Spiritual Awareness
As spiritual beings, we are above the pushings and pullings of this world. Thus, the more we become spiritually aware, the more self-disciplined we naturally become.
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Self-Discipline is Foundational
If you want to utilize everything you have learned, self-discipline is the key. It is foundational to a good spiritual practice. Having sufficient self-control enables you to align your intentions with your actions. Without self-discipline, all your good intentions may be of no consequence.
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Take Control
We are meant to take control of the direction of our lives. If we are just stimulus and response creatures, then this means there is no free will in the universe, and thus no one can be responsible for their actions. If this were true, there would be no value in sacred texts because we […]
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We Always Have Choices
We are all endowed with free will. Therefore, we always have the power to think and behave differently, and thus create better outcomes.
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Discipline Yourself
If we don’t discipline ourselves, the world will do it for us, and it will do so in its own way.
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Self-Control is Real Freedom
If we lack the willpower to do what we know we should do, and if we thus fail to take control over our own emotions and life, we will be left with a life devoid of our ideals. Thus, self-control is real freedom.
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Real Power
Real power does not mean you control others; it is controlling yourself. Your greatest victory is to conquer your mind and senses.
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Conquer Yourself
Lack of self-control, the inability to manage oneself, is the cause of more problems in life, both material and spiritual, than any other weakness. Until we conquer ourselves, we will conquer little else.
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Choosing to Act
Others’ behavior does not cause us to act in any particular way without our willing choice to do so.
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Where We Are At
We are where we put ourselves. We can make-believe otherwise, but that belief doesn’t make things better.
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What’s Inside of You?
Nothing can cause you to become angry if there is no anger within you. People are bringing out what’s inside of you.
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What Controls You?
Attraction and repulsion will control your life if you don’t. Think about it. Are we not often pushed and pulled around by what either attracts or disgusts us, even when we try to resist such forces?
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Don’t Be Owned
Detachment means we should not be owned by what we own, or controlled by life’s situations. Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you react.
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When He Wills It
You have complete freedom to desire and to believe but not complete freedom to fulfill your desires alone. God listens to your desires and he sees your endeavor to fulfill them; only when He wills does it become reality.
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