Website owner: James Miller
- if you are unhappy or confused it means something is wrong of
a spiritual nature
- the first prerequisite to happiness is respect for yourself.
In order to respect yourself it is necessary to merit
respect. To merit it you have to live by principle and be
honest and upright.
- your priorities must be right. You must put spiritual things
first. Your first and most important job is to know what
is important and unimportant in life. You must come to
know what gives happiness in life and what does not. You
must come to know yourself, your own soul, and what gives
it true and lasting pleasure and happiness and what does
not. And when you do come to know yourself you will
realize that what gives true and lasting happiness is right
living and goodness. And you will realize that things such
as fame, power, social position, wealth, etc. do not bring
happiness. That these things, although they may not be
evil in themselves and may not bring unhappiness do not
bring happiness; and if pursued with the idea that they
will bring happiness will only prove to be disappointing
illusions and mirages.
Oct 1981
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