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Beyond [[attitude]], on an even deeper level that so many shy away from contemplating, you get down to the definition of a [[human being]] as a [[creature]] of [[will]] [[dignity]].  We’ve been careful to point out that for each particular [[individual]] their will power, their power of [[choice]], is only [[potential]].  It also takes [[creative]] [[imagination]] on the part of your [[spirit]] to create the alternatives that gives you some choice to begin with.  It’s something no [[animal]] is capable of since they haven’t a genuine [[unique]] [[personality]] endowed with [[Thought Adjuster|spirit by their Creator]].
 
Beyond [[attitude]], on an even deeper level that so many shy away from contemplating, you get down to the definition of a [[human being]] as a [[creature]] of [[will]] [[dignity]].  We’ve been careful to point out that for each particular [[individual]] their will power, their power of [[choice]], is only [[potential]].  It also takes [[creative]] [[imagination]] on the part of your [[spirit]] to create the alternatives that gives you some choice to begin with.  It’s something no [[animal]] is capable of since they haven’t a genuine [[unique]] [[personality]] endowed with [[Thought Adjuster|spirit by their Creator]].
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But once the [[choices]] are there, my [[children]], you’ve all experienced the [[difficulty]] of following what you know to be right, in this case what would be most [[healthy]]. There are a thousand and one unhealthy temptations on all sides of you that offer substitutes for that [[essential]] [[will]] [[power]].  Consider for a [[moment]] all of your non-prescription [[drugs]] that have delighted and teased and enchanted [[humanity]] for so long now.  In this modern age, looking at the world-wide situation, you could say that the two most popular are [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine caffeine] and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine nicotine]--caffeine in all the tea and coffee drinks, nicotine in all the tobacco products.  You rightfully call them stimulants.  These are substances you take into your [[body]] that seem to make it easier to get into physical effort, to get up and get going in the morning and throughout the day.  Probably the next two most popular stimulants are [[http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol alcohol] and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis cannabis], though each is proscribed or illegal in certain [[cultures]].
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But once the [[choices]] are there, my [[children]], you’ve all experienced the [[difficulty]] of following what you know to be right, in this case what would be most [[healthy]]. There are a thousand and one unhealthy temptations on all sides of you that offer substitutes for that [[essential]] [[will]] [[power]].  Consider for a [[moment]] all of your non-prescription [[drugs]] that have delighted and teased and enchanted [[humanity]] for so long now.  In this modern age, looking at the world-wide situation, you could say that the two most popular are [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine caffeine] and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine nicotine]--caffeine in all the tea and coffee drinks, nicotine in all the tobacco products.  You rightfully call them stimulants.  These are substances you take into your [[body]] that seem to make it easier to get into physical effort, to get up and get going in the morning and throughout the day.  Probably the next two most popular stimulants are [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol alcohol] and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis cannabis], though each is proscribed or illegal in certain [[cultures]].
    
===='''''[[Drugs]]''''', '''''[[Free will]]'''''====
 
===='''''[[Drugs]]''''', '''''[[Free will]]'''''====

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