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Introduction

The writing of this book has come after many years of contemplation, seeking harmony and understanding in my personal world, and attempting to reconcile the inexplicable with the possible.

Chapter 1

Without our spiritual voice as a guide, humans assign meaning to the temporal world, naming tangibles as our goal, such as money and authority over others. Separateness ensues in a desire to be “better,” “wealthier,” “worth more.” A worth-centered consciousness, grounded in acquisition as a value, isolates us from each other because we wish to set ourselves above the other, to “top” him or her. Then, we are no longer the unified human family which God intended for us to be; we are but small microcosms of self-possession. We hanker after embellishments which we define as “happiness,” but which are illusory trajectories leading to an endless cycle of possession, without wishing to understand God, joy’s ideal receptacle. The latter path leads to true worth and liberates the human will.

Chapter 8

Coming into alignment with God’s law occurs when we accept responsibility for our mistakes, learn from our transgressions, and direct our freewill to constructive, proactive nurturing of heart-purification. We do so not by trying to justify wrong action or inaction with religious practice, for then we merely offer an excuse for iniquity, instead of assuming ownership of our actions and rectifying them. God endowed humankind with the ability to discern and gain wisdom from error and, once we tap our highest capacity, our ability to reason, we come into compliance not only with temporal law but, also, we commune with how we were meant to be: a product of divinity.
“You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.”
__Max Ehrmann, Desiderata

Chapter 15

When one testifies to God, one agrees to act as His agent for good. Such individual has an elevated perception and can acknowledge the importance of attending to the disenfranchised, the downtrodden, the suffering. From a paradigm of good works, one lives a joy-and love-filled life, enlarging the realm of human existence one heartbeat at a time.

Chapter 28

Life is a canvas and everyone paints with a unique brush. No stroke is too small or too large, no color too vivid or dull. Each production, every life encompasses a wonderful admixture of possibilities, with infinite potential for enrichment.

 

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