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This is an incredible start to the to this first Pillar of Prosperity! James Allen shares with us why Energy is important in all aspects of life, in virtue, and also why it is important to just use! Energy is vital to any achievements, accomplishments, or forward motion - and all of these are essential to those aspiring to Prosperity!

Allen goes on to tell us about why moral principles are the truest sign of success. We discuss the comparison between moral growth and immoral destruction. Allen makes the case that moral growth and the practice of these Pillars are the key to continued success and that the potential is available to all of us, we just have to make a decision.

We are starting the newest series today, and it is the book The Eight Pillars of Prosperity by James Allen, one of my FAVORITE authors! This first episode is starting off incredible strong, and making the case that true, enduring, and steady Prosperity is only possible with a foundation of moral principle!

After reading Henry Drummond's book "The Greatest Thing in the World", I decided to accept his challenge and do the readings he suggested at the end of the book. This episodes includes my realizations and thoughts from reading 1st Corinthians 13 every day for a week. I will continue the challenge and hope everyone takes this challenge on themselves!

We finish the book "The Greatest Thing in the World" by Henry Drummond today! A call to action, a reminder of what we are doing, and a reminder of what matters in the end. Love is the Greatest Thing in the World, and Drummond has made a solid case for that Truth!

What is the purpose of life? A question asked my many, and gets met with an overwhelming variety of answers. Well, Drummond sums it up for us very clearly, and directly. To Live is to Love, and to Love is to Live. Anything in the place of love, will never be enough!

Why should we orient ourselves around love? Why is it that nothing else will be an acceptable replacement for where love is supposed to be? We explore that in this reason and how the mis-prioritization of worldly things is sinful, rather than the world things themselves. This is a refreshing section that really allows for a reorientation to what is most important in life.

We begin the last section of the book "The Greatest Thing in the World" titled The Defense! We start off incredible strong talking about why Love is the most important thing in the world!

We have talked about what love looks like, when to practice love, and who to practice love with. Now, how do we find a loving heart? How do we make it more than actions? Where does that actually start? Well, thankfully, Drummond has an answer for us!

We have finished the analysis of all of the virtues Henry Drummond summarized from Paul's letter to the Corinthians. Drummond tells us what we are now to do with these virtues and how we should be practicing them. Turns out it is everywhere and with everyone!

Authenticity, Genuineness, Integrity - all aspects of Sincerity that we need to practice when we are practicing a loving heart! Without sincerity, there can be now knowledge of Truth, and without that we do not grow!

"Thinketh no Evil" is the verse that Drummond turns into the Virtue Guilelessness! A loving perspective to bring to all of our interactions and to believe in people that do not believe in themselves can bring so much hope to this world!

A revealing take on the importance of being Good Tempered in our life! It is one that can counteract any other acts of good you may do, so it one to take responsibility for! Check out the 7th Virtue of Love that Drummond expands for us!

Unselfishness! Something that comes up regularly on this channel and that needs to be practiced in all that we do! Unselfishness is an aspect of love that we need to continue to move toward in all areas of our lives, as individuals, and as communities, and in society.

A discussion about a virtue seemly lost to us in our modern days. The idea of Courtesy, or politeness, has been deemed not needed these days when really, it is what we need most of today. Courtesy is what helps us more forward together with love in our hearts!

Humility, the mother of all character qualities! In this episode we are discussing the 4th principle of love from Henry Drummond's lecture titled "The Greatest Thing in the World!" Join us as we continue to explore the rest of the principles, and how to practice them in our daily lives, to truly live a life of Love!

Today we are talking about a true practice of generosity in all areas of our lives, and it means more than you may initially think! We talk about the principle behind it, and how it applies in all interactions and competitions we find ourselves in!

Kindness, this is the second Virtue of the Nine that we are going talking about that make up a practice of Love! Kindness, or Love Active, as Drummond defines it, is something that we can all be conscious to practice more of in our daily actions!

This is the first Virtue of the 9 that Paul refers to! Patience is Love Passive, and one of the most difficult ways to practice love, especially today. Why must we wait, and why should we allow things to play out the way they do? Because that is the only way true help can be received!

This is the introduction to the second section of Henry Drummond's "The Greatest Thing in the World"! We get to here about the principles and virtues that Drummond categorizes Paul's words into! An exciting start to some lovely topics! Lets explore the Greatest Thing in the World!

This is the second half of the first chapter called "The Contrast" in Henry Drummond's book, The Greatest Thing in the World! We do a deep dive into loveless charity and how it can be done selfishly, which is why Love is greater. Then we explore sacrifice and martyrdom, and how those things done without Love, will have no benefit!

This is the first half of the first chapter called "The Contrast" In Henry Drummonds book, The Greatest Thing in the World! We talk about why Drummond agrees with Paul in contrast to so many other powerful things! A fantastic reading and a great start to understanding why Love is the greatest thing in the world!

This is the next series we will be doing, and it is doing to be digging into Henry Drummond's book "The Greatest Thing in the World", which is about 1 Corinthians, Chapter 13. We read the bible chapter, and then Drummonds words about why it is important that we recognize the importance of this bold statement "and the greatest of these is Love."

This is the last video in this series of "First Steps in the Higher Life" by James Allen! A fantastic way to end this set of steps and some expectations of what is to come next for those who practice these steps. Many promises, and understandings that James Allen gives us here at the end.

The last step in the Discipline of Inclination and the last step that James Allen gives us in the chapter First Steps in the Higher Life from the book Out From the Heart! Unlimited Forgiveness to all people, for all things, at all times! A steep order for many today, but we need to let the resentments and sense of injury we take go! That is the only way to continue to grow!

We are on Step 9 from James Allen's First Steps in the Higher Life! We are discussing Unswerving Rectitude! Dedication to a life of Integrity, Honesty, and Truth in an integral and vital part of our Spiritual journeys. Do not forget that everything matters, and practice - practice - practice!

This is the first step in the last lesson that James Allen gives us! These are Virtues to practice and the first is Unselfish Performance of Duty! Of ALL Duty! Invite our duty in as a responsibility to be perform instead of a burden to endure!

This is the final step in the second lesson James Allen gives us in the book Out From the Heart! The Disciplines of the Tongue have been eye opening and this one is one that is crucial to moving forward. To change from arguing for the sake of argument to purposeful and good faith disagreement in the pursuit of Truth is the direction we need to take!

We are at James Allen's 6th step overall but his 4th in the Discipline of our Speech! We talked about Levity and Irreverent Speech and their importance when we are pursuing a Virtuous and Truthful life! This lets us be better friends, better company, and have better conversation!

Step 5 is about that desire we get to be mean and insulting towards one another! It is never an appropriate to be calling names and to be malicious with our words, and try to evoke a negative emotions from others. Our speech should ALWAYS be Useful, Necessary, Pure, and True!

Gossip and Idle Conversation are the topic of the next step in James Allen's path to a Higher Life and Spiritual Growth! This is a staple of todays entertainment and has become the common style of conversation we have with people from day to day. Take a listen and find out how we should carry ourselves, and our words!

We are now talking about the Vices of Tongue and the Discipline of Speech! The 3rd step suggested by Allen is to address the vicious practice of Slander! It fosters a selfish, insincere, cruel, and untrustworthy heart and character and essential to remove to make Spiritual progress!

This is step 2 and the last step of the discipline of the body in James Allen's book, Out From The Heart! This step goes into a problem much of the western world still struggles with and the gluttonous behaviors behind it! Lets fix this relationship we have with food!

This is the first of the 10 Steps given by James Allen, and the first in the disciplines of the body, titled Indolence. We discuss why it is important and how it manifests in the body and what we need to do about it and the direction we need to take!

This is the first reading from the 5th chapter of the book Out From The Heart by James Allen! The chapter is called First Steps in the Higher Life, and it is going to give us some clear instructions on how to pursue a Spiritual way of living, and tells us where the problem originates! Lets get started on this next adventure together!

This is the final reading from the chapter Absolute Love from the book What is the Oxford Group? written by a laymen with a pen. A simply fantastic way to end this section and chapter and brings in the importance of seeing with eyes of Absolute Love and the Peace the comes from a heart filled with Absolute Love. Don't miss the introduction to the next book at the end!

Is Absolute Love a practice and way of life that can work on the world stage? Absolutely! We talk about why it does and why it is the only true way to make progress and have a good a loving world!

It is our responsibility to bring into this world Absolute Love! And to do it even when it is inconvenient, and the world might not know how to handle it! Because if we don't, what else is going to happen?

The fifth installment of Absolute Love and we are talking about some big picture topics in this one that are extremely relevant for todays world! Prison systems to homelessness to social programs. Absolute Love is the solution!

Functioning from Absolute Love is the key to personal growth, but also it is key for growth as a household, a community, and a country! We have to make sure we are facing our problems honestly, and taking action from a place of Absolute Love. Stop avoiding our problems and stop blaming to world!

Here we go with the third reading from Absolute Love from What is the Oxford Group?! A phenomenal reading about really asking ourselves why we are taking the actions we are taking, is it for self-serving and selfish reasons? or is it because it is the right thing to do regardless of return? Questions we should be asking ourselves daily.

This is Part 2 of the chapter Absolute Love from What is the Oxford Group? text! We talked about humility and acknowledging and seeing the best in ourselves and using that to help others, and the necessity it is to continue to practice this to share with each other this principle of Absolute Love!

We start the 4th Absolute today from What is the Oxford Group! The last and the most important absolute is Absolute Love! This chapter is packed with timeless wisdom of transformation and having an experience with Absolute Love in our lives, and why it is the Absolute that molds all others!

We dig into Jealousy, Envy, Pride, and all forms of Selfishness in this second half. Accompanied by an ominous warning of idolizing our identity! We talk about the things that we have placed above our higher power and worshipping the wrong things!

On to the 3rd Absolute in the book "What is the Oxford Group?' by the Layman with a Notebook! Absolute Unselfishness is a principle that I have found to been a keystone of my spiritual journey through my selfish, self-centered, and self-seeking ways! Giving from the heart is the only way this works!

The second part of Absolute Purity from the book What is the Oxford Group? We go into what where impurity has started to take hold 100 years ago, and how it has progressed to today as well! Also, some words on how to pursue this principle today in the midst of so much temptation.

We touch on the second Absolute of the Oxford Group, Absolute Purity! This one definitely is a hot topic to many people! Purity of thought and body are not enough, it is Purity of Conduct in all areas of our lives that is required!

Bringing in Absolute Honesty into Business and Religion! We finish up the reading from What is the Oxford Group? and Absolute Honesty! We discuss some great questions to ask ourselves the chapter brings up!

Absolutely Honesty! The first absolute in the book What is the Oxford group, and this first half is packed with insights about this practice! Absolute Honesty in all our affairs means honesty with ourselves and this does not mean brutal honesty, we have to use kindliness and commonsense. Honesty should be spiritually constructive!

What is the Oxford Group? is the book we are reading next! This is the introduction to the Four Absolutes of the Oxford Group, and we also dive into the origin of them from Robert Speers book The Principles of Jesus. Get excited to hear about Absolute Honesty, Absolute Purity, Absolute Unselfishness, and, of course, Absolute Love!