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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, “Mummy, will this world end? If yes, what shall be the sign of the end of the world?” Before I opened my mouth to say a word, he chipped in again, “Well, 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, relating it to scientific principles. We got stuck at a point. Can you please help me out here?” I smiled, feeling happy and thankful to God for how far He has brought us. My husband, Daniel and I, raised Cody to perceive things from the spiritual point of view always – to will, understand and act from principles all the time. We also raised him to ask questions freely whenever he got confused. Unlike u

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 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹. Our desires manifest as our thoughts, thereby forming our understanding. Our thoughts /understanding inform us on what is true. Thus, the spirit behind man’s actions has two faculties: the 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 (what we consider to be good) and the 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 (what