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We learn from our experiences in this world, and we often learn most effectively from the negative experiences. It's not necessary, but sometimes when things are going well, we tend to get a little complacent and a little sluggish in our approach to life. Then something comes in that upsets us, that shakes us up, and we may stop taking things for granted and move into greater discipline and control -- and lift even higher than before. The force of the earth is primarily negative, and the force of the Divine is positive. Ultimately, the positive force will prevail, but you must learn what the divine laws are and how to apply them if they are to be effective for you here and now, in the physical world.

An attitude of gratitude is another key to being in harmony with the formlessness of infinite supply. When you can honestly and truly thank God for what you have, for all your experiences, for all the people in your life, and for all your expressions, the sense of gratitude goes very deep. In that depth, you are open to infinite supply.

In order to communicate you must first accept yourself as you are and as good enough just as you are. Every human being -- every person alive -- is truly a valuable, worthwhile being. It would be to your benefit to remind yourself of that, particularly during emotional times when the information you are communicating may be colored by your conditioned needs. Remind yourself that the person to whom you are talking is a valuable, worthwhile human being -- even if they aren't behaving the way you might wish. Because people often place things in the way of communication, it would be valuable for you to take the time and make the effort to create an environment that permits any level of communication from others.

Keep enthusiasm present in all your activities.

We can always learn from any experience because every experience has value for our knowledge and wisdom. Every experience increases us. Every experience is a blessing.

We can learn how to live as the true self -- how to exist at the calm center of creation, instead of in the ego-personality. Habitually, we live on the periphery, buffeted this way and that by someone else's opinion of us or by comparing ourselves with others and coming up short. We may be so anxious to get to our Soul center that we try to take a shortcut through another person's personality, adopting their laugh, their smile, their walk, their ideas until we're totally lost. When we start to wonder, "Who am I?" it's time to turn to the silence within. In that silence, we listen.

One of the most basic teachings of MSIA is to take care of your 10-percent level responsibly, and money is part of the 10-percent level. It would probably not work to just say, "Well, I'm giving it all up to God," and then do nothing. If a person wants a car, they have to go to the car lot to get it. You have to do your part.

After you've completed the pathway you're on, and you see no more Light ahead of you, stop and go within. Recharge the battery. Spiritual exercises and meditation will point you back to the stability of the spiritual life.

You cannot climb the ladder if you ignore some of the rungs. You have to climb and experience every single one of them. Those you avoid become your stopping places, your places of contraction. You cannot go on until you have the courage to step on each rung and, by loving it, lift yourself up.

When we are knocked down by life's storms and we get back up again, we are exercising our divinity. When we choose to love rather than judge, we are exercising our divinity. When we withhold the blow rather than needlessly strike out, we are exercising our divinity. Our divinity therefore is demonstrated in our ordinary moment-to-moment choices.