Self-Development and the Way to Power: Stop Making Excuses And Start Taking Control Of Your Life! - Softcover

Rogers, L. W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1497494729 ISBN 13: 9781497494725

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

“The time will come with each human being when he will step out of the great throng that drifts with the tide and enter upon the course of conscious evolution, assisting nature instead of ignoring her beneficent plan; and since it is but a question of time, the sooner a beginning is made the better, for the sooner will suffering cease.”

Discover your Inner Powers and How to Develop Them to Experience Healthier, Happier and Wealthier Life. Self-Development and the Way to Power explains why we suffer and how we can disentangle ourselves from self imposed torment and unhappiness by finding our true purpose of life and living accordingly, in full measure and peak capacity.

“It is the natural right of every human being to be happy,” writes L.W. Rogers in this important book. “Happiness is the normal condition, as natural as the landscapes and the seasons. It is unnatural to suffer and it is only because of our ignorance that we do suffer.” The reason this powerful truth is often unknown is because we lack “the spiritual illumination that alone can light the way and enable us to move safely among the obstacles that lie before us”. Much like walking through a long dark room with furniture in the way isn’t hard if the lights are on, our journey through life becomes comfortable and swift when we are spiritually evolved.

“The universe is a training school for evolving intelligence — a vast gymnasium for the development of moral fiber. We become mentally clever by playing at the game of life. We match our courage against its adversities and acquire fearlessness. We try our optimism against its disappointments and learn cheerfulness. We pit our patience against its failures and gain persistence. We are torn from the pinnacle of ambition by opponents and learn toleration of others. We fall from the heights of vanity and pride, and learn to be modest and humble. We encounter pain and sorrow and learn sympathy with suffering. It is only by such experiences that we can grow to rounded measure. It is only in an environment thus adapted to our spiritual development that we can evolve the latent powers within us.”

About this title

About the Author:

Louis William Rogers, commonly known as “L.W.,” was an American teacher, railway brakeman, trade union functionary, socialist political activist, and newspaper editor. Rogers is best remembered in this context as one of the key officials of the American Railway Union jailed in conjunction with the Pullman Strike of 1894. After more than two decades in and around the labor movement, Rogers shifted his activity to mysticism as a prominent lecturer, writer, and long-time President of the Theosophical Society in America.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1497494729
• ISBN 13: 9781497494725
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 38