Growth potential for Positive Spirit
to solve the world's problems. There is no implication that young people must become religious or develop a missionary spirit. They have numerous other matters on their minds in adolescence. Sexual awareness, with all its traumas, and the problems of finding employment largely occupy minds at this difficult period in life. But with a healthy outgoing soul, there will be an element of caring built into their characters which will shine out in numerous ways as they go about their life. People ‘primed’ at an early age with Positive Spirit make decisions with inbuilt holistic considerations quite naturally. Without doubt, education of the type that feeds the soul nurtures the seedlings for world harmony. Note. Education of the soul is dealt with in depth within the chapter entitled, What now education? There is now an organisation called Peace Child International which encourages children of all countries to meet and create peaceful initiatives.
WHAT’S THIS LOVE ALL ABOUT?
The word, love, has different meanings for different people at different times, so a summary of its variations may help to unravel the confusion. Love, which involves motivation to gain fulfilment, can be broadly divided into two sections. 8 8
An expression of enjoyment including sexual gratification. Affection of a platonic and unselfish nature.
Love involving enjoyment can vary between being totally benign and downright evil, but affection is almost always benignly positive. Love for possessions. Most people aim to have a good standard of living which involves earning as much money as possible. If it involves
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