Work

Sublime work entails striving towards the perfection of god

June 22nd 2023

Human beings receive instruction for all kinds of activities, but they are never taught what true work is. True work is to strive towards the perfection of the Lord. We have been given all the means to achieve this: a will, heart, intellect, soul and spirit. Unfortunately, humans are capable of making use of everything nature has given them – their eyes, mouth, hands, feet and sexual organs – to engage in madness and self-destruction, but when it comes to doing sublime work, they just sit there and do nothing. From now on, we must mobilize everything that nature has given us in the way of organs and faculties to achieve perfection and to become, at last, true sons and daughters of God.*

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