Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2

Section 10—Mental Health Chapter 46—Human Relations (Part 4) Understanding Humanity—He who seeks to transform humanity must himself understand humanity. Only through sympathy, faith, and love can men be reached and uplifted. Here Christ stands revealed as the Master Teacher; of all that ever dwelt on the earth, He alone has perfect understanding of the humanContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2”

Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2

Section 10—Mental Health Chapter 46—Human Relations (Part 3) Reformers, Not Bigots—The one object to be kept before the mind is that you are reformers and not bigots. In dealing with unbelievers, do not show a contemptible spirit of littleness, for if you stop to haggle over a small sum, you will, in the end, loseContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2”

Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2

Section 10—Mental Health Chapter 46—Human Relations (Part 2) Surrounded With Atmosphere of Faith—It is of the greatest importance to us that we surround the soul with the atmosphere of faith. Every day we are deciding our own eternal destiny in harmony with the atmosphere that surrounds the soul. We are individually accountable for the influence thatContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2”

Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2

Section 10—Mental Health Chapter 46—Human Relations (Part 1) [See chapter 68, “Social Relationships.”] The Law of Mutual Dependence—We are all woven together in the great web of humanity, and whatever we can do to benefit and uplift others will reflect in blessing upon ourselves. The law of mutual dependence runs through all classes of society.—PatriarchsContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2”

Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2

Section 10—Mental Health Chapter 45—Individuality (Part 3) Individual Measurement—No man can grow up to the full stature of a man for another. Each must reach his own individual measurement for himself. Each is to grow up under God’s supervision.—Manuscript 116, 1898.  No Other Human Being Fully Shares Inner Life—Viewed from its human side, life isContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2”

Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2

Section 10—Mental Health Chapter 45—Individuality (Part 2) Consecration Beautifies Individuality—A life consecrated to the service of God will be developed and beautified in its individuality. No person can sink his individuality in that of another, but we are all, as individuals, to be grafted into the one parent stock, and there is to be unityContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2”

Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2

Section 10—Mental Health Chapter 44—Laws Governing the Mind (Part 2) By Beholding We Become Changed—It is a law both of the intellectual and the spiritual nature that by beholding we become changed. The mind gradually adapts itself to the subjects upon which it is allowed to dwell. It becomes assimilated to that which it isContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2”