Gospel Thoughts

Thoughts from my gospel doctrine class at the Cascade First Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Also, general gospel thoughts not related to any particular lesson. Subject to revision at any time.

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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Unlimited Happiness

Most people only want a small amount of happiness, limited by their understanding of happiness and what is desirable. More than that, scares them out of their skin. More happiness may require a drastic overhaul of what they understand, and require training that they will not tolerate.

The Gospel Of Jesus Christ, as taught by the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints, is designed for unlimited happiness. It is based on what Heavenly Father and His son Jesus Christ know, which is a far better understanding of happiness and what works, than we know. Only by directly tapping into their knowledge, without interpretation by mortals, can we be re-trained in how we view happiness and be re-trained in what we do and think.

What are the fundamental aspects of happiness?

I had an inspiration from the Lord via the Holy Ghost. Research scriptures on light. I noticed that light in the scriptures is often connected with other words, such as love, truth. These are fundamental aspects of happiness.

We have a small understanding of love, unless the Spirit stretches our imagination. Love is many-dimensioned. It is connected with love of people, animals, artwork, and harmony among everything.

Family is a source of multi-faceted love and harmonious interaction. Families were designed to last forever, when properly created in the right place by authorized persons. I smile at my warehouse co-workers who "live together" without marriage (what in my youth we called "shacking up"). In spite of their living arrangements, they often go "home" to their "family", their "dad" and "mom". They will be catastrophically disappointed when they pass beyond the veil, and find out their temporary choices of no marriage and no actual family, are made permanent forever. No family anymore, because there never was a family.

Truth is an understanding of what really is, according to how Heavenly Father understands all things. It includes all of social rules, nuclear physics rules, beauty rules, and everything else.

Beauty has rules, but is whatever Heavenly Father sees as appealing. Beauty includes blending of form, dimension, time, light, harmonious interaction between animals, plants, architecture, time, light, and everything else.

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