Resignation

Course I - Teaching 13: Perseverance

All virtues so far enumerated become indispensable, but in order to be vitally efficient, they should be founded upon the solid pillars of Perseverance. According to a legend God sent an Angel to the Earth in order to give a name to every one of the species of flowers.

Course XVI - Teaching 3: Initial Purification

In spite of his good wishes for spiritual progress, continuous distractions are obstacles in the mind of a Son that usually does not respond to inner orders. When the Son understands that his desires and interests are as those of worldly men, his entire being claims: