Mind Power

Peace for Mankind

People do not ... grasp the fact that they alone are responsible for their fate, that they are the only ones who can bring about a just and lasting peace ...  instead of the profits of war.

 

Peace is one of the most important elements in the world today and one that all mankind should seek and truly are seeking. The reason it is not in evidence many places in the world is also quite apparent. It is due to the greed, selfishness, self-centeredness and kindred emotions held by the people of the world; yes, held onto in spite of all the knowledge that it is the salvation of the world.

People do not and will not grasp the fact that they alone are responsible for their fate, that they are the only ones who can bring about a just and lasting peace if they truly and unselfishly desire it instead of the profits of war. 

It is a deplorable fact that men can and do profit from the agony of others who become involved in war because of the greed and power desired by the men who are empowered to run some of the countries of the world.

Peace commences first in the minds and hearts of all mankind, and we must become more tolerant, more kindly towards those who have less of the world’s goods, who are perhaps also of another race or creed and who do not think or act as we do for their backgrounds differ tremendously.  

Can we not then overcome these negative conditions and through our better selves learn and negotiate with those who so desperately need assistance?  All must do so eventually, but suffering will come unless they [the greedy, the selfish] change their ways.

Guideposts for Moderation

 

The guideposts are there and should be followed, but somehow we’d rather follow our own inclination, however false.

 

There are guideposts along the way of life for all to see and to follow if they are wise. Unfortunately few are wise and therefore these guideposts go unrecognized.

Have you seen any lately? If not, why not? Perhaps you have seen them but have thought, well just this once perhaps I’ll not follow and maybe it will be all right.  

Our health is good or bad because we see or do not see these guideposts along life’s way, and this is also true of our life in general. Everything in moderation is a guide that should be utilized, but often is ignored because our false appetite has grown so that it intrudes, and we feel we must satisfy it whether or not the food is needed, and so it is throughout. Once we have filled our needs that should be the end of it, but the weakness grows and becomes insatiable and we are victims of excess in whatever it is we are doing. 

The guideposts are there and should be followed, but somehow we’d rather follow our own inclination, however false. It is not always easy this reading of the signs and then abiding by them. No, it takes a certain amount of desire plus the will to accomplish and to be firm with self. Not easy, but it is the only way to keep from error.  

Follow your guideposts to victory over self.

Resolve

 

We gain strength of character by keeping to our resolves and gain in health and strength of body and mind.  

 

In whatever we set out to do if we are in earnest and really try hard to gain our objective, we are helped by those in Spirit who know conditions even better than those on the earth plane.  

We here in Spirit can see the real thoughts of those we contact and thereby know the motives and ideas entertained by those on your plane of life. We try, of course, to help all, but some are not really trying, they only go through the motions and have no true thought of going through [with] many of the things they attempt.   

How short-sighted and foolish are these people, for in truth they cheat themselves and no one else, unless that other person is in some way injured by the out-working of some scheme or other. Often people will think one relapse will not hurt, just one little drink, or one little piece of candy, but it is the start of the downfall for seldom does one then keep to the rule he has laid down for himself.

It is so easy to break the rules and so hard to keep firmly on the right track, but the end result is worth all the hardship and struggle and nothing ventured is ever truly wasted.

We gain strength of character by keeping to our resolves and gain in health and strength of body and mind. So keep your promises to yourself and work hard at them and all will be easier than you imagine.