Albert Einstein

Understanding Spiritual Understanding

by | Aug 10, 2016 |

The first idea to understand about spiritual understanding is that no one ever attains it without first striving for it. As Charles Fillmore emphasizes in The Twelve Powers, each of our creative faculties of mind is a potential power. The development of these powers to their fullest expression is not an automatic process, nor is it even guaranteed. In short, if we don't look for it, we will never find it. If we do not ask for it, we will not receive it.In the Hebrew scriptures, we learn that...

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How Does Your Light Shine? – (Part II of II)

by | Sep 9, 2011 | ,

So, how does your light shine?From a scientific perspective, light is energy. Light travels at approximately 186,000 miles per second. Einstein's theory of relativity, which I do not even pretend to understand, simply states that "energy equals mass times the speed of light squared." It is a challenge for the human mind to wrap itself around a speed of 186,000 miles per second, much less the implications. To the human mind grounded in a physical material world, that kind of speed seems...

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If Peace Were Dollars

by | Apr 22, 2011 | ,

For the entirety of my life as an American, I have heard the adage, "War is good for the economy!" You've probably heard it too. In fact, the idea itself has become so finely woven into the fabric of the collective American psyche that we have all but ceased examining if it is actually true. Is war good for an economy?The idea itself really began taking hold in the American consciousness during World War II. Previously in the grips of the Great Depression, Americans began to be thankful for...

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