would traffic, more jobs would become available, and crime rates would go down. If the current course of things continues, the cities will become rickety. The collapse is inevitable. There is no bond of common blood but only that of one ruling hand. Should the ruling hand show signs of weakness in such a State the result will not be to cause a kind of hibernation of the State but rather to awaken the individualist instincts which are slumbering in the ethnological groups. These instincts do not make themselves felt as long as these groups are dominated by a strong central will-to-govern. The danger which exists in these slumbering separatist instincts can be rendered more or less innocuous only through centuries of common education, common traditions, and common interest. The younger the States are, the more their existence will depend on the ability and strength of the central government. If their foundation was due only to the work of a strong personality or a leader who is a man of genius, in many cases they will break up as soon as the founder disappears; because, though great, he stood alone. #RandolphHarris 13 of 19

However, even after centuries of a common education and experiences these separatist instincts I have spleen of are not always completely overcome. They may be only dormant and may suddenly awaken when the central government shows weakness and the force of a common education as well as the prestige of a common tradition prove unable to withstand the vital energies of separatist nationalities forging ahead toward the shaping of their own individual existence. The failure to see the truth of all this constitutes a tragic crime. Yet, the spirit of the Lord can, and often does, reach even those who have lost their way. Jesus Christ wants every person to come to Him and find comfort in His loving arms. “Remember, the worth of souls is great in the sight of God,” reports Doctrine and Covenants 18.10. So much of my life cannot be told, and so much that I can tell is hardly worth saying. There is so much that I have learned not to say because to other people it has seemed bizarre. They became afraid and tried to hide their feat behind a firm manner and confident telling me what to do. If they had spoken their fear, we could have talked about it and my fear too. In hiding it, they gave me something else to be packed away with the things that are not to be mentioned. I try in many ways to say something about what goes on in me, but no matter which way I say it, it is wrong. #RandolphHarris 14 of 19

I wish that someone would ask a question, express a wish to know. Then I might be able to begin to let out of me what is held so tight inside. Kurt Goldstein described a condition among brain damaged patients that he called the “catastrophic reaction.” Treating German soldiers during World War I who suffered gunshot and shrapnel wounds in the brain, he noted that such patients, after some time for recovery, were able to function reasonably well if their World was kept tidy and unchanging, and if their time was ordered in rigidly scheduled ways. For example, they needed to know where their clothes were located and when to expect meals. If some sudden alteration was introduced in the way their time and space was arranged, they would not welcome it as a respite from boredom; rather, it was experienced more as a disaster, a catastrophe with which they could not cope. They would become furious, panicky, and might even faint. This reaction to the unexpected is but an exaggeration of similar reaction that occurs in average people. We are all socialized so that we acquire a set of assumptions about the World that enables us to live in our customary lives. If something new, different, and unexpected enters our World, we may react with panic or with violence. It is as if the unexpected reality that has just been experienced calls upon inadequate capacities to respond. #RandolphHarris 15 of 19

Accordingly, we may try to deny that anything new has appeared, saying, “Why it is nothing but something old, in new clothes”; or we may try to destroy that which is new or different. Many young men who were among the first to appear with long hair in America experienced varying degrees of violence from people who felt that men were supposed to have short hair. If a man experiences tender, or even sexual, feelings for another man, he may undergo panic, even though he does not express the feeling. For healthy personalities, the experience of the unexpected serves as an occasion for new learning and growth. To be surprised, or to encounter something that challenges one’s assumptions about oneself and the World functions for healthy personalities as a motive for reality testing, as well as an opportunity for the enlargement of one’s awareness of the World. The most important factor here is the parent’s scripts. Does Jeder fit in, or is he the wrong gender, or badly timed? Does his father’s script call for a scholar, and he turns out to be, instead, a football play? Or vice versa? Does his mother’s script go along with his father’s, or is it opposite in this respect? There are also traditions that he will hear about from fairy tales and real life. #RandolphHarris 16 of 19

The youngest of three sons is supposed to act stupid until the showdown comes, and then he wins over his brothers. If he happens to be the seventh son of a seventh son, he is almost compelled to be a prophet. More particularly, the parents’ scripts may call for them to be glorified or punished by one of their children, who must therefore turn out to be either a colossal success or a colossal failure. Often the first-born son is chosen for honour. If the mother’s script calls for her to be a spouseless invalid in her declining years, then one of the children must be raised from birth to stay and care for her, while the others must be taught to wander off and fill the role of ingrates. If the forty-year-old bachelor son or spinster daughter decides to break the script by moving out of the house, or worse, by getting married, the mother will respond understandably and pitiably, by having severe attacks of illness. The scripty nature of such setups is demonstrated by the frequent switch whereby mother “unexpectedly” wills the bulk of her money to the ingrates, cutting off the devoted one with a pittance. The aspirant who seeks to live spiritually in the World should marry for something more than physical enjoyment and comfort, more even than intellectual and social companionship. He must find a woman whose inner being is polarized to the same ideals as his own, who will walk by his side through every vicissitude as a fellow-pilgrim and a wholehearted seeker. #RandolphHarris 17 of 19

The Sacramento Fire Department protects the lives and property of the people of Sacramento from fires, natural and human-caused disasters, and hazardous materials incidents; they save lives by providing emergency medical services; thwart fires through prevention and education programs; provide defense against terrorist attacks; and provide a work environment that values cultural diversity and is free of harassment and discrimination. “When I first came out of fire school, I was a firefighter. I worked in an engine company, then a truck company, both very busy. When I made captain, I did snorkel. When the spot came in the rescue unit opened up, the chief of the fire department called me at home and asked me if I wanted to go there. I said, ‘Well, yeah.’ He said, ‘Be there tomorrow.’ Our rescue unit would go on second alarms citywide, every major fire and every heavy rescue in automobile accidents and industrial accidents. When we got there, the chiefs relied on us. We had the big stuff, they heavy tools. Looking back on it, we were always in a dangerous position. You were on the roof, the weakest spot. The truck companies would say, ‘We’re not going to open it, it doesn’t look too good.’ We ere like, ‘We can do it.’ And we’d be up there on the roof, and we’d get it open. Inside, when there were people in there, we’d be in there crawling around. #RandolphHarris 18 of 19

“The tools that we carried, over and above what a truck company would have, made us specialist. We would have a net for people who wanted to jump out. The city had a high-rise team, and we were involved with the planning of that. We had rappelling gear. The guys were in shape and a little more daring. To stay in shape I played racquetball, did a lot of bicycling. And after I got married, we bought an old house, and after work I would work another eight or nine hours on the house. I put in a cathedral ceiling, and people say, ‘How the (expletive) did you do it?’ I got the strength from doing that type of work.” The Sacramento Fire Department improves the quality of life in the City of Sacramento by providing fire protection, emergency response services, fire prevention, and activities with the public educational department. Their goal is to protect all citizens, their property and the environment. Promoting safety, preventing fires and saving lives is a priority. You can help the Sacramento Fire Department save lives in a courteous, professional manner by donating to them. In order to keep our community safe, remember to raise your children to love America, to be patriotic, to love God and Jesus Christ, to buy American made cars and other goods and services; to respect law and order and treat others with kindness and dignity. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. God of Might, God of Right, Thee we give all glory; Thine all praise in these days as in ages hoary, when we hear, year by year freedom’s wondrous story. Now as erst, when Thou first made’st the proclamation, warning loud every proud, every tyrant nation, we, Thy fame still proclaim, bend in adoration. #RandolphHarris 19 of 19

The Winchester Mystery House

Paranormal investigators have recorded disembodies voices and witnessed strange shadows following them through The Winchester Mystery House. The enormous 19^th century mansion once was nine stories tall, and had 600 rooms, but the 1906 earthquake demolished the nine-story observation tower, and took much of the 4^th floor with it. However, 160 rooms, of which 110 are available for tour, still exist in this meandering catacomb.

Please come and enjoy a delicious meal in Sarah’s Café, stroll along the paths of the beautiful Victorian gardens, and wonder through the miles of hallways in the World’s most mysterious mansion. For further information about tours, including group tours, weddings, school events, birthday party packages, facility rentals, and special events please visit the website: https://winchestermysteryhouse.com/

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