What prosperity can we gain by renouncing material desires and living in a more simple way?
We gain Iselves, InI.
Christ fasted in desert and was tempted by Satan, with the greatest of material desires. Christ gained heavenly prosperity, as he overcame Satan's temptations and the desires of his own material body and mind, he gained his spiritual body; as the dove descended and Christ was baptised by John in the waters, reborn in spirit.
Like Christ we must make our will be for Jah and Jah's way. Like Selassie says, "To make our wills obedient to good influences and to avoid evil, is to show the greatest wisdom."
We need to be prosperous both spiritually and materially, and we can gain this by living simply. As Selassie says:
"Knowing that material and spiritual progress are essential to man, we must ceaselessly work for the equal attainment of both. Only then shall we be able to acquire that absolute inner calm so necessary to our well-being. Whenever conflict arises between material and spiritual values, the conscience plays an important role and anyone who suffers from a guilty conscience is never really free from this problem until he makes peace with himself and his conscience."
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