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Competitors

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A match may be right or may be wrong. It depends on the subject of the race and the methods I follow. If the object is worth it, then I am not striving in vain in my fight. If not, I struggle in vain, I fight in vain and in the end I do not win anything.

Unneeded struggle means labor without profit, without result and not only that. It means a serious waste of time and power that could be used for another more remarkable fight. For this reason, people of living faith are invited every day to clarify both the goal and the methods of their struggles so that they can measure profits or learn from mistakes and damages.

If I consider my competitors as enemies, then I have lost my goal in the first place and my fight not only does not have a good result, but it also hurts me and does me great harm, because I created enemies where they did not exist. The expense of my forces in unnecessary struggles leads to bankruptcy.

The expense of my forces to substantial goals not only helps me, but it also has positive effects on my surroundings.

The Fifth Dimension

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We all understand that the up and down are related to our position on earth. If we move away, if we find ourselves in space, away from earth and our solar system, it is obvious that there is no up and down, because everywhere is the same. The gravity of the earth and the points of the horizon are missing.

And it is strange that in the New Testament, apostle Paul while writing to the faithful people of Ephesus, notes that the duty of the believer is not only to walk properly in everyday life on earth but also to understand the length, width, depth and height, and in addition, to know the love of Christ with one purpose: to fill his inner world and his life in general with the presence of God. Indeed, the phrase he uses does not leave any room for anxious behavior, truncated perceptions.

It clearly states that the goal of increasing power in our inner world is to fill with the presence of God, that is, with every gift, every resource, every virtue, every skill our creator gave us, elements provided not only for our harsh daily routine but also for the future, the near, the distant and the eternal.

Pyrrhic Victory

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The title states that we won a battle but lost a lot. We were victorious but wounded, we became helpless with an uncertain future.

Therefore, the goal is not the battle, the goal is not the victory, but the goal is to win over the problems that prevent me from going forward in my own future, in my free expression and life, but with as little cost as possible, with increase of the wealth I already have and not a reduction in my belongings.

Each fight is aimed at winning, but it must be secured before its undertaking. Post-graduate repentance is not the most advantageous action. Good preparation guarantees the greatest chance of winning. Fear and inaction do not predict victory but defeat. The wrong estimation of my strength entails defeat or, at best, pyrrhic victory.

A proper and calm assessment of my legal rights, of the supplies and the weapons me and my opponent have, including the methods the enemy uses, is the safe condition for avoiding lamentations and losses.

My Strength

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We all know that our forces, physical and mental, are limited. They have size and duration. Both of these factors lead to the conclusion that our forces may not be sufficient for a greater need, but also that they decrease over time;

Physically because age is decisively linked to strength and mentally, because if our inner world is not cultivated, stagnation creates inhibitions and inertia, creates pathogens and ultimately hardness, fatigue, immobility and death.

And while for physical weakness we take all the necessary measures through food and physical exercises when it’s about our mental world, we deny the self-evident. Both knowledge and exercise are a foreign element in our everyday life.

We believe that our ancestral knowledge is sufficient, our grandmother’s practice is satisfactory, a candle lit for the Mother of God is enough, the idea of ​​my faith is enough and overflowing. And we use all this as excuses for our indifference, for refusing to choose the difficult truth from the easy lie.

Thus, we come to inner weakness, inner withering, consciousness mitigation, hypocrisy, greed without limits, and finally we are ready for burial without hope of resurrection.

We started well, we traveled irresponsibly, and we became bodies without hope, weak beings, with a strong body but a deadly inner world.

My strength lies in the knowledge of truth, the application of truth and the avoidance of lies.

Manual

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In the modern life of the 21st century, all the appliances and tools are accompanied by a form, small or large depending on the utensil, and in this form are all the explanations of how it works, how to use it, and also how to avoid any dangers from bad or inappropriate use.

Indeed, it is commonplace that in recent years these instructions are in all the languages ​​of the countries in which these devices are marketed and we all understand that without the instructions for use it is impossible to operate these devices properly. So, while for our practical needs, we use sophisticated devices and spend all the time to learn how to utilize what we bought for our everyday lives, that is not the case with the issues that are related to our future.

We refrain from reading the instructions saved by the first faithful disciples of the resurrected Christ,

we do not attempt to understand these instructions, we do not apply them to get experience and, ultimately, the most important part of our temporary life, namely understanding the principles of life that lead to a continuing and endless life, is neglected with disastrous results.

We choose to walk and, as a rule, we die in the course of thousands of kilometers, while the plane has been discovered, with which in a short time we would arrive rested and secure in our destination.