“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on” Robert Frost - American Poet.

For us to live an inspired harmonious life, we have to fan into flame the life-principle inherent in us. The creator put a life-principle in each living thing in this world, whether it be plants, insects, animals or human beings, with the characteristic of increasing or adapting to thrive in a particular environment. I see the law of harmony in operation through the life-principle. Basil King best described the life-principle in his book The Conquest of Fear “...Whatever the Fount of Being from which the life-principle first came into the waters of our earth there is no question but that with it came a conquest principle as well... Long before it works up to man we see this amazing force stemming an uncountable number of attacks, and meeting ruinous conditions with daring contrivances. For one kind of danger it develops a shell, for another a sting, for another a poison, for another a protective colouration. To breathe in the sea it puts forth gills, and makes lungs for itself when stranded on the land. In glacial cold it finds the means of growing fur; when heat and cold assail it by turns it packs itself with feathers; when climates become temperate it produces hair. For the creature which keeps to the water it webs the foot; for that which takes to the trees it makes the toes prehensile; for the one which learns to stand erect and run along the ground it flattens the sole, making it steady and supporting. To resist, to survive, to win through, is the end to which the life-principle sets itself with such singleness of aim as to unfold a wealth of potentiality astounding to us in looking backward.”

We can thrive through the life-principle inherent in us as long as we cooperate with it and trust the Creator who fashioned it. 

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"The outer body is carried by the inner body" Taita proverb

There is a wise saying in the Taita language  that goes “Ghwa ighu ghwadadukwa ni ghwa ndenyi” which in English means, the outer body is carried by the inner body. (Taita language is spoken by a people that live near the coast of Kenya in East Africa). The outer meaning of this saying is that contrary to what we may think, the outer body, the parts of the body we can see such as the legs, the hands, torso etc are actually made functional by the inner body parts that are invisible. The inner body parts can be put in two categories, the tangible and the intangible. The tangible parts such as the heart, the  stomach, the liver, kidneys, the brain can be viewed through the help of equipment such as Ultrasound, x-ray scanners, MRI, endoscopes and radiographs. The intangible parts cannot be seen even with aid of equipment. These are described with such terms as the mind, heart, gut feeling, soul, six sense, intuition. 

For a person to function harmoniously, these three levels of the body have to work in consonance.  The deeper levels of the body have more influence on the outer parts. For instance, the brain has more influence on the leg, but they are connected in such a way that were the leg to hurt, the whole body would feel it. The spirit, the  soul, the mind and the  heart have even more influence on the partially visible and the visible body.

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We have foundational thoughts that influence the activities we carry out throughout the day. The foundational thoughts we entertain in the morning are the most powerful and usually influence our actions for the rest of the day. 

We have two kinds of foundational thoughts. Thoughts that are built on the foundation of sand or thoughts that are built on the foundation of a rock. Those that are built on the foundation of sand are discouraging thoughts, while those that are built on the foundation of a rock are empowering thoughts. 

The more we dwell on foundational thoughts that are based on a rock, the more our lives will be inspired and harmonious.  

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