True wealth

Month, Day: 167, Speech, Loftiness (Glory)
Month, Day: 167, Questions, Splendour (Beauty)

As we run through the middle of the Motivational group, it might be nice to consider the following (formatting is mine), within the context of the economic games that stress maximization of one's own wealth by efforts aimed toward the minimization of the wealth of all others.

SAQ #15: Then it is clear that the honor and exaltation of man must be something more than material riches. Material comforts are only a branch, but the root of the exaltation of man is the good attributes and virtues which are the adornments of his reality. These are the

• divine appearances,
  
• the heavenly bounties,
  
• the sublime emotions,
  
• the love and knowledge of God;
  
• universal wisdom,
  
• intellectual perception,
  
• scientific discoveries,
  
• justice,
  
• equity,
  
• truthfulness,
  
• benevolence,
  
• natural courage and innate fortitude;
  
• the respect for rights and the keeping of agreements and covenants;
  
• rectitude in all circumstances;
  
• serving the truth under all conditions;
  
• the sacrifice of one’s life for the good of all people;
  
• kindness and esteem for all nations;
  
• obedience to the teachings of God;
  
• service in the Divine Kingdom;
  
• the guidance of the people, and
  
• the education of the nations and races.

This is offered in the context of the continuing look at what the Keys bring to bear. We'll have to pause on the reflections and in order to look at a sweep of history up to the modern age.

Remarks:

03/17/2011 -- Just as St. Patrick carried the message, so too ought we act to bring forth a proper viewpoint.

Modified: 03/17/2011