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Will the world come to an end?

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                                                                                                                                                                  It is a bright Saturday Morning, 21 st , July 2040. My teenage son, Cody walks to me and asks, โ€œMummy, will this world end? If yes, what shall be the sign of the end of the world?โ€ Before I opened my mouth to say a word, he chipped in again, โ€œWell, before you talk, I already know that the scriptures are written in correspondences. Every literal word means something spiritually, but my friends and I were discussing Matthew 24, rela...

Why I do the things I do

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We like to think of ourselves in ways which are socially acceptable. However, we are betrayed by our actions from time to time. Many often therefore shy from the responsibility of assessing their actions, lest their true colors be exposed. But hiding from your true colors does not make you any less than you are. Nothing happens by chance. Everything is caused, and every cause is driven by a motive. Our actions therefore do not spring from a vacuum. They are products of our core (interior) being. Our interior being is primarily made up of our loves/desires/affections. This is usually referred to as the heart of man. Our desires inform us on what is good. Thus, they inform our choices and therefore constitute our ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น. Our desires manifest as our thoughts, thereby forming our understanding. Our thoughts /understanding inform us on what is true. Thus, the spirit behind manโ€™s actions has two faculties: the ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น (what we consider to be good) and the ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด (what ...