Having a healthy, fully functioning community is not a luxury or something just for a rare few. It needs to be a reality for enough of us to significantly impact the majority. The omnipotence of God resides simply in the fact that whenever he wills anything, his will is immediately and invariably followed by the existence of its object. Heaven may seem distant at times, but God’s pure love encourages us to become more pure and holy. It inspires us to walk in righteousness—not out of fear or obligation, but to out of an earnest desire to become even more like the Lord because we love him. By doing so, we can become born again and be sanctified from all sin, and enjoy the words of eternal life in this World and eternal life in the World to come, even immortal glory. If we do not feel worthy to be a disciple of the Lord at all times, we should not get discouraged. The first step to walking in righteousness is to simply try. We must try to believe. Try to learn of God: read the scriptures; study the words of his prophets; choose to listen to the Heavenly Father, and do the things he asks of us. Try and keep on trying until that which seems difficult becomes possible—and that which seems only possible becomes habit and a real part of us. “For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give us a spirit of unity,” reports Romans 15.4-5. #RandolphHarris 1 of 8

Some of us are overly self-conscious, and that skill and be both a blessing and a burden. It may help us forecast what others want or need for us, but it also opens us up to every critical comment aimed in our direction. This can cause an individual to become wrapped in their thoughts, mentally on guard for any chance to win approval and be accepted. However, after we figure out that we are worthwhile and stop worrying about how others react to us, we will still be aware of others’ opinions of us, but we will not care so very much. At first it might feel odd not to be vigilant in every social situation. Since we will no longer analyze every interaction for its inherent danger or opportunity, we may find ourselves building up a huge bank account of mental energy. Once we realize the gift life has given to us, we become very excited. It is like winning a lot of money tax free and being able to do whatever we want. So, why not channel all of our keen mental abilities in some new, more productive, less stressful direction? How about getting to know who we are as people? We can learn more psychology, religion, art, more names of flowers and trees and birds. Maybe it would even be possible to grow a business and get rid of poverty. When people mature we experience a dramatic change in the way we view the opinions of the outside World: these opinions suddenly lose impact. We shift our attention from words to things. #RandolphHarris 2 of 8

None of this is to say, of course, that the opinions of others are unimportant. The fact that we care about what other people think is a basic foundation of society, and it helps us do the right thing at times when it would be easier, or more fun, to follow our own selfish interest. The self-conscious, is us watching ourselves from the eyes of others, and this helped us, as children, learn to adhere to the norms of our families and communities. Self-conscious observation spurs us to climb the ladders of success in educational and professional pursuits. “None of us lives in oneself alone and none of us dies to oneself alone. If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living. You, then, why do you judge your family? Or why do you look down on your family? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat. It is written: ‘As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before me; every tongue will confess to God,’” reports Romans 14.7-11. We should listen for the voice of the Heavenly Father in the bounties and beauties of nature, in the gentle whisperings of the Spirit. As we draw near to Heavenly Father, we become more holy. And as we become more holy, we will overcome disbelief and our souls will be filled with his blessed light. #RandolphHarris 3 of 8

The new approach we need to keep growing is by aligning our lives with this supernal light so it can lead us out of darkness and toward the greater light. This greater light leads to the unspeakable ministering of the Holy Spirit, and the veil between Heaven and Earth can become thin. Heavenly Father’s love for his children is the core message of the plan of happiness, which plan is made active through the Atonement—the greatest expression of live the World has ever known. When we are ready to give up self-conscious, adults who experience this magical time of self-awareness, or one watching through the eyes of one’s own inner authority come to understand that God’s commandments hang upon the principle of love. If we do not neglect the great laws—if we truly learn to love our Heavenly Father and our fellow people with all our heart, soul, and mind—all else will fall into place. “Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in human love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with God’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality,” reports Romans 12.9-13.  As we begin to listen to ourselves, we will find that our mental life takes on two important aspects. First, we begin to approach the external World more deliberately, with out own interest at heart. Second, we discover aspects of ourselves—our preferences, talents, and habits. #RandolphHarris 4 of 8

As we negotiate a new balance between our internal World and the external one, both changes help us face the World with confidence. Getting this balance is the right key to wisdom. “Learn wisdom in thy youth; yea, learn in thy youth to keep the commandments of God. Yea, and cry unto God for all thy support; yea, let all thy doings be unto the Lord, and withersoever thou goest let it be in the Lord; yea, let all thy thoughts be directed unto the Lord; yea, let the affections of thy heart be placed upon the Lord forever,” reports Alma 37.36. Becoming wise is one of the major objectives of maturity. How wise we become depends in large part on our ability to watch our public self with the curiosity of a detective and the compassion of a saint. What we observe ourselves doing in the course of our maturity may at times startle us, discourage us, confuse us, and overwhelm us. However, we must remember to be gentle with ourselves. We have to understand that we will renegotiate this balance over and over in the years to come. Many people are at war—at war with life, with each other, with themselves—consumed by the fight to win at work and elsewhere. It all includes huge drama, high stakes, tremendous challenges and risks, primal encounters, great danger, unusual camaraderie, and the extremes of play at the edge. However, the ensouled body is in communion with the body of the World and find its health in that intimacy. “Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings, and he will direct thee for good,” reports Alma 37.37. #RandolphHarris 5 of 8

All power ultimately comes from God; he alone has absolute sovereignty. Although many nations have a wonderful constitution, many people see the American Constitution more nearly perfect than others because it recognizes the existence of the Creator and God-given rights of individuals, which the government is bound to respect and protect. Because of the social contract theory, a philosophy of government that holds that governments exist based on the consent of the governed, and individuals who give their consent to be governed have the right to resist or remove rulers who deviate from those purposes. In the ringing language, the Declaration of Independence proclaims: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all people are created equal (in the eyes of the law), that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. When God reveals himself, he does so as a person. Revelation is the act of a person, not the setting out of a doctrine. In revelation, God encounters humans beings as person to person; humans cannot argue their way to God by philosophy or discover God apart from the Biblical revelation, yet when God calls, humans can at least answer. We must return continually to revelation for renewal. This is in part because of the character of human sin, but it is also in part because we must reassert the personal character of social life in a new context. #RandolphHarris 6 of 8

Many people never make the transition from self-consciousness to self-awareness. They get stuck in what is called self-sabotage: they stop caring altogether. The man who just lets himself go, or the woman who just says she is no good at math are both engaging in self-limiting behaviour. A self-aware person makes conscious choices about what to do about simple facts: “I want to live a long, energetic life (fulfilling a person imperative), I will start exercising.” A self-sabotaging person will see the fact, may even see what needs to be done, but will go no further. We can, however, use this gift of life to pursue wisdom. All we have to be to become wiser is to listen to our own internal rhythms and use them in our daily lives. Sounds simple, right? However, anyone who has tried it knows that it is constant work. Wisdom is not a goal, but a life-long process, lit by a sense of ever-evolving relationship with all that we are. If we practice on improving everyday for a week, we should make surprising discoveries that can improve our lives on several levels. The divine love of God turns ordinary acts into extraordinary service. Divine love is the motive that transports simple words into sacred scripture. Divine love is the factor that transforms reluctant compliance with God’s commandments into blessed dedication and consecration. Love is the guiding light that illuminates the disciple’s path and fills our daily walk with life, meaning, and wonder. “And never could be a people more blessed than were they, and more prospered by the hand of the Lord,” reports Ether 10.28. #RandolphHarris 7 of 8

God is in Heaven. He lives. He knows and loves you. He is mindful of you. He hears your prayers and knows the desires of your heart. He is filled with infinite love for you. Let us be known as a people who love God with all our heart, soul, and mind, and who love our neighbour as ourselves. When we understand and practice these two great commandments in our families, in our wards and branches, in our nations, and in our daily lives, we will begin to understand what it means to be a true lover of God. If only because through doing so we learn to fully and compassionately relate to all that we are, every one of us needs to wholeheartedly engage in the learnings and work that make closeness possible because it will eventually heal ourselves so deeply that we render ourselves all but incapable of dehumanizing others. Full-out intimate relationship is one of the most healing paths there is, and has the capacity to revolutionize our companionship on a significant scale, but only if it foes to a sufficiently deep level. More than cosmetic shifts are needed, more than superficial gains, more than dips in self-help literature and seminars, more than attendance to sporting events. Without a saner, deeper bonding between intimate partners, dysfunctional associations will continue to dominate the community landscape. #RandolphHarris 8 of 8

Virtue is doing good to humankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness. Virtuous people are proper self-lovers who, in the process of promoting the self, will not hard others. Love is divine because it comes from God and unites us to God; through this unifying process it makes us a community which transcends our divisions and makes us one, until in the end God is all in all. The psychology concerns the person, who loves, and the mutuality of persons in love. The psychology of mutual love is based on a gift that is first received from other human beings—parents, spouses, children, friends—and primordially from God. Love recognizes the interdependence of human and divine love and their being rooted in knowledge and faith. God is love and has created all humankind in the divine image as knowing and loving persons. It is God’s love that makes possible human love of God, neighbour, and oneself. Since human love is both divine in origin and human in expression, we are constantly reminded of that because of the effects of sin, the divine likeness is wounded in humankind. Nonetheless, the Atonement bestowed a new dignity on human nature and redeemed human kind in a majestic act of love. God’s continuous and sustaining gift, which is manifest in loving personal relationships and the living religious tradition, serves as the basis for the practice of the art of love in a faith-based psychology of love. #RandolpHarris 1 of 8

Psychology is the study of the human psyche or spiritual soul, which includes behavior and the mine, but more as well. There is a basic need for safe emotional connection and people often seek safe relationships, as they are a manifestation of health and strength. As relationships develop, they tend to flourish because they are a secure base to help deal with life and the World. Typically, emotional accessibility and responsiveness are desirable. If people have self-love, they respect their thoughts, feelings and beliefs and experience a deep sense of pride; a framework is designed to resist compression, and allows us the right to have ideas, speak them, and expect others to be respectful. People that love themselves acknowledge and accept the fact that they have some faults and, for the most part, excuse themselves. People who are able to self-actualize learn from the mistakes made in life. All knowledge is relative and concerns only what is conditioned by the fact that we know it. Absolute or unconditioned reality is unknowable at this time. We can conceiver it even have faith that it exists, but at best we can have only negative knowledge of it. The experience of our humanness depends on our self-knowledge and the experience of ourselves. The difference between a healthy self-love and a distorted self-love lies in the ability to tell reality from fantasy and the ability to empathise and to love others. #RandolphHarris 2 of 8

The great spiritual teachers do not preach only to the converted, but engage with an entire people, and by their ability to reach into the hearts and minds of many they exert a profoundly transformative influence on individuals and society. There is a deeper sense of spiritual affection, a love that unites God and humankind, souls and soul in divine communion.  God cannot be submitted to humanly rational standards of morality so we build a connection and guide humanity to God’s grace, God’s unselfish love, and it is given freely by God. God’s love is sovereign and is directed to the good for those who stand in a relationship with it; it creates value in its object. “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul. God guides me in paths of righteousness for is name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and love will follow me all these days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever,” reports Psalm 23.1-6. #RandolphHarris 3 of 8

Some people only think about how old they look, and that is an indication that they need to work on their self-esteem. If an individual invests too much of one’s self-worth in the way he or she looks nature’s gentle changes begin to seem like personal insults. Many people who care about the way they look resort to cosmetic surgery to keep themselves looking young. These patients are never satisfied with their surgeries, because no plastic surgeon is capable of erasing age. No matter how many wrinkles the doctor eradicates, a patient’s face will reveal its chronological age within five years. There is another kind of patient, too, a type who does not care about looking young; they want to look good. It sounds like a fine distinction, but someone who wants to look his or her best at forty-five will always be happier with his or her surgery than someone who wants to look thirty at sixty-five. If you do it for the right reasons, plastic surgery can really be terrific. No one can decide how much attention you will give your looks. For most of us, it is enough to dress well, get a good haircut, and generally make the best of what we have. All of us are in some age shock experience. However, who we are is in fine shape somewhere deep inside. So why worry about the flesh so much? Cast your minds back to your first spiritual experience. You are a fierce, energetic, living person. #RandolphHarris 4 of 8

The thinking-self separates mind or soul from the bodily material World and has the effect that emotions, sensations, and feelings, necessary for self-reflection, can be neglected. How many times do you force your body to so something at its own expense? We may push ourselves to run faster, lose more weight, stay up later, get up earlier, work longer, loft one more box plant one more tree—at a time when our bodies are screaming “STOP!” in fatigue or pain. Many people fight back, maybe pop some acetaminophen or oxycodone, and keep going. However, this can cause high risk for addiction and dependence, respiratory distress and death when taken in high doses or when combined with other substances, especially alcohol. We learn how to mentally dominate our physical needs early in life. That is what potty training is all about. However, often what starts out as a healthy effort to adapt bodily function to fit social dictates ends up causing strain and damage. Without contemplation, sense, experience, feelings, etcetera, the idea of a personal identity is not possible and the self as a rational and relational being experience Empty Suit Syndrome. When a person is subject to relentless, abusive demands, the physical mechanisms of the body start to break down, and the brain-washing slowly erodes one’s sense of self-worthy, security, and trust in humanity. #RandolphHarris 5 of 8

Many physical symptoms that we attribute to getting older are actually manifestations of physical strain. For instance, high blood pressure trouble digesting certain foods, and chronic pain, along with more debilitating cancer and heart attacks, are more often manifestations of unrelenting strain. Honor the wisdom of the body by slowing down long enough to figure out how to alleviate the stress it is under. Listening to our bodies has many rewards. We will be healthier, of course, and we will feel better. The better we become at listening to your bodies, the better our bodies will treat us. Aches and pains, poor sleep, or lack of stamina may be the early warning signs of unresolved stress on our bodies. We are probably pushing ourselves too hard, perhaps as a result of some internal pressure to perform. Rarely are symptoms such as these related solely to the aging process. If we leave them unresolved, we are opening the door to physical decline. “The Earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it, the World, and all who live in it; for God founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters,” reports Psalms 24.1-2. God designed our bodies to communicate with us, to help us achieve mind-body balance. The mind, body, and sensations are working together in creating awareness of self with memory and one’s sense of personal identity. #RandolphHarris 6 of 8

The Experience of an integrated self-love, mind, along with emotions and will is a core reality. Although the mind work through reasoning, it works closely with one’s emotions and will, but the mind is the part where all experiences are intellectually observed and where one consciously and unconsciously learns to deal with the inner as well as the outer World. The mind, by the process of reasoning and analysis, assists us to learn lessons about ourselves and makes us conscious about the World. The illative sense sustains a real assent to the existence of God on the basis of the deliverance of conscience. To have a natural theology, that is, to know God exists through reason, we need to recruit our illative sense. The illative sense is what allows us to take our concrete human experiences—whether they be of nature’s beauty, of the demands of conscience (the feeling of guilt, the pangs of remorse, the search for forgiveness), of the sense of the contingency of life, and come to the conclusions that there is a transcendent reality behind it all, ultimately God. Truths and beliefs that we inherit from the ancestors, who discovered the Unknowable toward which they shared the religious emotions, transcended the belief that quantity of life is the supreme value is uneasily qualified by admission of the importance of a surplus of agreeable feeling. The task of morality is to counteract the cruel injustices of the natural order of things. #RandolphHarris 7 of 8

The whole net of relationships which we find ourselves in, in one way or another, influences our life-experiences, and thus also our experience of self. The lack of an integrated view point of the self clearly has dire consequences for the understanding of the relationships we have with God, other human beings, ourselves, and the Universe. If we do not experience self, we cannot experience anything else. In short: the ability to think, to reason, in other worse, the rational, is of fundamental importance in discerning the importance of relationships and the development of relationships. It is an ability that draws on and is influenced by our personhood as a holistic experiential experience of past and present realities and future anticipations. Our evaluations, our perceptions of what we experience, are fundamental not only to how we relate to ourselves, but to everybody and everything, God included. It is the light in the Biblical teaching that God’s love towards humans and all of creation is realized within the context of a covenant relationship, is a core truth. Love in Scripture is always within clearly defined relationships governed by certain distinctive responsibilities. “For the grace of God that brings salvation has appear to all people. It teaches us to say ‘No” to ungodliness and Wordly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and Godly lives in this present age,” reports Titus 2.11. #RandolphHarris 8 of 8

If we think about nature as a cosmic person, it is economically explained as the energizing cosmic Person. Nature is God willing in accordance with rational principles, hence nature dependably supports the orderly common World our finite reasons construct in response to it. God, however, it not identical with the natural World. He is transcendent as well as immanent in relation to it. He is the unified, dynamic ground of nature, and he uses it for his purposes, inclusive of his interaction with finite person. How, then, are finite persons related to God? Finite persons are created by God and have relative, delegated autonomy. The real World, whose structure maintains and guides the constructive cognitive adjustments of persons, does not force their moral and appreciative responses. However, when person do not treat each other as persons in a realm that is purposeful, they fall short of what their own natures in God’s World can be. God created humans free, to work out the content of their freedom in a World order that at once limits and gives them opportunity for fulfillment. Human freedom could effect nothing in a World without order, for persons do not create the rational or moral principles by which they guide their thought and action in the given ultimate order. “Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you,” reports 2 Thessalonians 3.16. #RandolphHarris 1 of 11

The natural World as known by persons is the objectification of the orderly interaction between finite wills and cosmic Will. The ethical World is the objectification of the orderly, chosen, interaction among free, finite persons in the natural World God makes possible. It is a realm of persons untied both by God’s purposive action in nature and by the further moral unity created as persons freely respond to the reason, will, and love of the cosmic Person. “I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone—for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and people, the man who is our Savior, who gave himself as a ransom for all people—the testimony given in its proper time. And for this purpose, I was appointed a herald and an apostle—I am telling the truth, I am not lying—and a teacher of the true faith. I want people everywhere to lift up holy hands in prayer, without anger nor disputing,” reports 1 Timothy 4.1-8. The grace of God as it is prevenient both in time and nature to all good works prevents the destruction of inherent order between grace and glory, sin and free will. God is the first cause, the author of action and not the creature who acted. #RandolphHarris 2 of 11

There can be no such thing as an act of free will, let alone merit, other than by God first willing it. God not only sees future actions, he wills them; contingency, far from being outside our knowledge, is the product of God’s willing. God is so actively involved in his creatures, as the senior partner in all they do, that creation is virtually an extension of his will. Some people say that because human’s infirmities and God’s omnipotence as established by authority, the Fall played no role in the outcome of humanity because people are dependent on God and it is not reasonable to have a huge planet with only two people on it. For a human being to adapt to a rapidly-changing World, one needs the companionship and support of others with whom one may sometimes disagree, but nevertheless feel a fundamental bond of like-mindedness. Pain is real, but so is hope. We need to recognize the importance of interdependence with others. “For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner. However, women will be saved through childbearing—of they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety,” reports 1 Timothy 2.14-15. The family is divine in nature and God designates it as the fundamental building block of society, both on Earth and through eternity. As such, it becomes the foundation for civilization and a sanctuary for the individual. #RandolphHarris 3 of 11

Family is where we learn the social graces of loyalty, cooperation, and trust. Originally, the family served as almost a self-contained society. Perhaps one of the reasons for the immense popularity of the film “The Godfather” is that despite the admittedly less than honorable aims of the Godfather’s family activities, that sort of solidarity and support is strangely attractive to modern humans who are largely but loose from their own extended families. The traditional functions of the family are to provide long-term personal intimacy, companionship, regulate sexual relations, ensure continuance of society through the birth and socialization of children, and to provide economic support for dependents and later, for the parents, through their children. The is also the institution where we learn to love ourselves and each other, bear one another’s burdens, find meaning in our lives and give purpose to others’ lives, an where we learn to feel the value of being part of something greater than ourselves. The men and women who, for good reasons and bad, revolt against the family, are for good reasons and bad, revolting against humankind. “The sins of some people are obvious, reaching the place of judgment ahead of them; the sins of others trail behind them. In the same way, good deeds are obvious, and even those that are not cannot be hidden,” reports 1 Timothy 5.24. #RandolphHarris 4 of 11

For the fortunate among us, that desire for a family and a good community, began with loving parents and siblings in a home that was equal parts refuge and laboratory for experimenting with our potential, our beliefs, and our identity. Those who had less than this ideal situation growing up still have the capacity to forge families of their own making. We can create places where children feel loved and supported, where they are taught that this life reflect what we previously had in Heaven, and that our families will be ours through eternity as long as we accept God and follow his commandments. Our Heavenly Father has the power to protect us, just as mortal parents do. However, sometimes God may step aside and allow us to learn from the consequences of our own decisions and actions. And our Heavenly Father provides us with rules that can teach us skills, the habits, and the values that will continue to shape our spiritual selves. It is our duty, even a sacred responsibility, to care for those in our family. We must provide and care for each other with love. We can follow Heavenly Father’s example by encouraging our loved ones in their trials, listening to their worries, cheering for them in their efforts and successes, and comforting them in their sorrows. Many people take pride in their family names and the heritage of honorable people they represent. “Every soul who belongs to human family shall stand before judgment-seat,” reports Mormon 3.20. #RandolphHarris 5 of 11

The economic institution has a tremendous effect on our socialization. Worldwide, materialism has become a major way of life for many. We often allow our environment to be exploited and polluted in other to produce cost efficient goods. And the rich are an elite considered inherently better than those with little or no money. There are only a few symptoms that indicate the power of the economic institution. All of us have seen the love of money change a person. Whether it be a Wall Street executive or the beneficiary of a life insurance policy or will. When people value money more than their family, friends, dignity, and spirituality, they become enslaved by it. The true danger of greed is that one becomes so obsessed with the object of his or her desire that it becomes the only thing that is important. Someone possessed by greed develops tunnel vision and, in that tunnel, they can see only their own selfish desire. Greedy people walk over the rights and needs of others and to them it is no big thing. They, along with their needs, are the only things that count. “The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with may griefs. For this reason, I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline,” reports 1 Timothy 6.10 and 2 Timothy 1.6-7.  #RandolphHarris 6 of 11

Many people—especially the young—are questioning the power that economics has in the World today. They feel that pursuit of a materialistic way of life is a sellout. Ultimately, greed is a sign of emptiness. The throwaway culture of materialism has created the giant accumulation of plastic called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, which contains at least 79,000 tons of discarded plastic, covering an area of about 617,800 square miles (1.6 million square kilometers). That is three times the area of France and more than twice the size of Texas. With technology and human civilization as advanced as it is, this is not something we should even see in our ocean. Also, swamps, marshes, and tidal shallows are irreplaceable areas of extraordinary value to the environment. Inland wetlands are natural regulators of water flow, soaking up rains that would otherwise cause floods and then releasing them slowly. And both are rich in life. A swamp is useless because it cannot be developed for commercial sites or industry and thus does not being in much tax revenue. Dump garbage in the swamp to fill it up. Or dredge out part f it and use the dredged up soil to fill the rest. Then you have a deep water right up to the bulkhead, a fine site for an industrial plant, marina or shopping center. So the theory goes. Because many youth are so against materialism and concerned with the environment, they have come into direct conflict with those who has experienced deprivation and have had to work hard for financial security. You may have been through such a conflict with your parents. #RandolphHarris 7 of 11

Because the mismatched values, some people feel like their parents view them as more of an economic liability or tax exemption than as a person. Some parents reinforce this fear in their children by continually reminding them how much they cost. We know of one man who actually presented his son with an accounting of all he had cost his parents since childhood—and demanded repayment within twenty years. Most parents do not expect to be paid back in money, but some demand total conformity in exchange of support. When a young adult begins to question his or her parents’ values, one may be forced out of the house. Or one may conform while one is around one’s parents, in order to keep a lace to sleep, food to eat, and the relative security of a family. If one, one may feel guilty because one is using one’s parents to get through school or for support. “Command those who are rich in this present Word not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. In this way, they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life,” reports 1 Timothy 6.17.19. #RandolphHarris 8 of 11

We know so far in our head, heart, guts, or whatever else we experience in life that being human is a very complex business. In is a business that involves pleasure—leisure, fun, enjoyment—as well as work, and both side of the coin are important for a full life. “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a work person who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly. Their teaching will spread like gangrene. They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. We know so far in our head, heart, guts, or whatever else we experience in life that being human is a very complex business. In is a business that involves pleasure—leisure, fun, enjoyment—as well as work, and both side of the coin are important for a full life. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.” You must teach what is in accord with sound doctrine. Teacher the older people to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith. Likewise, teach the women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers nor addicted to much wine.  reports 2 Timothy 2.15-17 and Titus 1.16 and Titus 2.1-3. People who find benefits in working will have many useful things accomplished in their lives. Too, work will continue to provide satisfaction to those people whose products are sources of pride and pleasure. #RandolphHarris 9 of 11

Through work, we use the skills we possess not only to create new work—as invention gives rise to advanced technology—but new work may also create new skills that enhance the creative process. Many people also need some sort of creative activity (whether it be called work or not is debatable) to use up energy or restlessness. Work or a productive activity also keeps people occupied and out of mischief. If you do not believe that, look at the dilemma of a retired man who’s worked hard all his life and suddenly finds the hours and months dragging on. What experiences have you had that have shown you the importance of work? Not all of us can choose the kind of work we do. Some of us labor for long hours for the bare necessities. It is difficult to enjoy such work. Yet the happiness people have learned to enjoy their work, whatever it is. We also keep the work-World going by rewarding the worker—with a paycheck, an incentive system, fringe benefits, and labels. Let us realize that the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is a success. People should be anxiously engaged in a good cause. We are cocreators with God. He gave us the capacity to do the work he left undone, to harness the energy, mine the ore, transform the treasures of the Earth for out good. However, most important of all, the Lord knew that from the crucible of work emerges the hard core of character. #RandolphHarris 10 of 11

One of the unfortunate consequences of seeing work as nobility and looking at it with pride is that such an attitude is to convince people that is an activity is enjoyable, then it is not work. “You are having such a good time on this job, maybe we will just have to change your duties or require you to work more hours so you will really earn your pay!” A boss would not ordinarily express this idea so clearly in words, but the implication is clear in what is said: to work is to suffer. However, that need not be; work can be enjoyable, and if it is, that aspect should not be condemned. Many of us have so sharply drawn the lines between work and leisure that most of the rewarding aspects of our work have been squeezed out. However, there is pleasure in turning out well made houses and furniture, seeing a patient smile when you let them know what is causing their infirmary and how to cure it, watching others use something you have put together or worked on, having someone benefit from your skill, time, labor. “Remind the people to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and to show true humility toward all people,” reports Titus 3.1-2. Every piece of work we do is a portrait of the one who produced it. Let us give full, honest effort to our jobs as though we owned the enterprise. #RandolphHarris 11 of 11

私たちは仕事の倫理へのコミットメントは、私たちの伝統時間で意欲的、勤勉な人々として世界中で知られており、再び、私たちは火の炉を通過され、ドロスが焼失して…私たちは、洗練され、それから毎回来ます、聖別、インスピレーションを得た。私たちは、主よ、私たちの家族、そして私たちの社会最善の努力の生産に戻りますように、心、筋肉、および精神の私たちの個人的な能力を発揮するために道徳的な義務があります。以下を行うことにあります..しかし、私たちが苦労として、私たちはまた、我々は我々の仕事は何を決めるの人生を構築していることを覚えてみましょう。私たちの生活は、それは自分自身と私たちは、生活費を稼ぐために働く機会と利点私たちに依存したものを否定することで満たされていない住んで、それは本当です。その人生はなります。全体的な効果は、仕事に誇りや貴族のものを作ることです。仕事は立派である。これは、ほとんどの問題のために良い治療法です。それは心配のための解毒剤である。それは、ネイティブ基金の不足のためのイコライザーです。作るワークそれは可能な平均がGEにアプローチするためのnius。私たちは適性に欠けることが、我々はパフォーマンスに作ることができます。あなたが悪い場合は、仕事。あなたは満足している場合は、作業。怠惰は疑問や不安のための部屋を提供します。失望が来た場合は、作業上の権利を保持します。信仰はつまずきますそしてその理由は失敗し、ちょうど仕事、夢は粉々になります。仕事と希望が死んでいるようだ。それは音の人生利用できる最大の救済策であるとして、忠実に動作します。我々はまた考えると、私たちは私たちの仕事で創造的であることを確認するために時間を取る必要があります。「とき神の優しさと愛が私たちの救い主は、彼が正義の事で私たちが行っていたではないので、私たちを救ったが、彼のために慈悲の。彼は聖霊によって新生と更新の洗濯を通して私たちを救った。、登場し、「タイタス3.5インチ報告6。

我們作為一個積極性高，勤勞的人在全世界都是眾所周知的。對職業道德的承諾是我們的傳統。我們一次又一次地穿過火爐;我們每次都出來，精緻，渣滓被燒掉，受到啟發，成聖。我們有道義上的義務，以一種能夠回歸主，我們的家庭和社會的方式來運用我們個人的思想，力量和精神能力，從而產生我們最大的努力。少做就是讓我們的生活無法實現。它是否認我們自己和那些依賴我們機會和優勢的人。我們努力謀生，這是真的;但是，當我們辛苦勞作時，讓我們也記住，我們正在建立一個生活。我們的工作決定了生活將會如何。總體效果是讓工作成為一種自豪和高貴的事情。工作很光榮。這對大多數問題都是很好的治療方法這是擔心的解藥。它是本土禀賦不足的均衡器。工作使平均水平接近天才。我們可能缺乏能力，我們可以彌補表現。如果你很窮，就要工作。如果你快樂，工作。閒暇給人懷疑和恐懼。如果失望，請繼續努力。當信仰動搖，理性失敗時，就去工作吧。當夢想破滅，希望似乎已經死亡，工作。忠實地工作，因為它是可用的最好的補救措施。我們還應該花時間思考並確保我們在工作中發揮創造力。 “當我們的救主上帝的仁慈和愛心出現時，他救了我們，不是因為我們做了正義的事，而是因為他的憐憫。他通過聖靈的重生和更新來拯救我們。“”提多書3.5-6報導。

Somos conocidos en todo el mundo como personas muy motivadas e industriosas. El compromiso con la ética del trabajo es nuestra tradición. Una y otra vez, pasamos por el horno de fuego; salimos de ella cada vez, refinados, con la escoria quemada, inspirada, santificada. Tenemos la obligación moral de ejercitar nuestras capacidades personales de mente, músculo y espíritu de una manera que devuelva al Señor, a nuestras familias y a nuestra sociedad la producción de nuestros mejores esfuerzos. Hacer menos es vivir nuestras vidas sin cumplir. Es negarnos a nosotros mismos y a aquellos que dependen de nosotros la oportunidad y la ventaja. Trabajamos para ganarnos la vida, es verdad; pero a medida que trabajamos, recordemos que estamos construyendo una vida. Nuestro trabajo determina qué será esa vida. El efecto general es hacer que el trabajo sea una cuestión de orgullo y nobleza. El trabajo es honorable. Es una buena terapia para la mayoría de los problemas. Es el antídoto para la preocupación. Es el ecualizador para la deficiencia de la dotación nativa. El trabajo hace posible que el promedio se acerque al genio. Lo que nos puede faltar en aptitudes, podemos compensar el rendimiento. Si eres pobre, trabaja. Si eres feliz, trabaja. La ociosidad da lugar a dudas y temores. Si vienen las decepciones, sigue trabajando. Cuando la fe vacila y la razón falla, solo trabaja. Cuando los sueños se rompen y la esperanza parece muerta, trabaja. Funciona fielmente, ya que es el mejor remedio disponible una vida sana. También deberíamos tomarnos el tiempo para pensar y asegurarnos de ser creativos en nuestros trabajos. “Cuando apareció la bondad y el amor de Dios, nuestro Salvador, nos salvó, no por lo justo que habíamos hecho, sino por su misericordia. Él nos salvó mediante el lavado del renacimiento y la renovación por el Espíritu Santo “, informa Tito 3.5-6.

نحن معروفون في جميع أنحاء العالم كدوافع عالية الكراهية. الالتزام بأخلاقيات العمل هو تقليدنا. مرارا وتكرارا ، نحن نمر عبر الفرن الناري ؛ نخرج منه في كل مرة ، صقل ، مع خبث أحرق بعيدا ، مستوحاة ، كرست. لدينا التزام أخلاقي بممارسة قدراتنا الشخصية على العقل والعضلات والروح بطريقة ستعود إلى الرب وعائلاتنا ومجتمعنا لإنتاج أفضل جهودنا. لنعمل أقل هو أن نعيش حياتنا لم تتحقق. إنه حرمان أنفسنا ومن يعتمدون علينا على فرصة ومزايا. نحن نعمل لكسب لقمة العيش ، هذا صحيح. ولكن عندما نتألم ، دعونا نتذكر أيضًا أننا نبني حياة. يحدد عملنا ما ستكون هذه الحياة. التأثير الكلي هو جعل العمل شيء من الفخر والنبل. العمل شريفة. إنه علاج جيد لمعظم المشاكل. هذا هو ترياق للقلق. هذا هو المعادل لنقص الهبات المحلية. يتيح العمل للمتوسط ​​الاقتراب من العبقرية. ما قد نفتقر إليه في الكفاءة ، يمكننا أن نعوض في الأداء. إذا كنت فقيرًا ، اعمل. إذا كنت سعيدًا ، اعمل. الكسل يعطي مجالاً للشكوك والمخاوف. إذا جاءت خيبات الأمل ، فاستمر في العمل. عندما يخفق الإيمان ويفشل العقل ، فقط اعمل. عندما تتحطم الأحلام والأمل يبدو ميتا ، العمل. يعمل بإخلاص ، لأنه أعظم علاج متاح حياة سليمة. يجب أن نأخذ بعض الوقت للتفكير والتأكد من أننا مبدعون في وظائفنا. “عندما ظهر لطف وحب الله مخلصنا ، أنقذنا ، ليس بسبب شيء صالح قمنا به ، بل بسبب رحمته. لقد أنقذنا من خلال غسل الولادة والتجدد من خلال الروح القدس. “، تقول تقارير تيطس 3.5-6.

Siamo conosciuti in tutto il mondo come persone molto motivate e laboriose. L’impegno per l’etica del lavoro è la nostra tradizione. Di volta in volta passiamo attraverso la fornace ardente; ne veniamo fuori ogni volta, raffinati, con le scorie bruciate, ispirate, santificate. Abbiamo l’obbligo morale di esercitare le nostre capacità personali di mente, muscoli e spirito in un modo che ritorni al Signore, alle nostre famiglie e alla nostra società producendo i nostri migliori sforzi. Fare di meno è vivere le nostre vite insoddisfatte. È negare noi stessi e coloro che dipendono da noi opportunità e vantaggio. Lavoriamo per guadagnarci da vivere, è vero; ma mentre lavoriamo, ricordiamoci anche che stiamo costruendo una vita. Il nostro lavoro determina ciò che sarà questa vita. L’effetto complessivo è quello di rendere il lavoro una questione di orgoglio e nobiltà. Il lavoro è onorevole È una buona terapia per la maggior parte dei problemi. È l’antidoto per la preoccupazione. È l’equalizzatore per carenza di dotazione nativa. Il lavoro consente alla media di avvicinarsi al genio. Ciò che ci può mancare in attitudine, possiamo recuperare nelle prestazioni. Se sei povero, lavora. Se sei felice, lavora. L’ozio lascia spazio a dubbi e paure. Se arrivano delusioni, continua a lavorare. Quando la fede vacilla e la ragione fallisce, basta lavorare. Quando i sogni si spezzano e la speranza sembra morta, lavora. Lavora fedelmente, poiché è il più grande rimedio disponibile per una vita sana. Dovremmo anche prenderci del tempo per pensare e assicurarci di essere creativi nel nostro lavoro. “Quando apparve la gentilezza e l’amore di Dio nostro Salvatore, egli ci salvò, non a causa della cosa giusta che avevamo fatto, ma a causa della sua misericordia. Ci ha salvati attraverso il lavaggio della rinascita e il rinnovamento dello Spirito Santo “, riferisce Titus 3.5-6.

Whether in paintings or on television, in books or movies, people have always had a fascination with angels, and angels absolutely exists. Angels are pure spirit, and in most cases, have no physical body. Angels do, however, take on human form sometimes, as clarified by Saint Thomas Aquinas in his Summa Theologica, and in the Bible. “See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared. Pay attention to him and listen to what he says. Do not rebel against him; he will not forgive your rebellion, since my Name is in him. If you listen carefully to what I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you,” reports Exodus 23.20-22. The human mind is right (rectus) when it has found truth, and above all, eternal truth. When it loves what is good, the human will is right, and the exercise of power is eight when it is a continuation of God’s ruling power. Through original sin or the Fall, human beings lost their triple righteousness. The human intellect, lured by vain curiosity, has enmeshed itself in interminable doubts and futile controversies; the will of most human beings is ruled by greed and concupiscence; in his or her exercise of power one seeks autonomy. However, although many people are in a lost state of original justice, they still hunger for it. #RandolphHarris 1 of 9

This longing for the infinite good is revealed in the human ceaseless quest for pleasures. Through faith and love (grace), human being can find there way back to the original state of justice. “Worship the LORD your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you, and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span. I will send my terror ahead of your and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run,” reports Exodus 23.25-27. Since knowledge is involved at every stage of the return, reduction is also a quest for wisdom and hence, in an extended theological sense, it is metaphysical. It is an enlightened return, because every branch of learning is a gift from above, from the Father of the Lights. The natural light of reason reflects first on the external World and then turns inward in an analysis of the soul, it is perfected initially by a natural illumination of the divine ideas and then by a varying additional degree of supernatural illumination which culminate in the experiential cognition of God through mystical union. This experience is not the same as the clear vision of the blessed in Heaven but is the learned ignorance referred to by the mystical writers—a union of the soul of Go with darkness, granted to saints like Francis before death. #RandolphHarris 2 of 9

Now, too often we think of Angels, who are Heavenly bodies, in Earthly, bodily terms. However, they are not human and therefore not bound by human constraints. They exist to do the will of God, to be his messengers, guides, and defenders of truth. They exist for the sole purpose of praising God and carrying out his will. As pure spirits the Angels are created intelligences, altogether above matter and free from any essential relation to it, both in their existence and their operation. In this respect, the Angels are specifically above the human soul which, even though of a spiritual nature, is not a pure spirit and a complete nature, but is naturally ordained to inform a human body and to constitute one individual substance with it. Even though spiritual and immortal by nature, the human soul, in this life, depends in a very large measure on the human body for its operation. All the Angels are endowed with intellect and free will. They have a celestial intelligence. Knowledge is imparted to Angels through the light of glory. The Angels also mediate between the transcendent and temporal realms. #RandolphHarris 3 of 9

In some mysterious ways, when we know a created object, the human mind is simultaneously enlightened so that it is moved to judge correctly about the object and is hence in accord with God’s own mind on the subject. “I urge, then, first of all, that requests, made for everyone—for kings and all those in authority, that we may live in peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and humans, the Savior, who gave himself as a ransom for all people—the testimony given in its proper time. And for this purpose, I was appointed a herald and an apostle—I am telling the truth, I am not lying,” reports 1 Timothy 2.1-7. The human intellect can turn inward, reflecting on the soul and its tendencies. In analyzing the precise nature of the object of these tendencies, the mind discovers God and itself as his image. The reasoning process involved is neither deductive nor inductive in the usual meaning of these terms, but is called technically a reduction and seems to resemble in some respect the abduction. Abduction encompasses all the operations by which theories and conceptions are engendered (caused or given rise to). #RandolphHarris 4 of 9

Reasoning proceeds by progressively deepening insights into what the desire for truth and perfect happiness involve. If the reduction remains imperfect and does not go on to completion, God is no discovered and one may err about is nature or even his existence. The existence of God is truth implanted by nature in the human mind, this is referring to the human’s natural desire for knowledge, truth, happiness, or goodness—all of which need explication before human beings realize they have God as their ultimate object. “The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons (fallen angels). Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth. If it is received with thanksgiving, everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected because it is consecrated by the word of God ad prayer,” reports 1 Timothy 4.1-4. Even more interesting, experiments with human beings suggest that changes in behavior can alter emotional states. That is right: the act of smiling itself, whether triggered by perception or delight or not, can increase the release of endorphins, and cause the smiler to experience happiness as a result. #RandolphHarris 5 of 9

Similarly, the act of cowering, whether in response to a perceived threat or not, can prompt the production of stress hormones and the corresponding feeling of fright. Caught up in an altered state of consciousness, we bounce like Duncan yo-yos, allowing emotions or other external factors to spin us and unwind our mental mastery, then wind us back to the adversary’s hand, exploiting us and our emotional energy. This is called yo-yoing. So the secret is we need to change our perception of conditions, not just the conditions. The scriptures use a powerful illustration to teach us how to protect ourselves in the battle against evil. We learn that we are engaged in a battle against evil and that we must protect ourselves so that we can be victorious. “Put on the whole armour of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the adversary,” reports Ephesians 6.11. Examine your armor. Is there an unguarded or unprotected place? Determine now to add whatever part is missing. Through the great principle of repentance, we can turn our lives about and begin now clothing ourselves with the armor of God through study, prayer, and a determination to serve God and keep his commandments. #RandolphHarris 6 of 9

Once we have experienced a taste of reality, we can never revert back to a fear-based perception again Relapses there may be, particularly during the initial period of beginning to trust in the safety of Life. The general direction, however, is now known and literally nothing can stop the soul from joining with its Source. Even if our initial motive to seek was to escape from woes, the motive now is to seek reality for reality’s sake. To seek God for God’s sake, and nothing else. The seeker who succeeded in rising from false to true perception, who balanced within oneself the war of opposing forces still stands in the World, but it not of it. “Train yourself to be godly. For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come. This is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance (and for this we labor and strive), that we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, and especially those who believe. Command and teach these things. Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith,” reports 1 Timothy 4.7-11. We have instructions on how to reconcile with the realm of separation, and, as a result of this, change our life from mediocrity to the song of the morning bird: the celebration of life. #RandolphHarris 7 of 9

The principal energy of life is love, in its state of union appearing as equilibrium, and that is harmony. On the physical plane this same energy appears polarized, split into its opposite reflections, masculine and feminine. Neither is better than the other, but both all-good. “Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching. Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through a prophetic message when the body of elders laid their hands on you. Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress. Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers,” reports 1 Timothy 4.13-15. Those who love, their love shall increase. And those who do not love, they shall lose the little they have. The more love we give, the more we shall have. This is not wishful thinking. Love, the all-pervading universal energy, can only be increased by sharing. By taking on the mental trappings of our goals, we come closer to that goal. What is so exciting about emotions as we reach maturity is that, knowing ourselves as well as we do, we can use our thought to shape our emotions just as our emotions have shaped our thoughts. In the first half of our lives, most of us give ourselves wholly to our joy (feeling sad when the joy goes away) or our sorrow (missing out on much of what was good in the meantime). #RandolphHarris 8 of 9

Our younger selves are, in effect, trapped by dominant emotions: the highs of youth are seductive and the lows appear inescapable. In maturity, thanks to a decrease in the self-protective impulse and advances in crystallized intelligence, we are better able to modulate our responses to a situation. We also can experience a whole symphony of dominant and nondominant feelings at once. Being able to feel happy and sad, hopeful and despairing at the same time is the hallmark of mature emotional response. This expansions in emotional capacity, coupled with our ability to trigger emotions via our behavior, gives us a chance at midlife to feel the way we choose to feel instead of being locked into some kind of emotional dungeon by the dictates of our brain chemistry. God delegated you to act in his name. We are all enlisted until the conflict is over. Soldiers in the army, there is a bright crown in store; we shall win and wear it by and by. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having the chest plate of righteousness. It is important that we make up our minds early in this life as to what we will do and what we will not do. Selected a particular emotion that you would like to experience instead of the emotion(s) that dominate now. You may want to promote calm over anger, or joy over sadness. #RandolphHarris 9 of 9

我們都有不同的弱點和誘惑，我們應該檢查一下我們的生活，找出那些弱點是什麼，以及我們應該在哪裡增加額外的盔甲，這樣我們才能做正確而不屈服於誘惑的事情。想像一下，能夠讓自己遠離一個人的憤怒和背叛的感覺來提出一個像天使一樣實際和情感上令人滿意的解決方案。當我們研究經文以便我們可以增加我們的知識和信仰時，我們必須記住在我們的交易中誠實和誠實。信仰包括對未見的東西的希望，但這是真的。通過聽取上帝的話來點燃信仰。奇蹟不會產生信仰，但是通過順從上帝而產生強烈的信心。信仰來自正義。真正的信仰帶來了奇蹟，異象，夢想，醫治，以及他給予聖徒的所有上帝的恩賜。憑著信心，人們得到了罪的赦免，並且能夠住在上帝的面前。然而，缺乏信心導致人們因為罪孽而絕望。在這方面，信仰就像愛。沒有對象，愛就不可能存在。事實上，上帝會為我們和我們所有的天父的孩子所做的事情做得更多。堅信上帝比我們所知道的更多，並且他將以對我們和他的其他孩子最好的方式回應我們的祈禱，這是對上帝信仰的重要組成部分。我們應該一直祈求保護，成功和良好的海洋和風能帶我們到達目的地。 #RandolphHarris A

我々は、すべての異なる弱点と誘惑を持っている、と私たちはそれらの弱点があり、私たちは余分な鎧の上に置くべき場所を私たちは正しいことを行うと、誘惑に提出することができない何かを見つけるために私たちの生活を調べる必要があります。天使のように、実用的かつ感情的に満足のいく解決策を考え出すために怒りと裏切りの1の気持ちから十分な自分を遠ざけることができるだろうことを想像してみてください。私たちは私たちの知識と信仰を高めることができるように私たちは経典を学ぶように、私たちは私たちの取引で正直で誠実であることを覚えておく必要があります。信仰には、見えないが真実のものに対する希望が含まれています。信仰は神の言葉を聞くことによって燃やされます。奇跡は信仰を生むものではありませんが、神への服従によって強い信仰が発達します。信仰は正義によってもたらされます。彼は彼の聖人に与える真の信仰は奇跡、ビジョン、夢、癒し、そして神のすべての贈り物をもたらします。信仰によって、人は罪の赦しを得、これまで神の前に住むことができます。しかし、信仰の欠如は、一つを絶望に導きます。それは、不義のために起こります。その点で、信仰は愛のようなものです。愛は目的なしでは存在できません。実際には、神が私たちのために最善と天の御父の子供たちのすべてのためにあるものよりも多くのことを行います。主は私たちがより多くを知っているし、彼は私たちと彼の他の子供たちのために最善であるように、私たちの祈りに答えるという信念は、神への信仰の重要な成分です。私たちは常に保護、成功、良い海と風を祈って私たちの目的地に連れて行くべきです。 #Randolphハリス B

Todos tenemos debilidades y tentaciones diferentes, y debemos examinar nuestras vidas para descubrir cuáles son esas debilidades y dónde debemos ponernos armadura adicional para que podamos hacer lo correcto y no someternos a la tentación. Imagine ser capaz de distanciarse lo suficiente de los sentimientos de furia y traición para llegar a una solución tan práctica y emocionalmente satisfactoria como lo haría un ángel. Al estudiar las Escrituras para que podamos aumentar nuestro conocimiento y nuestra fe, debemos recordar ser honestos y veraces en nuestros tratos. La fe incluye una esperanza por cosas que no se ven, pero que son verdaderas. La fe se enciende al escuchar las palabras de Dios. Los milagros no producen fe, pero la fe fuerte se desarrolla mediante la obediencia a Dios. La fe viene por justicia. La fe verdadera trae milagros, visiones, sueños, sanidades y todos los dones de Dios que da a sus santos. Por la fe, uno obtiene la remisión de los pecados y siempre puede morar en la presencia de Dios. La falta de fe, sin embargo, lleva a uno a la desesperación, que viene a causa de la iniquidad. En ese sentido, la fe es como el amor. El amor no puede existir sin un objeto. De hecho, Dios hará más de lo que es mejor para nosotros y para todos los hijos de nuestro Padre Celestial. La convicción de que el Señor sabe más que nosotros y que responderá nuestras oraciones de la mejor manera para nosotros y sus otros hijos es un ingrediente vital de la fe en Dios. Siempre debemos orar por protección, éxito, buenos mares y viento para llevarnos a nuestro destino. #RandolphHarris C

Vi har alla olika svagheter och frestelser, och vi borde undersöka våra liv för att ta reda på vad dessa svagheter är och var vi borde lägga på extra pansar, så att vi kan göra det som är rätt och inte låta bli frestelsen. Föreställ dig att kunna avstå tillräckligt från sin känsla av raseri och förräderi för att komma fram till en lösning som praktisk och känslomässigt tillfredsställande som en ängel skulle. När vi studerar skrifterna så att vi kan öka vår kunskap och tro, måste vi komma ihåg att vara ärliga och sanningsenliga i våra kontakter. Tro innefattar ett hopp för saker som inte ses, men vilka är sanna. Troen är uppenbarad genom att höra Guds ord. Mirakler producerar inte tro, men stark tro utvecklas genom lydnad mot Gud. Tro kommer av rättfärdighet. Den sanna tron ​​ger mirakel, visioner, drömmar, helande och alla Guds gåvor som han ger till sina heliga. Genom tro erhåller man synders förlåtelse och kan någonsin bo i Guds närvaro. En brist på tro leder emellertid en till förtvivlan, som kommer på grund av oegentligheter. I det avseendet är tron ​​som kärlek. Kärlek kan inte existera utan ett objekt. Faktum är att Gud kommer att göra mer än vad som är bäst för oss och för alla våra himmelske Faders barn. Övertygelsen om att Herren vet mer än vi gör och att han kommer att svara på våra böner på det sätt som är bäst för oss och hans andra barn är en viktig ingrediens i tron ​​på Gud. Vi borde alltid be för skydd, framgång och bra hav och vind att ta oss till vårt resmål. #RandolphHarris D

لدينا كل نقاط الضعف وإغراءات مختلفة، ونحن يجب فحص حياتنا لمعرفة ما هي نقاط الضعف هذه، وحيث أننا يجب أن أضع على درع إضافي حتى يمكننا أن نفعل ما هو صواب وما هو لا يقدم إلى الإغراء. تخيل أن تكون قادرة على إبعاد نفسه بما يكفي من مشاعر المرء من الغضب والخيانة من أجل التوصل إلى حل عملي كما ومرضية عاطفيا كملاك شأنه. كما ندرس الكتاب المقدس حتى نتمكن من زيادة معرفتنا والإيمان، علينا أن نتذكر أن نكون صادقين وصادقة في تعاملاتنا. يشتمل الإيمان على الأمل في الأشياء التي لا يتم رؤيتها ، ولكنها صحيحة. الإيمان يُشعل عن طريق سماع كلام الله. المعجزات لا تنتج الإيمان ، ولكن الإيمان القوي يتم تطويره من خلال طاعة الله. الايمان يأتي عن طريق البر. الإيمان الحقيقي يجلب المعجزات، والرؤى، والأحلام، الشفاء، وجميع الهدايا من الله ذلك وقال انه يعطي لقديسيه. بالإيمان ، يحصل المرء على مغفرة الخطايا ويستطيع في النهاية أن يسكن في وجود الله. ومع ذلك ، فإن عدم الإيمان يؤدي إلى اليأس الذي يأتي بسبب الإثم. في هذا الصدد ، الإيمان هو مثل الحب. الحب لا يمكن أن يوجد بدون كائن. في الواقع، والله سوف تفعل أكثر من ما هو الأفضل بالنسبة لنا ولكل من أطفالنا الآب السماوي. الاقتناع بأن الرب يعرف أكثر مما نقوم به، وأنه سوف يستجيب لصلواتنا في الطريق وهذا هو الأفضل بالنسبة لنا وله غيرهم من الأطفال هو عنصر حيوي من الإيمان بالله. ينبغي لنا أن نصلي دائما لحماية، والنجاح، والبحار جيدة وطاقة الرياح لنقلنا الى وجهتنا. # راندولففاريس

One can have knowledge of the divine ideas, but the saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. However, successful people recognize that in life they create their own love, manufacture their own meaning, and generate their own motivation. For instance, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s creative genius continued to flow despite his ill health and concerns about money; he was able to create even in the absence of the conditions most of us would consider basic for survival, and still he became a prolific and influential composer of the classical era. Passion is what moves a person to persevere at something despite fear, unhappiness or pain. It is the determination and motivation to push through suffering for the sake of an end goal. This kind of motivation is an inside out phenomenon, as it has an actual source in the brain. The part of the brain that is activated during motivated activities is the ventral striatum, in combination with the amygdala (known as the brain’s emotional center). Researchers observed that the ventral striatum is activated in proportion to how motivated a person feel: the higher the degree of motivation, the higher the activation level. When engaging in something that is truly meaningful, that feeling of intense creativity, or that feeling of euphoria is real and it is something physiological that happens within the brain. #RandolphHarris 1 of 7

Motivation does not simply give us the energy to work, but it allows us to entirely change our perception of everything that we so. Conversely, our change in perception will start to affect the types of long-term behavior in which we engage. As human creators, we must choose to undertake that crucial trial and error so that the greatest display of extraordinarily high levels of motivation and presentence will be mental skills that are more readily available to us. Creators, however, cannot rely on the environment to recognize successful trials and one must make these decisions effectively for the work to earn the environment’s approval.  Yet, we must evolve those criteria for ourselves, which most people neither can nor want to do, or the work will not be our own. Trying to anticipate how others might react hamstrings one’s ability to get on your one’s work and is probably hopeless because those reactions are unpredictable. Genius gives the rule. Its products are not governed by prevailing preferences; it introduces new ones, that others still developing their gifts then follow. Author Isaac Asimov wrote an astonishing number of books during his career—over three hundred. That is impressive, but what is truly encouraging to us in this context is the fact that he published the vast majority of his work after his fortieth birthday. “We speak of God’s wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began,” reports 1 Corinthians 2.7.  #RandolphHarris 2 of 7

If know can create problems, it is not through ignorance than we can solve them. In an effort to solve problems and activity our creative centers we have to learn the facts, practice techniques, and use our analytical minds as much as we can to get ready for our breakthrough. Using the strengths of our fluid and crystalized intelligence will give us an advantage in life. This work sets the stage for creativity, helps us recognize when it comes, and prepares us for perfecting our creative discoveries. Finding a vision can be challenging. It requires us to imagine that our goal has already been achieved. A vision works as a kind of magnet, drawing us closer and closer to realizing our dreams. God gave us the ability to dream, create and imaging. Dreaming is an act of faith. Everything we see on this planet started as a dream. If God’s blessing on our lives, situations that seem impossible will motivate us to pray more, believe more, trust more, and learn more so that we will grow. Faith always works in the realm of the impossible. May our dreams be on the verge of wakefulness, may we share in each other’s dreams, and may our individual dreams find expression and resolution in the ultimate dream of our people. “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for the who love him,” reports 1 Corinthians 2.9. #RandolphHarris 3 of 7

Whoever we are, or whatever it is that we do, when we really want something, it is because that desire originated in the soul of the Universe. It is our mission on Earth. Dreams are not silly nor selfish desires that should be ignored. Instead, they serve as the primary means by which people can get in touch with the mystical force that connects everything in the Universe. God has given ever man, woman, and child a dream; a deep-down desire to accomplish something of eternal significance. The more clearly we can articulate that dream, the closer we are to seeing it fulfilled. Most people improve their balance significantly when they envision someone helping them. This is a simple yet powerful demonstration of how maintaining a vision of what we desire will support us in accomplishing our goals. Even with our vision firmly in place, we will not achieve the results we desire unless we put ourselves in a creative frame of mind. Most research on activating the creative process suggest that changing the way we think is more important than any other factor in determining our ability to be creative. The proof of any creative endeavor is its outcome. Our future happiness, personal righteousness, and relationship with the Lord will depend in large part on the habits we embrace and the choices and commitments we make over the years. Regardless of our circumstances, we must take responsibility for who we now are and what we want to become. #RandolphHarris 4 of 7

The Lord only expects us to magnify and develop the talents and abilities we have been given. However, he also expects us to be accountable for our actions in doing so. We learn to dominate our physical needs early in life. That is what potty training is all about. Staying focused, disciplined, and committed to meaningful goals, both spiritual and temporal, is an important—in fact, and essential—key to our success here in this life and in the eternities to come. One of the greatest challenges for all of us is to learn how to live in the World without participating in all that it offers. Worldly standards will always be in a state of flux. The only true and unchanging standards are those set by the Savior. Unfortunately, frequent exposure to what at first is unacceptable will over time legitimize in our minds that which we have seen and heard. It is important that we do not because the victim of this seduction. We have to reflect on what an activity means to us, make sure it is righteous, and build our own motivation for doing it. There are very few people in the World who would shun the idea of success and fulfillment. We can succeed more efficiently when we do what we live. When an individual enjoys something, one has a natural tendency to work at it and become better at it. By doing so, we are effectively building new neural connections that keep multiplying as we keep working. Nature then becomes the mirror of God, reflecting his perfection in varying degrees.  #RandolphHarris 5 of 7

God created us to do something during our lives that only we can do. No other person can fulfill our unique assignment here on Earth. There is no other person to do that that has been exclusively designed for us. Realizing our God-given talents requires faith. Faith makes it possible for us to receive God’s best for our lives. God created us to have fellowship with him through the process of realizing our God-given dream. Our dreams are God seeking expression through us. God has provided each person with everything we need to accomplish our goals. God loves us, God has blessed everyone, and God has made provisions for our success in life. “For I know the plans I have for you, plans to proper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future,” reports Jeremiah 29.11. God has a future planned for us that includes prosperity, hope, and love. We have been given free will; we can choose to accept the future God has made available to us. Part of life’s success includes that person individuals become in the process of realizing one’s God-given dream.  All things are possible to the person who have faith. Faith accepts God’s promises and receives God’s rewards and blessings. “We have not received the spirit of the World, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us,” reports 1 Corinthians 2.12. #RandolphHarris 6 of 7

Love activates our faith. Love is what empowers our faith to receive the rewards and blessings of God. Love is what energizes our faith to realize God-given dreams. Few people have a joy problem, but many complain they feel depressed. Others wonder aloud whether they are turning soft in their maturity: all of the sudden a simple act of kindness, or a news story of tragedy halfway around the World, has the power to bring tears to eyes that never used to cry. Then there are those who have felt so many strong emotions for so long that they fear they have become numb. All are relieved to learn tat these experiences are nature’s signs that they are ready to move to a new level of emotional depth, resilience, and spontaneity. Our intimacy with God grows deeper as our faith and love grow. The power twins, faith and love, will lead the way for our life-changing experience. God’s word will work superhuman power in us and produce result in our lives that are far over and above all that we dare ask or think, infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams. As we learn how to tap into the force that created the Universe, the same power that created the Heavens and the Earth will be available to help us realize our God-given dream. Life will never be the same! “Do you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?” reports 1 Corinthians 3. 16 #RandolphHarris 7 of 7

到目前為止，我們在情感生活中遇到的最棘手的問題是我們的情緒訓練很少。我們中很少有人知道如何有效地應對憤怒，痛苦和恐懼，或者知道為什麼我們目前的應對機制不起作用。處理我們的情緒的需要比閱讀，算術或關於瑜伽位置的知識的需要更頻繁，但我們對這些後面區域的了解比我們對情緒的了解更多。人們認為這是一個未說出口的假設，即人類存在的這一最基本方面只是我們必須自己解決的問題。然而，上帝已經辭去了我們建立生活的基礎。建立這個基礎將使人們充分發揮潛力並確保持久的成功。情感活力的回報是如此之多，影響深遠，我們可能會發現自己希望我們很久以前就已經開始了這個旅程。那些願意接受與心臟有關的事情的人們表示，他們在心理清晰度，體力，人際交往和精神準備方面都取得了巨大成就。最重要的是，他們說他們比以往任何時候都更了解他們是誰以及如何向世界展示自我。上帝為我們所有人提供了能夠實現上帝賜予的夢想的條款，而這條賜予是在我們被置於地球之前作出的。 #RandolphHarris A

私たちが感情的な生活の中で直面する最も難しい問題は、感情訓練があまりないことです。私たちの中には、怒り、痛み、恐怖にうまく対応する方法や、現在の対処法がうまくいかない理由がわかっている人はほとんどいません。私たちの感情に対処する必要性は、読書、算術、またはヨガの位置に関する知識の必要性よりも頻繁に発生しますが、後者の領域については感情についてよりも多くを知っています。人間の存在のこの最も基本的な側面は、私たちが自分自身で把握しなければならないものであるという暗黙の前提があると見られます。しかし、神は私たちの命を築くための基盤を辞任しました。この基盤を構築することで、潜在的な可能性を最大限に引き出し、永続的な成功を保証することができます。感情的な活力の報酬は非常に多く、遠くまで到達しており、私たちがこの旅をずっと前に作ってほしかったかもしれません。心臓にとって重要なものに触れる作業をしたいと思っている人は、精神的明快さ、身体的エネルギー、対人コミュニケーション、精神的準備の面で大きな利益を得ると報告しています。何よりも、彼らは、自分が誰であるか、そしてその自己を世界にどのように提示するか、これまで以上に優れた感覚を持っていると言います。神は私たちが神が与えた夢を実現するための準備をしました。そして、私たちがこの地球上に置かれる前にその準備がなされました。 #RandolphハリスB

Con mucho, el problema más difícil que enfrentamos en nuestras vidas emocionales es que hemos tenido tan poco entrenamiento emocional. Pocos de nosotros sabemos cómo responder competentemente a la ira, el dolor y el miedo, o sabemos por qué nuestros mecanismos actuales de afrontamiento no funcionan. La necesidad de manejar nuestras emociones ocurre con mayor frecuencia que la necesidad de lectura, aritmética o conocimiento sobre la posición del yoga, sin embargo, sabemos más sobre estas últimas áreas que sobre las emociones. Parece haber una suposición tácita de que esta faceta más básica de la existencia humana es algo que tenemos que resolver por nuestra cuenta. Sin embargo, Dios ha renunciado a una base sobre la cual construir nuestras vidas. Construir esta base permitirá alcanzar el máximo potencial y garantizar un éxito duradero. Las recompensas de la vitalidad emocional son tantas y de tan largo alcance que podemos desear haber hecho este viaje hace mucho tiempo. Las personas que están dispuestas a hacer el trabajo de ponerse en contacto con lo que le importa al corazón informan grandes ganancias en la claridad mental, la energía física, la comunicación interpersonal y la preparación espiritual. Lo mejor de todo es que dicen tener un mejor sentido que nunca de quiénes son y cómo presentarse ante el mundo. Dios hizo provisiones para que todos nosotros podamos realizar nuestro sueño dado por Dios, y esa provisión fue hecha antes de que fuéramos puestos en esta Tierra. #RandolphHarris C

المشكلة الأصعب التي نواجهها في حياتنا العاطفية هي أنه لم يكن لدينا سوى قدر ضئيل من التدريب العاطفي. قليلون منا يعرفون كيف يستجيبون بكفاءة للغضب ، والألم ، والخوف ، أو يعرفون لماذا لا تعمل آليات التكيف الحالية لدينا. إن الحاجة إلى التعامل مع عواطفنا تحدث بتردد أكبر من الحاجة إلى القراءة أو الحساب أو المعرفة بموقف اليوغا ، ومع ذلك فنحن نعرف أكثر عن هذه المجالات الأخيرة أكثر مما نعرفه عن العواطف. ترى أن هناك افتراضًا غير معلن بأن هذا الوجه الأساسي للوجود الإنساني هو شيء يجب أن نحدده بنفسنا. ومع ذلك ، فقد استقال الله أساسًا لنا لنبني حياتنا عليه. سيسمح بناء هذا الأساس للمرء بالوصول إلى إمكاناته الكاملة وضمان نجاح دائم. إن المكافآت الحيوية العاطفية كثيرة جدا وبعيدة المدى لدرجة أننا قد نجد أنفسنا متمنين أننا قمنا بهذه الرحلة منذ زمن بعيد. الناس الذين يبذلون جهدًا للتواصل مع ما يهم القلب يقدمون تقارير عن مكاسب هائلة في الوضوح العقلي ، والطاقة المادية ، والتواصل بين الأشخاص ، والاستعداد الروحي. والأفضل من ذلك كله ، أنهم يقولون إن لديهم إحساسًا أفضل من أي وقت مضى بمن هم وكيف يمكن تقديم ذلك للعالم. لقد جعل الله أحكاما لنا جميعا لنكون قادرين على تحقيق حلمنا الذي منحناه الله ، وكان هذا النص قد تم وضعه قبل وضعنا على

هذه الأرض. # راندولففاريس د

Life has a purpose, and death is not the permanent end of our existence. The immortal soul, once freed from the body, is rewarded according to good deeds or punished for evil. The soul being eternal has had a pre-existence in the ideal World where it learned about the eternal Ideals. Humans are meant to attain goodness and return to the Ideal through the experiences of the transmigration of the soul. Our greatest awakening comes when we are aware about our infinite nature. The eternity of God is the full and perfect possession of endless life always present in its entirety, and the aevitenrity of the created Universe, without beginning or end but existing in the ever-changing succession of time. Aeveternity is the midpoint between time and eternity; the mode of being of the angles, saints, and celestial bodies (which mediaeval astronomy believes to be unchanging). It is an infinite past and future totality, in which events are contained in a matrix, like files in amber. God in eternity has a simultaneous vision of all temporal reality, and he sees dree acts as free. In human beings the form (esse) is mentally separable from the substance (id quod est), whereas in God his being is identical with that which is.  God demands nothing of human beings without at the same time giving them the power to comply with the demands to follow his scriptures. “The Lord will surely visit all,” reports 1 Nephi 19.11. #RandolphHarris 1 of 7

The innermost being of the soul is like a vessel into which flows the spirit of God (the life of grace) if the soul by virtue of its freedom opens itself to this vital influx. And the spirit of God is meaning and power. God imparts the soul a new life that makes it capable of doing things to which by its own nature it would be totally inadequate, and he simultaneously gives a definite direction to the soul’s activity. Therefore, every meaningful demand which is made upon the soul with obligatory force is a word of God. For there is no meaning that does not have its eternal home and abode in the Logos (Savior). And anyone who willingly receives such a word of God simultaneously receives the divine power to comply with the demand. Every increase in grace, however, leads in addition to a strengthening of the human being’s spiritual being and opens up to the soul a richer and more penetrating insight to the divine word, into the supernatural meaning that underlies every event and that becomes articulate in the interiority of the soul as an inspiration. This is why a soul which, by virtue of its freedom, leans upon the spirit of God or upon the life of grace and is capable of total renovation and transformation. It is a free activity, borne and sustained by the life of grace, and wilding power over all the involuntary acts of the soul. Truth and virtuous living are the norms of nature. If we live rightly, we can achieve the ultimate end of human life. #RandolphHarris 2 of 7

There is nothing freer than love. Love is the height of freedom, as it is an irresistible elemental force engulfing the soul. And the soul really does respond to the impression it receives from human beings—sometimes at the first meeting, at other times after prolonged acquaintance—in an involuntary manner: with affection, with aversion, or possibly with indifference. The soul feels itself attracted or repelled. And these attitudes may be thoroughly meaningful expressions of the soul’s encounter with a being foreign to its own. The soul feels attracted to a person by whom it expects to be assisted and benefited, and it shrinks back from a person who seems to endanger its own being. And yet in such involuntary reactions there is ample room for grave self-delusions and misjudgments. Outward appearances may hide the true being of a person and thus veil the significance which one person has for the other. Such natural inclinations and aversions are therefore neither to be passed over lightly, not is it reasonable simply to give into them. They can and must be influenced by the will. The free play of the inclinations and aversions are subject to human reason investigating the natural causes and principles of the Universe, whereas sometimes we rest on supernatural revelation and miracles of God. #RandolphHarris 3 of 7

Human reason is fallible and often comes to only probable conclusions. Even when its conclusions seem necessary, if they are contrary to revealed doctrine they are not true. In these cases truth is on the side of revelation and not on the side of reason. For example, the philosophical conclusion that the World is eternal must give way to the revealed truth that the World was created in time. Intermediate in reality are space, time, and causality as organizing forms of collective experience. Tensions develop—not within, but among, entities and processes—when a dynamic equilibrium is disturbed. The tensions are resolved when the equilibrium is restored. Synthesis and harmony as more permanent and productive than opposition and conflict. Our personal growth objectives are to be at peace with our past mistakes and transgressions. We must also stand up for ourselves in our families, stop second-guessing our relevance, and to allow our faith to develop the full potential we can reach as human beings. Upheaval is an opportunity to learn how to come with stressful crises, become more spiritual, and find more meaning in life. When we feel the first stirrings of change in our hearts and minds, it means we have taken stock of our desires and aptitudes and have set some exciting goals for our mortal journey. As our mental mastery is fortified, we will not need to retreat. #RandolphHarris 4 of 7

Surrendering to the process is an aspect of letting go and letting God. Through this process, we get used to the chaos in our minds, as it is a sign and period of personal growth by which we use as our journey through multiple levels of the psyche. Whatever we discover will most likely confuse us and we should expect that, but as revelation happens we will delight in the experience. God will make possible what would be naturally impossible. Love is the motive force of thinking. The fervor of our own love urges us to an ever more rigorous exertion of our intellect.  We do not rest satisfied with a solution we have found, but try to penetrate deeper and deeper. And because of this inquiry we start out from the inner life, and assign to love an important part in the work of knowledge. In this thinking we delve deeply into love because of our conviction that love is for us the way that leads to a knowledge of the Holy Trinity. Those who abide in live, abide in God. The Word we have made as a result of the level of thinking we have done thus far creates problems that we cannot solve at the same level at which we created them. Therefore, those who gain a correct knowledge of love will advance to a knowledge of God. Using the rewards of mental mastery—working smarter instead of harder—then we will realize that our job is to guide others toward success, not solve problems for them. The result is more productive, cohesive, and a relaxed community. #RandolphHarris 5 of 7

Self-conscious of the Absolute Spirit simply wants to equate love and will. One places long desire in the will and thus desire is something in the nature of love, and the desire turns into love when desiring thing, for example knowledge, has been attained. And there no doubt exists a close relationship between love and will. The one who loves feels the urge to fulfill the commandments of God: one desires to confront one’s own will to the will of God. The will grows out of love, and from willing springs action. In fulfilling the divine commandments, however, we gain a deeper knowledge of God, and thereby in turn our love increases. And while love for its part seeks to gain ever deepening knowledge, it is from the very outset not possible to have love without having knowledge. Love comprises in itself knowledge and presupposed a certain kind of knowledge. The spiritual life is an ascending life, and every basic form of spiritual life conditions by its own ascent the ascent of the other forms and is in turn stimulated and further advanced by these other forms. It is precisely the inextricable junction and simultaneous difference of these basic forms of spiritual life that makes them an image of the triune God. The logical principle of noncontradiction loses its validity in this formulation: rational thought must proceed by the highest rational unit, the Idea or the Absolute Spirit, and by use of deduction discover the sense of reality and explain the connection of appearances. #RandolphHarris 6 of 7

Compassion and benevolence is founded on reason alone. For humans this is the best of all possible Worlds, despite the sufferings. However, we keep our faith and hope and pray for a better World because the central insight is that without optimistic reference to a sustaining reality, without the confidence, life would be utterly impossible. None of us could function in daily life without the ability to filter out unwanted stimuli and focus on what is important. Like many skills, however, this skill is usually overdeveloped by the time most of us reach maturity. What is essential to our ability to become productive in society is now so automatic that we miss out on a lot that life has to offer. Now that we know how to screen out the junk, we probably need to go back and reevaluate exactly what it is we want to screen out. When people take risks, we usually see a great improvement in the area involved. And if we take a risk and it does not work out, we can always pray to God to find out why it did not work out. However, many people have actually been trained to ignore success and punish failure, all in the interest of their company. Yet, rewarding, and learning from success is more helpful to everyone in the company than hunting out weakness. When we think about it, we all make a habit of selective noticing. “Now all this has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of humans. For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil,” reports Ecclesiastes 12. 12-13. #RandolphHarris 7 of 7

時間は変わるが、真実は変わらない。私たちの生活の中で非常に重要なこの時間に休んで、私たちは、神が私たちの熱心な祈りを聞くという事実をよりよく理解し、感謝することができます。そして私たちは違いを生み出すでしょう。私たちはあまりにも若すぎず、また老いておらず、聖霊のささやきを聞くことができず、私たちは何をすべきかを知るでしょう。瞬時に、我々は言葉よりも強いメッセージで精神に話す精神の証拠を見るでしょう。それは愛のメッセージです。神は他の人のように彼の民の心に手を差し伸べるでしょう。必要に応じて人気を犠牲にし、必要に応じて孤独に苦しんだり、必要に応じて拒否したりして、神に約束した約束を守らなければならないこともあります。わたしたちが戒めを守り、救い主の模範に従えば、それは光を保持するようなものです。私たちの良い例は、暗い世界で他の人が自分の道を見つけるのを助けます。私たちが知っていることを、困難でも非常に困難であっても正しいものにするには、勇気が必要です。しかし、私たちが選択しない限り、私たちは決して勇気を失うことはありません。私たちは、すべての時間の中で最も重要な時期に住んでいます。悪の力は真実と正義と戦っており、戦いはクライマックスに達しています。いつか善と悪の戦争が勝ち、良いことのための恒久的な勝利です。スピリットの声を聞く。正しいことをする決心をしたら、私たちは毎日のような誘惑で戦いを戦う必要はありません。 #RandolphハリスA

時間變了，但事實仍然不變;在我們生命中的這個時刻非常重要，我們可以更好地理解和欣賞上帝將聽到我們懇切祈禱的事實。我們會有所作為。我們不是太年輕，也不是太老，不能聽到聖靈的低語，我們將知道該怎麼做。在一瞬間，我們將看到精神與精神對話的證據，其中的信息強於言語。這是愛的訊息。上帝會像其他任何人一樣，觸及他的人民的心。有時需要我們必要時必須犧牲人氣，必要時遭受孤獨，甚至在必要時被拒絕，堅持我們對上帝的承諾。當我們遵守誡命並遵循救主的榜樣時，就像拿著燈一樣。我們的好榜樣幫助其他人在黑暗的世界中找到自己的方式。即使在艱難，非常艱難的情況下，做出我們所知道的正確的事情需要勇氣。但是，除非我們選擇，否則我們永遠不會失去勇氣。我們生活在有史以來最關鍵的時期之一。邪惡的力量正在與真理和正義作鬥爭，戰鬥正在達到高潮。總有一天，善惡之間的戰爭將會贏得勝利 – 永久的勝利。聆聽聖靈的提示。一旦我們決定做正確的事情，我們就不必每天都在展示自己的每一個誘惑。 #RandolphHarris B

Час змінюється, але істина залишається постійною; і з таким великим значенням, що спираються на цей час у нашому житті, ми можемо краще зрозуміти і оцінити той факт, що Бог почує наші серйозні молитви. І ми будемо мати різницю. Ми не надто молоді і не надто старі, щоб почути шепот Святого Духа, і ми будемо знати, що робити. У мить ми побачимо свідчення духу, що говорить до духу, з повідомленням сильним, ніж слова. Це повідомлення любові. Бог досягне серця свого народу, як ніхто інший не може. Іноді це вимагатиме того, щоб ми, при необхідності, пожертвували популярністю, страждали від самотності, якщо вони були потрібні, навіть були відкинуті, якщо потрібно, дотримуватися взятих на себе зобов’язань перед Богом. Коли ми дотримуємо заповіді та дотримуємось прикладу Спасителя, це схоже на тривогу. Наш хороший приклад допомагає іншим знаходити свій шлях у потемнішому світі. Це вимагає відваги зробити те, що ми знаємо, щоб бути правильним, навіть якщо це важко, дуже важко. Однак ми ніколи не втратимо нашого сміливості, якщо не будемо. Ми живемо в одному з найбільш критичних періодів усіх часів. Сили зла борються проти правди і праведності, і битва досягає апогею. Коли-небудь буде виграна війна між добром і злом – постійна перемога на користь. Слухайте спонукань Духа. Як тільки ми приймаємо рішення робити те, що правильно, ми не повинні боротися з битвою зі всіма спокусами, що постає перед собою кожен день. #RandolphHarris C

El tiempo cambia, pero la verdad permanece constante; y con tanta importancia descansando en este momento de nuestra vida, podemos comprender mejor y apreciar el hecho de que Dios escuchará nuestras fervientes oraciones. Y haremos la diferencia. No somos demasiado jóvenes ni demasiado viejos para escuchar los susurros del Espíritu Santo y sabremos qué hacer. En un instante, veremos evidencia de que el espíritu habla al espíritu con un mensaje más fuerte que las palabras. Es un mensaje de amor. Dios alcanzará el corazón de su pueblo como nadie más puede hacerlo. Algunas veces requerirá sacrificar popularidad si es necesario, sufrir soledad si es necesario, incluso ser rechazado si es necesario, para cumplir con los compromisos que le hicimos a Dios. Cuando guardamos los mandamientos y seguimos el ejemplo del Salvador, es como sostener una luz. Nuestro buen ejemplo ayuda a otros a encontrar su camino en un mundo oscurecido. Se necesita coraje para hacer lo que sabemos que es correcto, incluso cuando es difícil, muy difícil. Sin embargo, nunca perderemos nuestro valor a menos que lo elijamos. Vivimos en uno de los períodos más críticos de todos los tiempos. Los poderes del mal están luchando contra la verdad y la rectitud, y la batalla está llegando a su clímax. Algún día se ganará la guerra entre el bien y el mal, una victoria permanente para bien. Escucha las impresiones del Espíritu. Una vez que tomamos nuestra decisión de hacer lo correcto, no tenemos que pelear la batalla con cada tentación que se presenta todos los días. #RandolphHarris D

Our Earthly life is most exalted, most sacred, most divine, most religious. However, if the spirit be defiled and corrupted, even a manifestly holy life is not more than gross blasphemy. All hinges on how we keep the spirit, pure or impure. The basis of the dialectic created by jealousy is the gap between action and its realization. One cannot in one’s actions equal what one oneself demands, and so there is in life a permanent dissatisfaction set up by the contrast between action and the realization at which it aims. This impels an individual to further action, and in the effort to close the gap, one needs expansion of action in terms of an ever wider outreach. When self-regarding action passes over into various forms of social action, and these in turn come to their limit in the highest type of moral action—that which aims at the good of all human kind if released and an individual is able to satisfy one’s desires by working hard to earn what they want. However, although this process partially overcomes the contrast between action and its realization, it never does so completely, and the gap reappears at each stage after a goal is accomplished. There is no immanent solution to the problem of action. However, we have seen already that an affirmative solution is demanded, and the demands of action itself point us from the immanent to the transcendent or supraphenomenal (someone or something extraordinary). For it is essentially grace. #RandolphHarris 1 of 9

The heart holds the key which opens either the portal of sensuality or that of spirituality. In fact, these different portals do not exist objectively. The Universe is one and the same for the just as well as for the unjust, but they approach it from various points of view and colour it with their own inner pigment. Some are ignorant and selfish, and they interpret life accordingly. Others are simple-hearted and defilement-free, and thus they read the World. Conventionally, a distinction is made between the two Worlds, supraphenomenal and phenomenal, or sensual and spiritual, or Worldly and saintly; in reality this is our own creation. Let us be free from delusion and things will present themselves in their own true colour and form. If God speaks his word in the soul, one must be at rest and at peace, and then the Lord will be free to bless us with his wisdom. God is immanent within the individual, in the sense that human action is already directed beyond the phenomenal order. To will all that we do is already to have the action of God within us. Yet this quest for realization would be a frustrating one were it not that God in turn moves toward us in his transcendence, and human action is supported and supplemented by divine grace. Since action is concrete, the beliefs that arise out of action and the experience of acting are not abstract formulations. It is in action that we apprehend God, but if we try to imprison him in a proposition or prove his existence by logical demonstration, he escapes us. #RandolphHarris 2 of 9

Thought and action are never rival principles, but are at all times to be taken together. Action is no bind drive, but always includes thought; thought can attain its philosophical goals only as it remains closely associated with action. Thus, when we reconsider the rational proofs of theism, these proofs are possible only on the basis of a prior affirmation of God that has arisen out of our experience as active beings. To say that one speaks by supernatural inspiration, is to say one finds an ardent desire to speak, or some strong opinion of oneself, for the which one can alledge no natural reason; one that believe a thing only because it may be so, may as well doubt of it, because it may be otherwise. Also, do not always let facts blind one to the truth. Facts can overshadow the truth. The facts we receive regarding gender may not always represent God’s truth regarding men and women. Though a billion dollar industry works to persuade us otherwise, the truth is, the sex is not the highest good in life. The truth is God’s purposes for human beings far exceeds narrow gender stereotypes. Men and women who are born of the Spirit are not limited by human gender-constructs. For this reason, many religious women have, throughout history, fanned into flame God’s gifts within them, much like how Aaliyah was denied a record deal on Star Search, but rose above the limitations placed on the female gender and became a successful sing, actress, model, and business woman. #RandolphHarris 3 of 9

Embracing God’s truth regarding their value and worth, many women of faith are not bound by gender roles. Rather, as God equipped, impassioned, and enabled their service, these strong-hearted daughters of God have pioneered many gospel inroads around the World. As we reflect their lives, let us consider the outcome of their way of life and honor their faith. How often do you take time to simply reflect upon God? If we reflect that the Spirit of God is the only fountain of truth, we will be careful, as we would avoid offering insult to him, not to reject or condemn truth wherever it appears. The Scripture is our sole source of normative, infallible apostolic revelation and all things necessary for salvation and concerning faith and life are taught in the Bible with enough clarity that the ordinary believer can find them there and understand. God is the truth in its absolute fullness. He, therefore, is the primary, the original truth in all truth. The Lord is the architect of truth and the origin of the knowledge of truth in all areas of life. True perception is not a boring task, for while we practice we discover an entirely new World. It can be quit exciting. We can state with small things. True perception embraces the situation, face it with meaning, and welcomes it as an opportunity to choose a greater reality. God is a God who reveals. God himself is true and cannot lie. Therefore, all that he reveals, whether through general revelation in his creation or through special revelation is Scripture is necessarily true. #RandolphHarris 4 of 9

God is the God who creates. He is the Maker of Heaven and Earth and all that is within them. This fact is closely related to the first, because God reveals certain things about himself through creation. In order for us to correctly see that revelation about God in his creation, we have to accurately grasp the nature of what the Lord has created. If we misread what is actually there, we will misrepresent God. It is also worth observing that God’s creation is real and not an illusion, and God created human beings with the ability to learn about and have true knowledge of what the Lord has created. This ability was impacted by the Fall, but it was not completely destroyed. Scripture regularly assumes that people have the ability to learn about creation. Humans are expected to draw true conclusions about God and reality based on our observations of creation. There are in Scripture stories that do exceed the Fables of Poets. Such as the conversation between Eve and the Serpent, and his questions as to how out of only one rib a woman’s whole body could be built, and what language Adam spoke in the first hour of his nativity in naming the animals. As we have learned created things are what they are because God willed them to be a certain way rather than another. When we learn something about creation that corresponds with what God actually made, we have learned something true. God is the source of these truths by virtue of the fact that he is the Creator. #RandolphHarris 5 of 9

The serpent has a sweet and persuasive song about love, and it took over Eve’s mind. He got deep in her heart by touching her emotions and took control of her. He made her change as he became part of her. He told her they could get married and have two kids and she could still be a good woman. Eve quickly gave the serpent her heart and soul, she said it meant nothing to her. The serpent’s love pulled Eve deep into a spell. It spent her mind around like a carousel. She did not know where it was coming from, she never knew she could love him so much, and things just happened. True love took hold of her. Time stood still. The serpent would appear at the worst and even the best of times. Her heart was no longer her own, she could not control her emotions and passions. No longer a faithful girl with a good heart and good intentions—she never wanted to leave her house, but there were no preventions because she was deep in his hypnotic spell. Once, Eve had the purest heart and the finest attitude, but the serpents love had taken over her. When she went home, she could not understand how Adam looked the same as the picture by their bed. The suspense was pounding and clouding up her head. His body was exactly the same, he slept in the same place, but she did not know who he was. Then she realized that there had been a stranger in her house. It took her a while to figure it out. #RandolphHarris 6 of 9

However, she knew Adam was someone else because of the way he touched her, and the way he treated her was not as passionate as the shape shifting serpent. The serpent used to adore her, but Adam ignored her. She demanded, “Show me who you are! I do not see your shadow around when you walk. You are leaving no kisses. Goodbye with no words. If these walks could talk, they would have nothing to tell. So what could it be? Is there someone imitating me? Could she be taking my place. Adam, look me in the face and tell me that I am wrong when I say there is a stranger in my house.” The serpent adored Eve. And she asked Adam where they first kissed. He did not know. He did not know her and did not initially taste the forbidden fruit, until Even told him how much she loved it. However, after Eve convinced Adam to have the forbidden fruit, he had changed so drastically that she was convinced the he was not who he said he was. “Adam, you have to be someone else,” Eve said. However, she did not realize she has been tricked by the serpent. She has become like a bird without a song as her lonely tears fell. Then God cursed the Serpent, the Woman, and the Man, and expelled the Man and Woman from the garden and thereby from eternal life. God is the one who has decreed whatsoever comes to pass, and this is the basis of historical truths. When we learn something about history that is in accordance with what actually happened, it will spin our head around like a carousel because God decreed it. #RandolphHarris 7 of 9

As used in the scriptures, to atone is to suffer the penalty for sins, thereby removing the effects of sin from the repentant sinner and allowing him or her to be reconciled to God. The Savior was the only one capable of carrying out the Atonement for all humankind. Because of the Savior’s Atonement, all people will be resurrected, and those who obey the gospel will receive the gift of eternal life with God. As descendants of Adam and Eve, all people inherit the effects of the Fall. In our fallen state, we are subject to opposition and temptation. When we give in to temptation, we are alienated from God, and if we continue in sin, we experience spiritual death, being separated from the Lord’s presence. As far as we know, we are all subject to a temporal death, at this time, which is the death of the physical body. The only way for us to be saved is for someone else to rescue us. We need someone who can satisfy the demands of justice—standing in our place to assume the burden of the Fall and to pay the price for our sins. The Savior has always been the only one capable of making such a sacrifice. From before the Creation of the Earth, the Savior has been our only hope for peace in this World, and eternal life in the World to come. #RandolphHarris 8 of 9

Some people, like the hedonistic leaders and the savage fake news media, might try to conceal their sins by torturing and blaming someone else for them, thinking they can force someone to atone for their sins, and the can be saved. However, that is not true and it may damn them to hell for all of eternity. “To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto Me? I am full of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks or of lambs or of he-goats (offered without repentance),” reports Isaiah 1.11. The Savior already redeemed all people from the effects of the Fall. All people who have ever lived on the Earth and who ever will live on the Earth will be resurrected and brought back into the presence of God to be judged. And although we are redeemed unconditionally from the universal effects of the Fall, we are accountable for our own sins. However, if we repent and stop sinning, we can be forgiven and cleansed from the stain of sin at our doors. The souls is corporeal and is the form of the body. It is separable from the body both in life and at death. It possesses unity, and its function is to vivify the extended matter of the body. It is a type of law that is far superior to the exegeses of ancient text. #RandolphHarris 9 of 9

有世界，其他人，你自己和你自己的身體。我們大多數人認為這是理所當然的。但是，我們怎麼知道？更多，我們怎麼知道我們知道？是什麼讓我們確信我們在這裡閱讀的任何想法的真實性以及我們在生命中所經歷的任何事實？如果一個想法在我們的思想中肆虐，它會去哪裡？當我們思考，學習，夢想和感受時，涉及什麼過程？當然，大腦並沒有插入我們的每一個印象。那將是本世紀的蕭條。大腦根本無法同時處理那麼多的感官輸入。但是，它同時這樣做，它也會將它接受的幾條消息轉發到它們的適當目的地。當我們看到熟悉的東西，我們之前已經知道的東西，我們就會認出來。這意味著我們正在做一些事情。我們再次認識。什麼是首先認知？這意味著大腦開始行動，我們的經驗成為存儲在大腦中的信息的一部分。認知是我們用來描述大腦的各種心理或智力功能的詞 – 組成大腦的功能。#RandolphHarris A

世界、他の人、自分の自己、自分の体があります。私たちの大部分はそれを当然と考えています。しかし、私たちはどのように知っていますか？さらに、私たちが知っていることをどのように知っていますか私たちがここで読んできたアイデアの真実と、私たちが生涯経験したことの現実を確かなものにするものは何ですか？アイデアが私たちの心の中で競争するなら、それはどこに行くのですか？私たちが思考、学習、夢、感情を感じるとき、どのようなプロセスが関与していますか？もちろん、脳は私たちの印象のすべてをつなぎません。それは世紀の渋滞です。脳は単に同時に多くの感覚入力を処理することはできません。しかし同時に、それは同時にそれが受け入れるいくつかのメッセージを適切な宛先に中継している。私たちが以前に知っていた何かをよく知っているとき、私たちはそれを認識します。それは我々が何かをやり直していることを意味します。我々は再び認識している。最初は何を認識していますか？それは、脳が活動に入り、私たちが経験した経験がその脳に保存された情報の一部となったことを意味します。認知とは、脳のさまざまな精神的機能や知的機能（心を構成する機能）を記述するために使用する言葉です。#RandolphHarris B

Hay un mundo, otras personas, tu propio yo y tu propio cuerpo. La mayoría de nosotros damos por sentado. Sin embargo, ¿cómo lo sabemos? Más, ¿cómo sabemos que sabemos? ¿Qué nos hace estar seguros de la verdad de las ideas que hemos estado leyendo aquí y de la realidad de todo lo que hemos experimentado en nuestra vida? Si una idea corre por nuestras mentes, ¿a dónde va? ¿Qué proceso está involucrado cuando pensamos, aprendemos, soñamos, sentimos? Por supuesto, el cerebro no conecta todas nuestras impresiones. Esa sería la locura del siglo. El cerebro simplemente no puede procesar esa cantidad de información sensorial al mismo tiempo. Sin embargo, lo hace al mismo tiempo que también retransmite a sus destinos apropiados los pocos mensajes que acepta. Cuando vemos algo familiar, algo que hemos conocido antes, lo reconocemos. Eso significa que estamos haciendo algo de nuevo. Estamos conociendo de nuevo. ¿Qué es cognizing en primer lugar? Significa que el cerebro entró en acción y una experiencia que tuvimos se convirtió en parte de la información almacenada en ese cerebro. Cognición es la palabra que usamos para describir las diversas funciones mentales o intelectuales del cerebro: las funciones que componen la mente. #RandolphHarris CЕсть мир, другие люди, ваше собственное я и ваше собственное тело. Большинство из нас воспринимают это как должное. Однако, как мы знаем? Больше, откуда мы знаем, что знаем? Что делает нас уверенными в истине любого из тех идей, которые мы читаем здесь, и о реальности всего, что мы испытали в нашей жизни? Если в наших умах проносится идея, куда она идет? Какой процесс задействован, когда мы думаем, учимся, мечтаем? Разумеется, мозг не подключается к каждому из наших впечатлений. Это будет лог-джем века. Мозг просто не может обрабатывать так много сенсорного ввода одновременно. Тем не менее, он делает это в то же время, что он также передает своим соответствующим пунктам несколько сообщений, которые он принимает. Когда мы видим что-то знакомое, то, что мы знаем раньше, мы его узнаем. Это означает, что мы делаем что-то снова. Мы снова познаем. Что такое познание в первую очередь? Это означает, что мозг начал действовать, и опыт, который мы стали частью информации, хранящейся в этом мозге. Познание – это слово, которое мы используем для описания различных умственных или интеллектуальных функций мозга – функций, которые составляют ум.

Created spirits are responsible for only a small part of the movement in the World, and therefore God, the infinite spirit, must be its prime source. And so natural philosophy either presupposed the knowledge of God or borrows it from superior science. Matter was created by God. Eternal Ideas are assimilated with God’s mind or the divine providence; but although they are immanent in the mind of God, they are also a created effect. They are eternal, but not coeternal with God. Only three persons of the Trinity are both coequal and coeternal. Ideas subsist in the mind of God and the copies of these Ideas are concreted with matter. God is transcendent. “If you shall say there is no law, you shall also say there is no sin. If you shall say there is no sin, you shall also say there is no righteousness. And if there is no righteousness nor happiness there be no punishment nor misery. And if these things are not, there is no God. And if there is no God we are not, neither the Earth; for there could have been no creation of things, neither to act nor to be acted upon; wherefore, all things must have vanished away,” reports 2 Nephi 2.12-13. As we humble ourselves, we turn to God with humility and love, and our will, with divine help, can reach perfect accord with the divine will. We must learn to listen to our own souls. #RandolphHarris 1 of 6

The divine Word can then teach us (infused knowledge) and move us (infused love) in an intimate union sometimes momentarily experienced as ecstasy. Emotion always precedes wisdom, for it affords experience, without which, thought would not mature into truth. Hence the necessity to embrace one’s emotions in preference to suppressing them. For a human being to adapt to a rapidly-changing World, one needs the companionship and support of other with whom one may sometimes disagree, but nevertheless feel a fundamental bond of like-mindedness. “And now, my people, I speak unto you these things for your profit and learning; for there is a Go, and he hath created all things, both the Heavens and the Earth, and all thing things that in them are, both things to act and things to be acted upon. And to being about his eternal purposes,” reports 2 Nephi 2.14-15. We have been born in an important age of kaleidoscopic experiments, adventures and clashes, not only between the virtues and vices, as formerly, but rather between virtues themselves. The old virtues have begun to lose their authority; they are no longer able to fulfill the religious, moral, intellectual and social demands of the contemporary soul. The human soul seems to have grown immensely; it cannot fit any longer with the former confines.  #RandolphHarris 2 of 6

By allowing ourselves to embrace all our emotions, which we reject or suppress, therefore judge, we free ourselves from their weight—we become lighter. We become enlightened. Each time we to this, and remain faithful unto God’s words, we choose eternal life, according to the will of God’s Holy Spirit. “And not choose eternal death, according to the will of the flesh and the evil which is therein, which giveth the spirit of the adversary power to captivate, to bring us down to hell, that he or she may reign over us in his or her own kingdom,” reports 2 Nephi 2.29. We can learn a lot from the water. It does not fear or hate the rock, it does not resist it either. In this sense the act of embracing should be understood. To embrace then is to love whatever we face back into life. We have the right to be however we wish—it is our choice. However, we certainly have the same right to be here on Earth and honor God. Scriptures are like packets of light that illuminate our minds and give place to guidance and inspiration from on high. We feel the power of your prayers. We need them, and we thank you for them. Our Father in Heaven understood that for us to make desired progress during our mortal probation, we would need to face difficult challenges. Some of these would be almost overpowering. #RandolphHarris 3 of 6

God provided us the tools to help us be successful in our mortal probation. Throughout the ages, Father in Heaven has inspired select men and women to find, through the Holy Ghost, solutions to life’s most perplexing problems. He has inspired his children to have faith in his plan of happiness. Because scriptures are generated from inspired communication through the Holy Ghost they are pure truth. We need not be concerned about the validity of concepts contained in the standard works since the Holy Ghost has been the instrument which has motivated and inspired those individuals who have recorded the scriptures. They can become the key to open the channel of communion with our Father in Heaven. when they are cited correctly, the scriptures provide the strength of authority to our declarations. Their use provides a foundation of truth that can be awakened by the Holy Ghost. Learning, pondering, searching, and memorizing scriptures is like filling a filing cabinet with friends, values, and truths that can be called upon anytime, anywhere in the World. “For the Lord God hath said that: Inasmuch as we shall keep his commandments, we shall prosper in the land; and as must as we will not keep his commandments we shall be cut off from his presence,” reports 2 Nephi 4.4. Great power can come from memorizing the scriptures. To memorize a scripture is to forge a new friendship. #RandolphHarris 4 of 6

The soul has three powers: the intellect, the will, the heart. elf-mastery is the ultimate test of our character, and it is essential to invoke the power of God. This is because this great, divine agency can only be exercised in righteousness. Self-mastery requires self-determination and strength of character. It enhances our own gifts and talents in a remarkable way. It is the power of a noble humanity. Every human soul has the challenge of controlling his or her thoughts, appetites, speech, temper, and desires. Our Father in Heaven knows all of these latter-day dangers, these troubles of the heart and the soul, and has given counsel and protections regarding them. The Lord is moving with power in his church for us to obtain the education he wants us to have. To help people become saved, we need to declare truths in solemnity of heart, in the spirit of meekness. When we do so, the Holy Ghost will be shed forth. Through the development of the late power in the soul, more and more works of wonder are happening. Among them there are some which are very supernatural and miraculous. “We did observe to keep the judgments, and the statues, and the commandments of the Lord in all things. And the Lord was with us; and we did prosper exceedingly; for we did sow seed, and we did reap again in abundance,” reports 2 Nephi 5.10-11. If we move forward in faith, our seeds of greatness will take root. #RandolphHarris 5 of 6

By having faith in God, we can go beyond our barriers and become everything God created us to be, and we will have everything the Lord intended for us to have. “Love the Lord, your God, with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind,” reports Matthew 22.37. Acrid bitterness inevitably seeps into the lives of people who harbor grudges and suppress anger, and bitterness is always a poison. It keeps the pain alive instead of letting one deal with it and get beyond it. Bitterness sentences one to relive the hurt over and over. With the power of the soul anything is possible. Happiness is a choice and an energy we can cultivate on a daily basis. We have to do our best to live in high vibration energy like love, peace, fun and joy—for our own well-being and fulfillment. Although we do not have control over everything we do in life, we still can make choices that are loving and kind. It is important to feel good about our choices, and to make them with the right energy, heart, joy and permission. As we do this, we will practice gratitude, which is incredibly power. By expressing gratitude, we are thankful for what we have and will attract more great things in the future. What seeds of greatness are waiting to take root and flourish in your life? #RandolphHarris 6 of 6

對我們來說，理性地控制我們的慾望並協調我們靈魂的不同部分是非常重要的。這樣做會產生神聖般的內心寧靜狀態，外部世界無法影響。道德生活比不道德生活更受歡迎，主要是因為它會帶來更幸福的生活。就像一個空杯子一樣，無論我們在哪裡找到它們，我們都願意接受知識之水。我們必須相信靈魂的永恆價值，這樣我們才能釋放身體的局限。只要有一個真心尋求探索和理解世界的思想，就有機會擴展一個人的意識，實現一個越來越快樂的心理狀態。幸福是所有人的願望和上帝對我們的期望。聰明人會以正確的方式使用金錢，以使一個人的生活更美好;一個無知的人會浪費錢財，而且收入甚至比之前更糟糕。因此，我們不能說金錢本身會讓人高興。金錢是有條件的好事，只有當它掌握在智者手中時才是好事。同樣的辯論可以重新部署任何外部利益：任何財產，任何品質，甚至好看或能力。例如，一個英俊或美麗的人可能變得虛榮和操縱，從而濫用一個人的身體禮物。同樣，一個聰明的人可能是一個比一個非智能的人更壞的罪犯。幸福不是存在於積累的商品中，也不存在於構成一個人生活成分的項目中，而是存在於賦予其生活方向和焦點的人的代理中。 #RandolphHarris

Duì wǒmen lái shuō, lǐxìng dì kòngzhì wǒmen de yùwàng bìng xiétiáo wǒmen línghún de bùtóng bùfèn shì fēicháng zhòngyào de. Zhèyàng zuò huì chǎnshēng shénshèng bān de nèixīn níngjìng zhuàngtài, wàibùshìjiè wúfǎ yǐngxiǎng. Dàodé shēnghuó bǐ bù dàodé shēnghuó gēng shòu huānyíng, zhǔyào shi yīnwèi tā huì dài lái gèng xìngfú de shēnghuó. Jiù xiàng yīgè kōng bēizi yīyàng, wúlùn wǒmen zài nǎlǐ zhǎodào tāmen, wǒmen dōu yuànyì jiēshòu zhīshì zhī shuǐ. Wǒmen bìxū xiāngxìn línghún de yǒnghéng jiàzhí, zhèyàng wǒmen cáinéng shìfàng shēntǐ de júxiàn. Zhǐyào yǒu yīgè zhēnxīn xúnqiú tànsuǒ hé lǐjiě shìjiè de sīxiǎng, jiù yǒu jīhuì kuòzhǎn yīgèrén de yìshí, shíxiàn yīgè yuè lái yuè kuàilè de xīnlǐ zhuàngtài. Xìngfú shì suǒyǒu rén de yuànwàng hé shàngdì duì wǒmen de qīwàng. Cōngmíng rén huì yǐ zhèngquè de fāngshì shǐyòng jīnqián, yǐ shǐ yīgèrén de shēnghuó gèng měihǎo; yīgè wúzhī de rén huì làngfèi qiáncái, érqiě shōurù shènzhì bǐ zhīqián gèng zāogāo. Yīncǐ, wǒmen bùnéng shuō jīnqián běnshēn huì ràng rén gāoxìng. Jīnqián shì yǒu tiáojiàn de hǎoshì, zhǐyǒu dāng tā zhǎngwò zài zhìzhě shǒu zhòng shí cái shì hǎoshì. Tóngyàng de biànlùn kěyǐ chóngxīn bùshǔ rènhé wàibù lìyì: Rènhé cáichǎn, rènhé pǐnzhí, shènzhì hǎokàn huò nénglì. Lìrú, yīgè yīngjùn huò měilì de rén kěnéng biàn dé xūróng hé cāozòng, cóng’ér lànyòng yīgèrén de shēntǐ lǐwù. Tóngyàng, yīgè cōngmíng de rén kěnéng shì yīgè bǐ yīgè fēi zhìnéng de rén gèng huài de zuìfàn. Xìngfú bù shì cúnzài yú jīlěi de shāngpǐn zhōng, yě bù cúnzài yú gòuchéng yīgèrén shēnghuó chéngfèn de xiàngmù zhōng, ér shì cúnzài yú fùyǔ qí shēnghuó fāngxiàng hé jiāodiǎn de rén de dàilǐ zhōng. #RandolphHarris