Spiritual welfare

"Every mind [is given a] choice between truth and repose. "Take which you please, — you can never have both. Between these, as a pendulum, man oscillates. He in whom the love of repose predominates will accept the first creed, the first philosophy, the first political party he meets, — most likely his father's. He gets rest, commodity, and reputation; but he shuts the door of truth. He in whom the love of truth predominates will keep himself aloof from all moorings, and afloat. He will abstain from dogmatism, and recognize all the opposite negations, between which, as walls, his being is swung. He submits to the inconvenience of suspense and imperfect opinion, but he is a candidate for truth, as the other is not, and respects the highest law of his being."

"People who seek happiness don’t want to deal with anything that might threaten that happiness. They’re much more inclined to live in denial or superstition or belief that the higher powers are going to take care of everything for them, as if they were on some kind of spiritual welfare. They just wait to be guided, don’t have to do much."

"Clearly, living in joyful expectation is not adequate, for there are indeed forces at hand that are not benevolent and are using human beings for purposes that do not support the well-being of humanity. What is called for is responsibility, Wisdom, certain forms of empowerment and a greater understanding of what intelligence is and how it interacts in its different forms."

Further study

Spiritual welfare on the New Message wiki