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[[Morality]] is in [[essence]] just the finding of increasingly better ways to live. So in finding this better, [[happier]], less stressful, freer, and more rewarding life _ you may in [[actuality]], in actualizing this, break societal [[taboos]]. But this [[struggle]] with [[conscience]] is essential to finding actual [[truth]]. The pathway to [[self-realization]] and self-fulfillment also involves finding what for you is immoral.

[[Morality]] is in [[essence]] just the finding of increasingly better ways to live. So in finding this better, [[happier]], less stressful, freer, and more rewarding life _ you may in [[actuality]], in actualizing this, break societal [[taboos]]. But this [[struggle]] with [[conscience]] is essential to finding actual [[truth]]. The pathway to [[self-realization]] and self-fulfillment also involves finding what for you is immoral.

And in this struggle for distinguishing the [[moral]] and the immoral, you will come to find that it [[changes]] for you. [[Actions]] that you were [[comfortable]] with in your [[youth]], you probably are not comfortable with in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_age middle age] because you have come to find finer distinctions than you saw when you were young and your [[pathway]] toward increasing [[morality]] has led you to drop off things by the way. This is the [[process]] of developing [[righteousness]] and you come to [[understand]] that you delight in living a righteous life for its own sake because it gives you [[pleasure]]. One's [[heart]] burns to live in the light of [[truth]] and be carried forward in this light. [[Jesus]] said, "Happy are you though others shall revile you and say all [[manner]] of [[evil]] against you." [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_5] Because you are firm in the [[righteousness]] that burns in your breast, no amount of [[public]] [[censure]] can remove it. So you [[persist]] in your own individual, unique [[righteousness]], even though other's may be calling you immoral for breaking some societal rule. That is how you truly know that you have found it, when you are unmoved by the [[opinions]] of others or [[fear]] of their opinion.

And in this struggle for distinguishing the [[moral]] and the immoral, you will come to find that it [[changes]] for you. [[Actions]] that you were [[comfortable]] with in your [[youth]], you probably are not comfortable with in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_age middle age] because you have come to find finer distinctions than you saw when you were young and your [[pathway]] toward increasing [[morality]] has led you to drop off things by the way. This is the [[process]] of developing [[righteousness]] and you come to [[understand]] that you delight in living a righteous life for its own sake because it gives you [[pleasure]]. One's [[heart]] burns to live in the light of [[truth]] and be carried forward in this light. [[Jesus]] said, "Happy are you though others shall revile you and say all [[manner]] of [[evil]] against you." [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_5] Because you are firm in the [[righteousness]] that burns in your breast, no amount of [[public]] [[censure]] can remove it. So you [[persist]] in your own individual, unique [[righteousness]], even though other's may be calling you immoral for breaking some societal rule. That is how you truly know that you have found it, when you are unmoved by the [[opinions]] of others or [[fear]] of their opinion.

The [[path]] of the [[spirit]] is never long traversed by the [[weak]] of [[heart]]. If you have [[courage]], then [[the Father]] requires all your [[courage]]. If you have [[faithfulness]], then the Father requires all your faithfulness. It is impossible to be truly [[devoted]] to the spiritual life and be half-hearted or [[cowardly]] about it. The world is full of men who follow men, but there are very few men who follow [[God]]. That is all for tonight's lesson, I will answer your questions now.

The [[path]] of the [[spirit]] is never long traversed by the [[weak]] of [[heart]]. If you have [[courage]], then [[the Father]] requires all your [[courage]]. If you have [[faithfulness]], then the Father requires all your faithfulness. It is impossible to be truly [[devoted]] to the spiritual life and be half-hearted or [[cowardly]] about it. The world is full of men who follow men, but there are very few men who follow [[God]]. That is all for tonight's lesson, I will answer your questions now.