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Before Speaking, Consult Your Inner-truth Barometer, And Resist The Temptation To Tell People Only What They Want To Hear.

You Will Find It Easier To Accept Contrary Views, Knowing That You Are Not Defined By Anything Or Anyone External To Yourself.

The Biggest Questions That Always Have Perplexed Me Are "where Do I Come From?" And "where Am I Going?"

We Can Sit Here And Talk About All The Negativity, Which We've Done A Little Bit, But For Every Act Of Evil In The World, There Are A Million Acts Of Kindness. Basically, Our Nature Is To Love Each Other And Care About Each Other, And Most Of Us Do That. Most Of Us Have No Quarrel With Anybody Who's Living On Another Side Of The Planet And Who Might Have A Different Religious Persuasion. It's Just These Small Minorities To The Far Right And The Far Left Who Get All Of The News Time And Print Space.

When I Was A Kid At 16, Sneaking Into A Burlesque Theater In Downtown Detroit Was A Big Thrill. Today, In Every Hotel Room In America, You Can Turn On The Television And See Hardcore Pornography. So The Shifts Can Go Both Ways, And It's Incumbent On Us As Leaders Of The Spiritual Community To Get As Many People As Possible To Really Begin To Think In God-realized Ways.