The Eternal Quest: POH - 1 - Introduction Set

The Eternal Quest

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This Study can be found here:

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The Problems of Humanity: Building Right Human Relations

Study One: Introduction Set

Seed Thought for Meditation

Unity and right human relations – individual, communal, national and international – can be brought about by the united action of the men and women of goodwill in every country.

Key Statements

It is essential that all thinking people should give time and thought to the consideration of the major world problems with which we are now faced.

The errors and mistakes of past centuries, culminating in the recent world war and our present problems, are the joint errors and mistakes of humanity as a whole. This recognition will lead to the establishment of the principle of sharing, so needed in the world today.

There are no problems and conditions which cannot be solved by the will-to-good. Goodwill nourishes the spirit of understanding and fosters the manifestation of the principle of cooperation. This cooperative spirit is the secret of all human relations and the enemy of competition.

There is a blood relationship between men which, when recognized, dissolves all barriers and ends the spirit of separativeness and hate. The peace and happiness of each is the concern, therefore, of all. This develops the principle of responsibility and lays the foundation of right corporate action.

I ask you to drop your antagonisms and your antipathies, your hatreds and your racial differences, and attempt to think in terms of the One Family, the One Life and the One Humanity.

Questions for Reflection or Discussion

1. What new ideas have come to you through working with this study and with the introduction to the book Problems of Humanity?

2. In what way can the idea of right human relations become a universal ideal, and how is it to be practically established? What contribution can you make to this process?

3. In the introduction to Problems of Humanity it is said that “spiritual impression” has been interrupted. How can this “divine circulatory flow” be restored?

4. Can you think of instances to support the contention that we are passing from the Piscean to the Aquarian Age?