Only a kind, wise, and perfectly poised person is in a position to tell others their faults. According to the law of cause and effect, if you judge others with kindness, you in return will receive the same treatment from the principle of Truth, which secretly governs all life. If you judge others unkindly, you will attract adverse criticism from … Read More
Is Astrology Spiritual?
Astrology is a very deep subject, but most people consider it to be a kind of superstitious guide to material progress. If you use astrology only for guidance in material matters, you will be doing its teachings an injustice. Astrology is the mathematics of your life, the mathematics of your past actions. The relation of the stars to the human … Read More
Does True Friendship Exist?
Friendship is the universal spiritual attraction which unites souls in bonds of divine love. If you open the door to the magnetic power of friendship, souls of like vibrations will be attracted to you. Friendship is a manifestation of God’s love for you, expressed through your friends, who constitute the richest possessions a human being can have. Friendship is the … Read More
How Can I Make Success Out of Failure?
Whatever your position in life, it is you who put yourself there. Whatever you made yourself in the distant or near past, that is what you are now. God never punishes or rewards you, for He has given you the power to punish or reward yourself by the use or misuse of your own reason and will. It is you … Read More
Are Scriptures True?
The followers of every religious belief claim their scriptures to be of divine origin, but how are you going to find out which scriptures actually represent truth? The number of followers is not proof. Nor can belief in the Christian Bible or the Hindu Vedas establish the immutable, universal nature of the principles they espouse. You can, of course, find in the Bible and the Vedas moral … Read More
Is Adultery Forgivable?
“Neither do I condemn thee; go and sin no more.” By the words, “neither do I condemn thee,” said by Jesus to a woman who had committed adultery, he is saying that it’s appropriate to hate the sin but not the sinner. By “go and sin no more,” Jesus is saying that when old sex habits are eradicated by self-control … Read More
Is Life Real or a Dream?
The changes of life and death are nothing but a series of motion pictures. No matter what your circumstances may be, always remember that you are only playing a part. You must realize that you are a divine traveler, and are only here for a little while. Since God has given us will power and consciousness, He expects us to … Read More
Can I Overcome My Karma?
If all the windows of a room have been closed and the light shut out for a hundred years, and then, one day, suddenly the light is allowed to enter, there will no longer be any darkness, of course. Obviously, therefore, we cannot say that it will take one hundred years to bring light into the room just because the … Read More
Why Doesn’t God Stop Wars?
The nations of the world create war or desist from it, according to their understanding and the quality of their civilizations. War among nations shows that civilization is imperfect and that various nations are misusing their free choice by using brute force to solve problems, instead of parliaments of mutual discussion. Since God, as the Creator of the universe, has … Read More
Should I Be Patriotic?
If patriotic selfishness goes against international well-being, it must be sacrificed. Out of the great European conflict* will come the understanding that it is only by love that we can truly co-exist, for God is love, and we are made in God’s image. If we desecrate that image, we are going to suffer. We must not only love all nations, … Read More
