The essence of each person originates as a star in the Heavens. The union with God is the climax of cognition. The love of God holds the Universe together. Loving means being dependent on the absence of narcissism, it requires that development of self-effacement, fairness and reason. One’s entire life must be devoted to this aim. Self-effacement and fairness are indivisible, just as love is. It depends on our capacity to grow, to develop a productive orientation in our relationship toward the World and ourselves. Through love we shall have harmony and through harmony, peace, is as potent a force in social education as it has ever been. This process of emergence, of birth, of waking up, requires one quality as a necessary condition: faith. The practice of the art of loving requires the practice of faith. Faith is a character trait pervading the whole personality, rather than a specific belief. Rational faith is rooted in productive intellectual and emotional activity. In rational thinking, in which faith is supposed to have no place, rational faith is an important component. Scientist like Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, and Newton were all imbued with an unshakable faith in reason. Faith that has a foundation in one’s own experience, in the confidence in one’s power of thought, observation, and discernment. #RandolphHarris 1 of 6

Having faith in another person means to be certain of the reliability and unchangeability of one’s fundamental attitudes, of the core of one’s personality, of one’s love. This does not mean that a person may not change their opinions, but that one’s basic motivations remain the same; that, for instance, one’s respect for life and human dignity is part of oneself, not subject to change. In the same sense that we have faith in ourselves, we might take the time to watch and listen as gradually it reveals the deeper mysteries in our daily lives. As we stop to consider what is happening to us and what we are made of, the soul uproars. The fate and character of each of us is born in mystery, and our individuality is so profound and so hidden that it takes a lifetime for indemnity to emerge. All lives are important. It is the unfathomable mystery that is the very seed and heart of each individual. Only the person who has faith in oneself is able to be faithful to others, because only one can be sure that one will be the same at a future time as one is today, and, therefore, one will feel and act as one now expects to. Faith in oneself is a condition of our ability to promise, and since we can be defined by our capacity to promise, faith is one of the conditions of human existence. #RandolphHarris 2 of 6

Love cannot be forced, it comes out of Heaven, unmasked, and unsought. What matters in relation to love is the faith in one’s own love; in its ability to produce love in others, and in its reliability. No one can hinder your power because its an immediate presence is at the center of your own being. No one can reverse your use of it, since noting can contradict its authority. Therefore, you not only have some power at the center of your being; you have access to all the power there is, to all the presence there is, and to the only God there is. You must start to contemplate this power within you as answering your every wish; and you must believe that it does this immediately, right now—not tomorrow but today, because the law of this power within you knows no time. One must give conscious direction to this law and one must definitely expect it to respond. When you want to accomplish something, you know it is going to happen and believe it; there must be no doubt in your consciousness. That is what we call faith. Another meaning of having faith in person refers to the faith we have in the potentialities of others. One of the most important of these conditions is that in our lives, we have the potentialities to love, be happy, and use our reason. The presence of this faith makes the difference between education and manipulation. RandolphHarris 3 of 6

The root of the word education is e-ducere, to lead forth, or to bring out something which is potentially present. Education is identical with helping one realize one’s potentialities. The opposition of education is manipulation, which is based on the absence of faith in the growth of potentialities, and on the basis that one will be right only if we accept what is desirable and suppress what seems to be undesirable. However, we can all take strength in knowing that all the hard experiences in this life are temporary; even the darkest nights turn into dawn for the faithful. When all is finished and we have endured all things with faith in God, we have the promise that God shall wipe away all the tears from our eyes. As we exercise our faith in God, he will life us up and carry us through all our trials and, ultimately, save us in the celestial kingdom. Endure well in faith, become perfect through God, and have perfect joy in him. This respect comes of recognition that each of us is a son or daughter of God, endowed with something of his divine nature, that each is an individual entitled to expression and cultivation of individual talents and deserving of forbearance, of patience, of understanding, of curtsy, of thoughtful consideration. True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the well being of one’s companion. #RandolphHarris 4 of 6

We have a friend within us who is closer than our own shadow. This friend anticipates our every desire, knows own every need, and governs our every act. This friend is the God within our own soul, the animating presence projecting our personality, which is a unique individualization of the living spirit. God is our infinite friend and father, and is not limited by previous experiences which we may have had, by present conditions, or passing situations. Just let all the cares of yesterday flow out and all the burdens go with them, for the soul cannot be restored by the River of Life unless it lets go of the past and discovers that a new future is forever flowing around it—something fresh and clean and new and wonderful. To lie down in a pasture suggests relaxation in the midst of abundance, an abundance which is already provided, a good which is divinely given. The words green pastures refer to a place of rest. Green is the most restful and comforting color in nature. It brings our minds the picture of a protected nook where we can find sanctuary in the middle of the day. The voice of Heaven is a still small voice; likewise, the voice of domestic peace is a quiet voice. #RandolphHarris 5 of 6

The pasture is beside still waters, referring to the River of Life in which there is no conflict, no turmoil. God then will be our partner, and our daily conversations with him will bring peace into our hearts. We must invoke God’s blessings upon our lives, house, vehicles, loved once, and dreams. We want our families and friends to know the security of a home where dwells the spirit of the Lord. With faith in God, we will experience the security of the kind word softly spoken, and the tempests of our own lives will be stilled. We want our kin and friends to know people with living honestly with God, honestly with one another and with their follow human beings. It is important to grow up with a sense of appreciation, having heard God loving people in prayer, who express gratitude for blessings great and small. We will mature with faith in the living God. The destroying Angel of domestic bitterness will pass by is and we will know peace and love throughout our lives which may be extended into all eternity. #RandolphHarris 6 of 6

The invasion of someone’s privacy and dissemination of the personal information could make a person volunteer to end their life, so they can be free. Some defend privacy as focusing on control over the information about oneself, and many see privacy as a broader concept required for human dignity. People are very concerned with impression management and they like to have control over what others know about them. Our private information is also protected by law. However, even if you breach a person’s privacy and find out personal medical information about them, it might make a person want nothing to do with you. People have a right to select what personal and private information they disclose to others, and it is not right for an individual to pry into a person’s medical information, especially when you know nothing about the person and have never spent time with them. For instance, if a man had cancer and he did not tell anyone, it would be unlawful and wrong to access his medical information and disclose it to other people. Even though you may feel like you know him, or what to know him, that fact that you two have never even had a conversation about normal conversational topics is offensive. He has not even told you about his dreams, the things he loves, or that places he wants to go, and his personal business might not be something he wants to disclose to you. #RandolphHarris 1 of 6

To those of you who yearn for spiritual truth, some things become self-evident. Privacy is necessary for the development of varied and meaningful interpersonal relationships, and as the value that accords us the ability to control the access others have to us. Not only that, but also to enhance personal expression and choice. Why would you want to get to know someone’s personal medical information, when you do not even understand what that individual is going through. And on top of that, what is the purpose, besides making someone feel violated. It is not like you are trying to help that individual overcome their issues, nor helping them seek treatment, nor providing them with opportunities to help them financially. The only objective you have for unlawfully prying into someone’s medical background is to exploit them. Privacy is something we value to provide a sphere within which we can be free from interference by others. The adversary is real and here on Earth as well. He is his legions are wreaking havoc among the children of humans. The adversary speaks no truth, feels no love, promotes no good, and avows nothing but mayhem and destruction. Therefore, I do not expect some of you to understand what you are doing wrong because you already know and simply do not care, as you are grim, soulless mortals. #RandolphHarris 2 of 6

An unrestricted satisfaction of every need presents itself as the most enticing method of conducting one’s life, but it means putting enjoyment before caution, and soon brings its own punishment. Crassness and wrangling have become a way of life. What was once considered awful is now considered tame; what at first titillates, soon captivates and then destroys. In an attempt to systematize and more clearly describe and define the right to privacy being upheld in tort law, four different interests emerged related to privacy. Intrusion upon a person’s seclusion or solitude, or into one’s private affairs, public disclosure of embarrassing private facts about an individual, publicity placing one in a false light in the public eye, and appropriation of one’s likeness for the advantage of another are all forms of privacy violations. The Supreme Court has been explicit in ruling that privacy is central reason for Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution protection, privacy as control over information about oneself has come to be viewed by many as also including protection against unwarranted searches, eavesdropping, surveillance, and appropriation and misuses of one’s communications. #RandolphHarris 3 of 6

People who have ongoing and long term medical conditions certainly do not want you exploiting, using them, nor spreading their personal business like the 5 O’clock news. Resources for them are already probably hard to come by because of the limitations of the things that they can do and how they may be feeling on a particular day. Against the suffering which may come upon one from human relationships the readiest safeguard is voluntary isolation. Keeping oneself aloof from other people. The happiness which can be achieved along this path is, as we see, the happiness of quietness. Against the dreaded external World, one can only defend oneself by some kind of turning away from it, if one intends to solve the task by oneself. However, the most interesting methods of averting suffering are those which seek to influence our own organism. In the last analysis, all suffering is nothing else than sensation; it only exists in so far as we feel it, and we only feel it in consequence of certain ways in which our organism is regulated. One may therefore hope to be freed from a part of one’s sufferings by influencing the instinctual impulses. This type of defense against suffering is no longer brought to bear on the sensory apparatus; it seeks to master the internal sources of our needs. #RandolphHarris 4 of 6

The basic intention in any caring, physical or psychological, is to alleviate suffering. It is not easy to observe closely, to take the time and to make the subtle moves that allow the soul to reveal itself further. One has to rely on every bit of learning, every scrap of sense, and all kinds of reading, in order to bring intelligence and imagination to work. Yet at the same time, we have to be simple, flexible, and receptive. Intelligence and education brings one to a state, where our minds and its purposes are to permit the power of life to flow through us. Most certainly God is personal to everyone, and the wonderful thing is that each represents God in a unique way. Each individualizes God, and no two individualizations are identical. Thus, the personality of God is not only real to us, but it is uniquely real. To sense the divine person back of each act and the divine direction back to each thought is both scientific and sensible. Moreover, without such a sense there would be no warmth nor feeling in our work. Every treatment should be filled with the atmosphere of helpfulness, proceeding from our realization that we are recognizing God in our being, the God who is personified through us. #RandolphHarris 5 of 6

God’s presence is peace, joy, and beauty, and since it must be harmony and unity, we may be fore that these qualities seek expression through our activities, seek manifestation in everything that we do, say, and think. It is God’s desire to see his children move in great authority through building and distributing wealth. “My God will meet my needs according to the riches of his glory (Philippians 4.19). We thank you, God, that we can put our trust in your ability to effectively work through us. Father, we are believing in you for creative ideas and opportunities to build wealth in order to secure generational wealth so we can leave a legacy for our families. God, we thank you as we are faithful, and know that you will not only protect our finances from the evil one, but you will also cause our finances to overflow. We rebuke the devourer, and trust that every dollar you have for us is ours. The life within us, being God, did not begin and it cannot end; hence we are immortal and eternal. We can never be less, but must forever be more as this life within us unfold through our experiences, and gathering of knowledge and wisdom. #RandolphHarris 6 of 6

A feeling can only be a source of energy if it is itself the expression of a strong need. Life is about choices, some we regret, some we are proud of, but we are all who we choose to be. Some of the things that one is unwilling to give up, because they give pleasure, are nevertheless not ego but object, and some sufferings that one seeks to expel turn out to be inseparable from the ego in virtue of their internal origin. We cannot hope to influence others in the direction of virtue unless we live lives of virtues. The example of our living will carry a greater influence than will all the preaching in which we might indulge. We cannot expect to lift others unless we stand on a high moral ground ourselves. Respect for self is the beginning of virtue in humans. People who know that they are children of God, created in the image of a divine Father and gifted with a potential for the exercise of great and godlike virtues, will discipline themselves against the sordid, lascivious elements to which all are exposed. We believe in our own soul, our own spirit, and our own destiny; for we understand that the life of our being is God.  Look to God and live. Humans are not only a center of God consciousness; individuals are immortal beings, forever expanding, forever spiraling upward, forever growing in spiritual stature. #RandolphHarris 1 of 5

God will guide and bless you on your path to a fulfilling life. Faith, the spiritual ability to be persuaded of promises that are seen afar off but that may not be attained in this life, is a sure measure of those who truly believe. Faith in its full and pure form requires an unshakable assurance and absolute confidence that God will hear our pleas and grant our petitions in his own due time. Complete redemption must come to all. Believing that, we too can stand fast in the faith today and tomorrow. When people observe the ways in which the soul is manifesting itself, they are enriched rather than impoverished. It matters not where we live nor what our individual circumstances may be. Each day our righteous living can demonstrate a faith that sees beyond mortal heartaches, disappointments, and unfulfilled promises. It is a glorious thing to possess a faith that enables us to look forward to that day when all that was promised we will be given. When we regard the soul with an open mind, we begin to find the messages that are within the ailments, the corrections that can be found in remorse and other uncomfortable feelings, and the necessary changes requested by certain conditions. Let God burn his love in your heart and that faith light your life. #RandolphHarris 2 of 5

Life, as we find it, can be too hard for some; it brings many too many pains, disappointments and impossible takes. In order to bear it palliative measure may be hard to dispense with. A few of the main measure to make life more tenable, people turn to powerful deflections, which cause one to make light of their misery; substitutive satisfactions, which diminish it; and intoxicating substances, which make people insensitive to serious issues. However, we must be sober and find ethical solutions. Complaining about a problem without proposing a solution is called whining. We must raise above problems and pain in sharp contrast to the point of view revealed. God promises to be with us in our difficult times. Problem solving is something we can get better at over time. Every time we resolve a new problem, we are improving our ability to solve one down the road. Sometimes dependency is making itself felt, and it does not mean that it should be bludgeoned nor surgically removed; it may be asserting itself because it needs attention. We are all dependent on God. It can sometimes be good to be attached to other people, learn from them, get close, rely on friendship, get advice from someone we respect, be part of a community where people need each other, and find intimacy with someone that is so delicious we cannot live without. #RandolphHarris 3 of 5

The way through the World is more difficult to find than the way beyond it. Sometimes we feel discouraged because we are not more of something. We do not need to be more of anything to start to become the person God wants us to be. We must not avoid intimacy and friendship by focusing on excessive dependency. People need companionship. At times, we all think that we are being masochistically dependent, when what actually are doing is avoiding deep involvement with people, society, and life in general. Observing what the soul is doing and hearing what it is saying is a way learning to be true to ourselves, and it must follow, as the night the day, we cannot then be false to anyone. It is important to challenge oneself to lift our thoughts, above the filth, discipline our acts into an example of virtue, control our words that we speak only that which is uplifting and leads to growth. We must allow something within ourselves to change so even our jobs are taken more seriously. By entering our fate and emotions we might begin to taste life and possibly find a way through our experience and into our ambitions. Living an alienated and divided life is something we can overcome. The soul makes us human and when we are human we have the greatest access to the soul. It is important to find a deeper respect for what is already here. #RandolphHarris 4 of 5

By trying to avoid human mistake and failures, we move beyond the reach of soul. Of course, sometimes it can be difficult to honor the soul’s dramatic ways of expressing itself. “Lift up your heads, and rejoice, and put your trust in God (Mosiah 7.19).” All religions typically have the same purpose; all are links in a chain which connects Heaven and Earth. All here on Earth tends toward the right and truth, and perfection, and everything is a work in progress. There is within each of us a deep awareness, a subjective and spiritual consciousness which by pure intuition knows that the Universal intelligence which we call God exists. God is the intelligent life principle which is reality and we should focus on the simplicity that is Go and allow his grace to lift and carry us. Hearing the word of God with earnest intent leads us to believe in God and to trust his promises. The more we trust God, the more our hearts are filled with love for him and for each other. Because of our love for God, we desire to follow him and bring our actions in alignment with his words. Because we love God, we want to serve him; we want to bless the lives of others and help the poor and needy. Each step leading to the next fills us with an ever-increasing faith, hope, and charity.  It is beautifully simple, and it works beautifully.  #RandolpHarris 5 of 5

We all need guidance through life. The human soul is not meant to be understood. Rather, we may want to consider taking a more relaxed position and reflect on the way our lives have taken shape. The Earth was once thought to be the center of the Universe: above us was Heaven, and below us was Hell. It is true that various sorts of Angels were supposed to exist and be in some ways superior to human beings, but humans were considered the lord of the material World. Humans were made in the image of God, and God became the incarnate in the flesh of humans. Many people travel through life without good guidance, lacking knowledge of a desired destination or how to get there. The ultimate objective in our mortal journey has been revealed by our Creator, who said, “If you keep my commandments and endure to the end you shall have eternal life, which gift is the greatest of all the favors of God.” God’s gift of eternal life is subject to conditions established by him. Those conditions constitute a plan, a spiritual road map. And when trouble comes, guidance is needed most. Whatever the approach, the aim will be health or happiness achieved by the removal of these central problems. #RandolphHarris 1 of 7

Care of the soul is a fundamentally different way of regarding daily life and the quest for happiness. The emphasis is not on problems at all. One person might care for the soul by buying or renting their dreamhouse, another by selecting an appropriate career, and another by buying a care they like. Care of the soul is a continuous process that concerns itself not so much with fixing perceived imperfections of everyday life. To reach our objective of eternal life, we follow teachings in the standard works and other revelations received from God. Our loving Heavenly Father foresaw our need for guidance. Scriptural guidance helps us to recognize error and make the necessary correction. We stop going in the wrong direction. We carefully study the scriptural road map and then we proceed with repentance and restitution required to get on the correct path which leads to eternal life. Tending to the things around us and becoming sensitive to the importance of home, daily schedule, and maybe even the clothes we wear, are ways of caring for the soul. Some people place careful emphasis on colors, spices, oils, places to walk, countries to visit—all very concrete decision of everyday life that day by day either support or disturb the soul. #RandolphHarris 2 of 7

Many people are poor and unhappy with their lives because they do not value time and are too busy paying attention to the lives of others, instead of focusing on themselves. Time poverty is a problem partly of perception and partly of distribution. Once hours are financially quantified, people worry more about wasting, saving or using them profitably. When economies grow and incomes rise, everyone’s time becomes more valuable. And the more valuable something becomes, the scarcer it seems. Individualistic cultures, which emphasis achievement over affiliation, help cultivate this time-is-money mindset. This creates an urgency to make every moment count. Larger, wealthy cities, with their high wages and soaring costs of living, raise the value of people’s time further still. People who live in Manhattan, New York USA are more economical about how they use their minutes—and generally are more in a rush to get things accomplished and errands and goals taken care of. They tend to be swifter than people in small towns. The tempo of life in rich cities is faster than that of developing cities. #RandolphHarris 3 of 7

When people see their time in terms of money, they tend to grow more conservative with the ways to maximize their days. People who are goal oriented do not like to be given the runaround or spend countless hours and days resolving unnecessary problems. All resources are viewed in terms of money and even each sheet of paper is considered a valuable resource. Many corporations are always looking for ways to cut costs and maximize profits and will get upset about pointless memos being printed on expensive paper. Once my boss got really upset with me, at the time I was sixteen and did not feel like look for the clear plastic tape to seal off my register tape and used one of the gold labels, and got reprimanded for it. I did not understand at the time, but it was a valuable lesson to learn. It does not make sense to use something that was special made and expensive unnecessarily, especially when there is an alternative material that is less expensive. When you have to maximize profits, and have to pay shareholders, every quarter they expect more money and if your costs are constantly going up and profits down, due to inefficiency, then more than likely you will lose your job. People who are investing their hard earn money want a return on their investments. #RandolphHarris 4 of 7

It can be a challenge to make the best out of our time, and we have to do it in ways that are honest. Some people like to waste time and to make up for the loss of profits, they take bribes or try to cheat people out of money and other resources, but that is no way to life because then you have to worry about being reported to law enforcement and hiring a law and facing criminal charges. Criminal organizations are a group of three or more people, formed for an extended period of time and acting in concert, with the objective of intentionally perpetrating criminal offenses. Acting in concert means that the members of the criminal organization share tasks related to criminal activities, which obviously presumes prior planning, and a certain degree of direction and organization. So, you do not want to work at a criminal organization because you can be considered to be mutually reinforcing effects of those acting in it; however, the existence of acting in concert does not follow from being in direct contact with actors in a criminal organization, nor specific knowledge of other actions nor the identity of the actors; behavior as a member of a criminal organization formed by a division of functions, and in a manner based on superiors and subordinates, with full knowledge of the organization, and collaborated while in constant contact with its members. #RandolphHarris 5 of 7

The existing provisions of the Criminal Code do not distinguish among the hierarchy of actions within the criminal organization in terms of their activity or intensity, as these conditions are only considered during the sentencing phase. If there is evidence that a criminal offense was linked to the operations of an actual criminal organization, or committed within the context of such, then due to the conditions it was carried out—particularly due to the nature of specific behavior presuming the prior or later linked actions of others, and due to events that are necessary and therefore likely to occur, it can be concluded that the action of the occasional perpetrator (participant) is recognized at the time it was carried out as being committed within a criminal organization. The mandatory criteria of a criminal organization are: collaboration of three or more people for a prolonged or indefinite period of time, and suspected or convicted of committing serious criminal offenses with the objective of pursuing profit and/or power. Optional criteria being involved in a criminal organization is having a specific task or role for each participant, using some form of internal discipline and control. #RandolphHarris 6 of 7

We care what happens to our people. They are precious to our Heavenly Father, and they are our hope for bringing about good in the World. However, false gods can lead to dead ends. More optional criteria in being a criminal organization includes using violence or other coercive means suitable for intimidation, exerting influence on politics, the media, public administration, law enforcement, the administration of justice, or the economy by corruption or any other means. Using commercial or business-like structures, engaged in money laundering, and operating on an international level. Therefore, in our busy lives, we are forced to focus on things we do from day to day. However, the development of character comes only as we focus on who we really are. To establish and accomplish those greater goals, we do need Heavenly help. Inner peace comes only as we maintain the integrity of truth in all aspects of our lives. When we covenant to follow God and obey his commandments, we accept his standards in every thought, action, and deed. We want to enable our people to recognize error and to take action. We must help people seek for and love truth and choose to act independently, to act according to it. #RandolphHarris 7 of 7

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

Good plots possess unity—a unity of action, not of the hero and not of time and place. It is self-evident that we live. An axiom of reason is a truth so self-evident, so universally experienced, so immediately known to the mind that reason cannot deny its existence. We wish to establish our identity in the Universe, the limitless possibility of self-expression, and the certainty of eternal enforcement. We wish to establish identity, individuality, unity, and completion. “Do not say that I have spoken hard things against you; for if you do, you will revile against the truth; for I have spoken the words of your Maker. I know that the words of truth are hard against all uncleanness; but the righteous fear them not, for they love the truth and are not shaken (2 Nephi 9.40).” Our first self-evident proposition is that the truth is that which is. We are using truth in the sense of its absolute meaning—not some truth or a truth, but the truth, the ultimate reality. The truth being that which is, there can be noting unlike it, different from it, or opposed to it. Nonetheless, it is true that our present finite comprehension does not grasp such an infinity because we all have apparent horizons attached to our experience. However, we must postulate an absolute, unconditioned truth somewhere. #RandolphHarris 1 of 5

We have learned that God can see all of time in one eternal glance, and that God is inside of all of us, so there is purity and truth in all beings. Truth is a synonym for God. Nonetheless, it is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement—that they sometimes seek power, success and wealth for themselves and admire them in others, and many may underestimate what is of true value in life. And yet, in making any general judgement of this sort, we are in danger of forgetting how variegated the human World and its mental life are. There are a few people from whom their contemporaries do not withhold admiration, although their greatness rests on attributes and achievements which are completely foreign to the aims and ideals of the multitude. However, things are not as simple as that due to the discrepancies between people’s thoughts and their actions, and to the diversity of their wishful impulses. In life, when we look at the sky, ocean, the moon, and the sun, many of us get a sense of eternity, a feeling as of something infinite, free. God, the genius of the intellect has never explained his own existence, but it is a miracle we get to experience it. #RandolphHarris 2 of 5

The unfolding of God’s work often proceeds quietly. We know intuitively that soul has something to do with geniuses and depth, as when we say certain music, like We Need a Resolution, by Aaliyah, has soul or a remarkable person, like Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon, is soulful. When we look closely at the image of soulfulness, we see that it is tied to life in all its particulars—good food, satisfying conversation, genuine friends, and experiences that stay in the memory and touch the hearts. Soul is revealed in attachment, love, and community, as well as in retreat on behalf of inner communing and intimacy. We really must choose to care for the life of the soul. Even when life is full of conflict and challenges, quietly caring for the life of the soul is still what matters most. Even if hostilities break our here and there, we still need not break our covenants with God. Uncertainty as to World conditions does not justify moral vacantness, and distracting churn will not cover our sins nor dim God’s all-seeing eyes. Nor do the raging human hatreds lessen God’s perfect and redeeming love for all of his children. Our own intellectual shortfalls and perplexities do not alter the fact of God’s astonishing foreknowledge, which takes into account our choices for which we are responsible. #RandolphHarris 3 of 5

Amid the mortal and fragmentary communiques and the breaking news of the day concerning various human conflicts, God lives in an eternal now where the past, present, and future are constantly before him. God’s divine determinations are guaranteed, since whatever he takes in his heart to do, he will surely do it. God knows the end from the beginning! God is fully able to do his work and to bring all his purposes to reach completion. If the truth is all there is and if there is nothing unlike it, then there is no division between God and his children. Such omnipotence announces independence. That which we call the attributes of truth are not attributes of something which projects such alleged qualities, but are activities of that which constitutes the life of the soul. It helps to strive for our good ground with an honest and caring heart. Within all people and within everything that lives there is an impulsion toward self-expression. A spiritual life of some kind is absolutely necessary for psychological health. However, keep in mind, no one can tell you how to live your life. No one knows the secrets of the heart sufficiently to tell others about them authoritatively. Fulfilling work, rewarding relationships, personal power, and relief from symptoms are all gifts of the soul. #RandolphHarris 4 of 5

Sometimes people wonder why we get down time in life, a period where nothing seems to go exactly as we planned, and we literally have to sit down and contemplate how we are going to dig ourselves out of a hole. Of course, we also know that we cannot truly measure another person’s suffering, and most people may not understand what we are going through. Well, God could be using this time to show us our true character. Hard times are not character building moments, they bring out who we really are. Materialistic life can be so absorbing that we get caught in it and forget about spirituality. What we need is the soul in the middle, holding together mind and body, ideas and life, spirituality and the World. The idea of a soul-centered World goes back to the earliest days of our culture. Our down time reminds us to think about our souls and reminds us that we have much to learn about it. This responsibility is so that we can truly become part of the critical mass which may evoke God’s much-needed blessings on all humanity. Truly converted disciples, though still imperfect, will pursue the life of the soul on any day, in any decade, amid any decadence and destruction. This process constitutes being about our Father’s business, and we can imagine the responsibility we each have to our own soul. #RandolphHarris 5 of 5

Because we are part of God, we have the power to think and create. Until now, we have not known that the power which has created physical infirmities may heal. God is eternal and can do all these things. We grow closer to the Savior as we, out of pure love, serve him. Our loving Heavenly Father hears us. The feeling of greatest importance is love. However, sometimes because we believe that which one is experiencing to be necessary, the experience is perpetuated. We all face situations that seem impossible and it is easy to become discouraged and think that things will never work out. However, God is going before us and correcting our difficulties. We may not have the connections at this very moment to accomplish our dreams, but we do not have to worry. God is going before us and lining up the right people. God is arranging the right breaks, and opportunities. We will find that the Lord puts helpers by our side—on our right, one our left, and all around us. “Lord God Omnipotent may seal us his, that we may be brought to Heaven, that we may have everlasting salvation and eternal life, through the wisdom, and power, and justice and mercy of him who created all things, in Heaven and in Earth, who is God above all (Mosiah 5.15).” #RandolphHarris 1 of 6

By some divine intuition, by some inner whispering of our soul, by some light upon our path, we have progressed. God is our light, that urge, that whisper, and that voice. We need to receive this word from God in our spirit, and that will allow us to come out of the trouble quicker than we think. God is fighting our battles for us. We will get there quicker than we think. God will allow us to accomplish our dream much quicker than we think. Supernatural breaks are coming our way because God is crossing ahead of us. Besides God there is no other presence, no other animating principle. Wherever we look we will see God, and we will find God wherever we go. “Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there by any virtue, and if there be any praise, think of these things (Philippians 4:8).” One who lets the World choose one’s plan of life for one has no need of any other faculty than the ape-like one of imitation. One who chooses one’s plan for oneself employs all one’s faculties. One must use observation to see, reasoning and judgment to foresee, activity to gather materials for decision, discrimination to decide, and when we have decided, firmness and self-control to hold our deliberate decision. #RandolphHarris 2 of 6

When we use the word God we mean the great reality, the infinity unity, the final truth back of all manifest life, the absolute or causeless cause, the one unconditioned, complete and perfect being—indivisible, changeless, and whole. All of these descriptive terms are synonymous with the word God. Moral knowledge necessary for virtue takes over 50 years of psychological and intellectual training. Our rational powers that are required for good moral character is not something that we can achieve on our own. The development and preservation of good moral character requires political institutions that promote the conditions under which self-love and friendship flourish. Character is shaped by the institutions of political, economic, and family life, then becoming good will require access to the appropriate institutions. However, this is not to suggest that becoming good is out of reach. The pleasing word of God shows the need for continuous repentance in our lives so we can keep the influence of the Holy Ghost. God will give us strength so we will not have to suffer any manner of affliction. #RandolphHarris 3 of 6

If the nature of God or reality were unhappiness, then the will of God would be toward unhappiness. The pleasing word of God fills us with hope, because we know that those who are faithful in tribulation will have the greater reward in the kingdom of Heaven and that after much tribulation come the blessings. Our divine inheritance is self-sufficiency, perfection, peace, wholeness, and this includes abundance, self-expression, accomplishment, and happiness. If the will of God is the will of abundance, it follows that God cannot will lack, want, or limitation. It follows that all bondage is of the human. All bondage is a result of a circumscribed viewpoint of reality. All affliction is the result of ignorance. Because of our psychological nature and because that which we think about tends to take place in our experience, it follows that if we believe God’s will is toward unhappiness and limitation we shall experience limitation resulting from such a belief. That is why it is so important that our consciousness be clear; that we should know what we really believe about God. Inevitably, what we believe about God influences our entire experience in life. “Receive the grace of God, wax strong in the spirit, having the knowledge of God, that we are taught with the power and authority from God (Mosiah 18.25).” #RandolphHarris 4 of 6

The will of God is never toward suffering. In the midst of all perplexities the cry for deliverance has risen. The intuition senses that deliverance is at hand, but the intellect does not comprehend the manner in which it may become manifest. Hence, the intuition proclaims that which the intellect does not understand, and human beings must constantly reaffirm our belief in the infinite goodness if we expect to exclude the idea of evil from our thought. God’s will for every person is happiness, peace, and joy. It also gives us the security that, after we have lived a faithful life, we will not lose any blessing for not having done certain things if we were never given the opportunity to do them. If we have lived faithfully until the time of our death, we will have all the blessings, exaltation, and glory that any man or woman (who has had that opportunity) will have. The ceaseless struggle for liberty manifest through the ages, the constant reaching out toward reality which has inspired all people to more noble efforts, are expressions of that which is largely an unconscious sense, that hope, which springs eternal in the human heart. God’s will is always toward life and more life. #RandolphHarris 5 of 6

How can the principle of life and harmony produce discord? We must believe that the will of God is happiness, healthiness, and eternal life. Then we shall have a strong spiritual and psychological background for our conviction that we too should experience God’s will. In the quest of the soul for its greatest Good, which is an inner contentment, we know that the will of God is serenity, security, and certainty. We must patiently, persistently, and insistently show people that the will of God cannot be toward anything other than that which is good; the will of God and the nature of God are identical and must forever remain so; there is nothing in the Universe which opposes their good except their misuse of the law which of itself is good. It is important that our daily activities do not distract us from listening to the spirit. God’s will most certainly is toward abundance. If we enjoy life, God is that much more completely expressed; the World is to that extent a happier place in which to live.  One must be ever mentally and physically clean and have purity of intent so that the Lord can inspire. #RandolphHarris 6 of 6

People cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible. Years of happiness can be lost in foolish gratification of a momentary desire for pleasure. Failure to communicate is one of the chief problems concerning psychologists—and human beings in general—today. We know many of the problems come about because communications are blocked by expectations and assumptions, prejudices, fears, refusal to let meaning through or to actually hear what the other person is trying to say. There are thousands of other interferences as well. Sometimes a person’s attempt to understand something in the World outside of the individual is clouded by the way one’s brain or nervous system picks up the impressions one gets from one’s own eyes and ears. The humanitarianism that will soon be called for, if it is not already demanded today, is at once both broader and more discriminating. The excessive horror of pain is out of place when we realize that pain is an essential part of all growing life, and that it is only unessential and unprofitable pain that we should seek to prevent. The destruction of life, similarly, has been a part of all life from the beginning. It was rooted in Nature long before humans appeared, and humans cannot with impunity escape it, though we may exercise control over it. That control is most wisely exercised by ensuring, so far as possible, that the finest specimens of our race are not destroyed. #RandolphHarris 1 of 5

God is the power and the source of all strength. We desire everything in this World for you that is right and good. To foster wars, in order to kill our heroes, as we regard them, while taking so much care to safeguard the lives of our criminals is not the course of wisdom. We cannot expect, and we cannot desire, that the army of person who become maimed or diseased through no fault of their own should be killed off. Future ages may well look back with horror at the days when everything in life was planned except death, and men and women were meekly content to let their exit from the World be ordered by the chances of disease. We can at least ensure that those who find life an intolerable burden should have social support in the courageous resolve to throw off that burden and accept what is termed God. Our rules are the commandments of God, and we make points when we sever our mission, draw close to the Lord, live the word of wisdom, stay morally clean, and live a life of righteousness. You are one of the Lord’s children, and he is depending on you to do your very best. There are forces of evil in the World. You represent the Lord as a force of good, and have come to Earth at this time for a special purpose. God has a mission for you to accomplish, a lifetime mission. #RandolphHarris 2 of 5

The peace which is God belongs to us and is some part of his spiritual nature. The Lord will speak to you through the words of the scriptures. Draw close to the Lord through the scriptures. Take time out to pray each morning and night and as often in between as needed. That is one of the wonderful gifts God has given us—he is accessible by prayer anytime, and any place. God is always there for us, and he wants us to succeed. The nature of God is incarnated in every living soul. The peace of God is always nestled at the center of our beings, ready to reveal its perfection and harmony. Peace stands at the door of our consciousness and awaits our acceptance of it, and it waiting to be expressed in everything we do. Since can stun the conscience as a blow to the head can stun the physical senses. We must avoid anything that causes us to lose control of ourselves or to lose concern for the welfare of other people. Sharing affection can be a very pleasant, pleasing experience that is given to us by the Lord to strengthen our bonds with others. The feelings generated can be very strong, but if they are not controlled, they will control you. The Kingdom of Heaven is within you, which is the Kingdom of God, and God is peace. #RandolphHarris 3 of 5

The Holy Ghost communicates with the spirit through the mind more than through the physical sense. A conscious knowledge of peace, coupled with a definite use of the law of mind, gives to each the possibility of freedom from the bondage of doubt, fear, and uncertainty. To be prepared for our life’s mission, we must purify our thoughts and feelings. Each individual has the power to decide, deliberately and intentionally, what images one entertains in our minds and what emotions are felt in the heart. The peace the passes all human comprehension is there. The peace that is at the very heart of the Universe is within our souls. Act as though peace already emanates from your spirit and it will emanate from it. Speak peace into confusion, and your peace will heal that confusion. If we do not acknowledge our emotional side, learn ow to cultivate and appreciate it, then we lose out on a great part of life. I entertain the hope that in our venturing we shall get addicted to wonder and now the joy of constantly feeling something a little new. God is dwelling at the center of every soul. The dawn has come. The Sun of truth rises over the horizon of ignorance. The light dissipates the darkness. Live a morally clean life. #RandolphHarris 4 of 5

The scriptures teach us that we may feel the words of spiritual communication more than hear them, and see with spiritual rather than mortal eyes. Angels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost. If you have experienced inspiration, you understand. Our physical body is the instrument of our spirit. In that marvelous revelation, the word of wisdom, we are told how to keep our bodies free from impurities which might dull, even destroy, those delicate physical sense which have to do with spiritual communication. The word of wisdom is a key to individual revelation. It was given as a principle with promise, adapted to the capacity of the weakest of all saints. The promise is that those who obey will receive great treasures of knowledge, even hidden treasures. God has come to awaken us from the sense of limitation, and proclaim the eternal days of our abundance. Our minds will be acquainted with the truth. Revelation comes in an orderly way. Revelation continues with us today. The promptings of the spirit, the dreams, and the visions and the visitations, and the ministering of Angels are all with us now. There is no darkness which God’s light does not dissipate. There is no knowledge which God does not possess, for God is wisdom, the source of all knowledge, and the source of all illumination. #RandolphHarris 5 of 5