action
28 subentries
- action. See also achievement; effort; etiquette; idleness; works
- achievement grows out of divine capacity for (28:6.18)
- achieves strength (48:7.11)
- act ours; consequences God’s (48:7.13) (95:4.3) (117:5.5-6)
- acts of today are destiny of tomorrow (48:7.26)
- belief rather than knowledge determines conduct (99:4.5)
- believer always acts, never coerces (94:6.6)
- best way is right way (12:7.2)
- dead theory powerless to transform behavior (34:6.6)
- defined as
- consummation of decision (110:6.17) (117:5.13)
- essential to consciousness of Supreme (110:6.17)
- focusing attributes of whole personality (112:2.7)
- do good deeds in secret (131:10.8) (140:6.11)
- eternal realities are result of righteous striving (170:2.7)
- evils of inaction (130:6.3)
- exhaust capacity for human adjustment (91:9.3)
- Jesus’ disciples always active, positive (194:3.11)
- man does not ascend effortlessly in universe (117:4.7)
- necessary for Josiah’s healing (164:3.14). See also faith
- no real religion apart from highly active personality (102:2.7-9)
- nonreligious activities bend universe to service of self (5:4.3)
- prayer must never be substitute for (91:4.2)
- proper conduct essential to progress (27:4.2)
- repugnant to divine nature to permit inferior a. (12:7.3)
- validate prayers by possessing cosmic stamina (91:9.2)
- weak indulge in resolutions; strong act (48:7.13)
- weigh consequences of (192:2.8)
- Zoroaster’s religion one of a. (95:6.3)
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Cited alongside
Headwords that cite the same paragraphs as this one, commonest first. The number is how many subentries each has.
- progress 29
- religion 371
- consequences 1
- indolence 17
- Jesus 796
- faith 146
- idleness 8
- persistence 10