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  • #11030
    Vern
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    Excitement

    does not

    augment energy;

    it rather exhausts

    the powers of both

    mind and body

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    #17692
    Vern
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    Today, 1 October is “Do not become discouraged by the discovery you are human. Human nature may tend toward evil but it is not inherently sinful” a suggested match would be:

    Be not downcast by your failure

    wholly to forget some of your

    regrettable experiences

     

    [Paper 156:5.8, page 1739:3]

    #17704
    Vern
    Vern
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    Vern wrote:  Today, 2 October is “make not the mistake of estimating the soul’s worth by the imperfections of the mind or the appetites of the body” a suggested match would be:

    Religion is the exclusively spiritual

    experience of the evolving immortal soul

    of the God-knowing man, but moral power

    and spiritual energy are mighty forces

    which may be utilized in dealing

    with difficult social situations

    and in solving intricate economic problems

     

    [Paper 156:5.10, page 1739:5]

    #17708
    Vern
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    Vern wrote:  Today, 3 October is “Judge not the soul nor evaluate its destiny by the standard of a single unfortunate human episode” a suggested match would be:

    God-knowing individuals

    are not discouraged by misfortune

    or downcast by disappointment.

    Believers are immune to the

    depression consequent upon purely

    material upheavals; spirit livers are

    not perturbed by the episodes of the material world

     

    [Paper 156:5.13, page 1739:8]

    #17709
    Vern
    Vern
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    Vern wrote:  Today, 4 October is “Your spiritual destiny is conditioned only by your spiritual longings and purposes” a suggested match would be:

    Kingdom builders must be

    undoubting of the truth of

    the gospel of eternal salvation

     

    [Paper 156:5.12, page 1739:7]

    #17738
    Vern
    Vern
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    Vern wrote:  Today, 5 October is “You are destined to live a narrow and mean life if you learn to love only those who love you” a suggested match would be:

    Love is never self-seeking,

    and it cannot be self-bestowed

     

    [Paper 156:5.11, page 1739:6]

    #17759
    Vern
    Vern
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    Vern wrote:  Today, 6 October is “Human love may indeed be reciprocal, but divine love is outgoing in all its satisfaction-seeking” a suggested match would be:

    Divine love cannot be self-contained;

    it must be unselfishly bestowed

     

    [Paper 156:5.11, page 1739:6]

    #17781
    Vern
    Vern
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    Vern wrote:  Today, 7 October is “The less of love in any creature’s nature the greater the love need, and the more does divine love seek to satisfy such need” a suggested match would be:

    In the spirit,

    your citizenship is in heaven;

    in the flesh,

    you are still citizens of the earth kingdoms.

    Render to the Caesars the things which are material

    and to God those which are spiritual

     

    [Paper 156:5.16, page 1740:3]

    #17794
    Vern
    Vern
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    Vern wrote:  Today, 8 October is “Spiritual living mightily increases true self-respect. But self-respect is not self-admiration. Self-respect is always co-ordinate with love and service of one’s fellows.” a suggested match would be:

    Love, freely

    receive from both divine

    and human sources regardless of your deserts,

    and love freely in return

     

    [Paper 156:5.19, page 1740:6]

    #17866
    Vern
    Vern
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    Vern wrote:  Today, 9 October is “It is not possible to respect yourself more than you love your neighbour; the one is the measure of the capacity for the other” a suggested match would be:

    Are you becoming increasingly artistic

    in your technique of

    leading hungry souls

    into the spiritual kingdom?

     

    [Paper 156:5.15, page 1740:2]

    #17867
    Vern
    Vern
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    Vern wrote: Today, 10 October is “Are your ideals sufficiently high to ensure your eternal salvation while your ideas are so practical as to render you a useful citizen to function on earth in association with your fellow mortals?” a suggested match would be:

    In the spirit,

    your citizenship is in heaven;

    in the flesh, you are still

    citizens of the earth kingdoms

     

    [Paper 156:5.16, page 1740:3]

    #17868
    Vern
    Vern
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    Vern wrote:  Today, 11 October is “The measure of the spiritual capacity of the evolving soul is your faith in truth and your love for man” a suggested match would be:

    Avoid dishonesty and unfairness

    in all your efforts to

    preach truth and proclaim the gospel

     

    [Paper 156:5.18, page 1740:6]

    #17869
    Vern
    Vern
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    Vern wrote:  Today, 12 October is “Defeat is the true mirror in which you may honestly view your real self” a suggested match would be:

    Difficulty whets the

    ardor of the truth lover,

    while obstacles only challenge

    the exertions of the

    undaunted kingdom builder

     

    [Paper 156:5.21, page 1740:8]

    #17870
    Vern
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    Vern wrote:  Today, 13 October is “As you grow older in years and more experienced in the affairs of the kingdom, are you becoming more tactful in dealing with troublesome mortals and more tolerant in living with stubborn associates?” a suggested match would be:

    If you possess these

    rare and charming gifts,

    as the days pass you

    will become more alert and

    expert in your worthy efforts

    to avoid all unnecessary social misunderstandings

     

    [Paper 156:5.18, page 1740:5]

    #17871
    Vern
    Vern
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    Vern wrote:  Today, 14 October is “Tact is the fulcrum of social leverage, and tolerance is the earmark of a great soul” a suggested match would be:

    Such wise souls are able to avoid

    much of the trouble which is certain

    to be the portion of all who suffer

    from lack of emotional adjustment,

    those who refuse to grow up,

    and those who refuse to grow old gracefully

     

    [Paper 156:5.18, page 1740:5]

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