As we increase our skills in any endeavor, we’re typically handed more challenges. This is true in leadership: You succeed and your manager gives you additional opportunities and challenges. You perform well in sports and you may draw a more…
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Posted in 7th Mansions - Chapter 4
Posted in 7th Mansions - Chapter 4
Prayer of Recollection: Part Four
It is a form of recollection that also seems to me supernatural for it does not involve remaining in the dark, or closing the eyes, nor is it dependent upon anything exterior. A person involuntarily closes his eyes and desires…
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Posted in 4th Mansions - Chapter 3
Posted in 4th Mansions - Chapter 3
Getting Your Hammer Back
What hope can we have of being able to rest in other people’s homes if we cannot rest in our own? For none of our friends and relatives are as near to us as our faculties, with which we have always…
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Posted in 2nd Mansions
Posted in 2nd Mansions
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