PRECEPT #4. LOVE AND HELP CHILDREN.
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Today’s children will become tomorrow’s civilization. Bringing a child into the world today is a little bit like dropping one into a tiger’s cage. Children can’t handle their environment and they have no real resources. They need love and help to make it.
It is a delicate problem to discuss. There are almost as many theories on how to raise a child or not raise him as there are parents. Yet if one does it wrong much grief can result and one may even complicate his or her own later years. Some try to raise children the way they were themselves raised, others attempt the exact opposite, many hold to an idea that children should just be let grow on their own.
None of these guarantee success. The last method is based on a materialistic idea that the development of the child parallels the evolutionary history of the race; that in some magical way, unexplained, the “nerves” of the child will “ripen” as he or she grows older and the result will be a moral, well-behaving adult.
Although the theory is disproven with ease—simply by noticing the large criminal population whose nerves somehow did not ripen—it is a lazy way to raise children and achieves some popularity. It doesn’t take care of your civilization’s future or your older years.
A child is a little bit like a blank slate. If you write the wrong things on it, it will say the wrong things. But, unlike a slate, a child can begin to do the writing: the child tends to write what has been written already. The problem is complicated by the fact that, while most children are capable of great decency, a few are born insane and, today, some are even born as drug addicts: but such cases are an unusual few.
It does no good just to try to “buy” the child with an overwhelm of toys and possessions or to smother and protect the child: the result can be pretty awful.
One has to make up his mind what h
PRECEPT #3 | DON’T BE PROMISCUOUS
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Sex is the means by which the race projects itself into the future through children and the family. A lot of pleasure and happiness can come from sex: nature intended it that way so the race would go on. But, misused or abused, it carries with it heavy penalties and punishments: nature seems to have intended it that way also.
3-1. Be faithful to your sexual partner.
Unfaithfulness on the part of a sexual partner can heavily reduce one’s survival. History and the newspapers carry floods of instances of the violence of human passions aroused by unfaithfulness. “Guilt” is the milder evil. Jealousy and vengeance are the greater monsters: one never knows when they will cease to sleep. It is all very well to speak of “being civilized” and “uninhibited” and “understanding”; no talk will mend ruined lives. A “feeling of guilt” is nowhere near as sharp as a knife in the back or ground glass in the soup.
Additionally, there is the question of health. If you do not insist upon faithfulness from a sexual partner, you lay yourself open to disease. For a very brief period, it was said that sexual diseases were all under control. This is not now the case, if it ever was. Incurable strains of such diseases now exist.
The problems of sexual misbehavior are not new. The powerful religion of Buddhism in India vanished from there in the seventh century. According to its own historians, the cause was sexual promiscuity in its monasteries. More modernly, when sexual promiscuity becomes prevalent in an organization, commercial or otherwise, the organization can be seen to fail. No matter how civilized their discussions about it, families shatter in the face of unfaithfulness.
The urge of the moment can become the sorrow of a lifetime. Impress those around you with that and safeguard your own health and pleasure.
Sex is a big step on the way to happiness and joy. Ther
PRECEPT 2 | BE TEMPERATE
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2-1. DO NOT TAKE HARFUL DRUGS:
People who take drugs do not always see the real world in front of them. They are not really there. On a highway, in casual contact, in a home, they can be very dangerous to you. People mistakenly believe they “feel better” or “act better” or are “only happy” when on drugs. This is just another delusion. Sooner or later the drugs will destroy them physically. Discourage people from taking drugs. When they are doing so, encourage them to seek help in getting off of them.
2-2. DO NOT TAKE ALCHOL TO EXCESS:
People who take alcohol are not alert. It impairs their ability to react even when it seems to them they are more alert because of it. Alcohol has some medicinal value. It can be grossly overestimated. Don’t let anyone who has been drinking drive you in a car or fly you in a plane. Drinking can take lives in more ways than one. A little liquor goes a long way; don’t let too much of it wind up in unhappiness or death. Deter people from excessive drinking.
Observing the points above, one becomes more physically able
to enjoy life #betemperate
#definition
Temperate Meaning: Temperate means mild, moderate. If you're a temperate person, you are calm, reasonable.
#synonyms
Temperate Synonym: temperate (adjective as in calm, moderate) Strongest matches. agreeable, levelheaded mild, pleasant restrained, sober.#sober #levelheaded #restrained
How can you apply this precept in your life ?
THERE IS HOPE FOR ALL THE VIOLENCE IN SA
#TheWay2Happiness #SAPS #PTA #Taxi #CBD #Riots
The following report is from the Way to Happiness Booklets distribution during the violent taxi & drug riots in the Capital of South Africa, Pretoria/Tshwane on the 29th of August 2019. #PleaseShare
The Way to Happiness in Africa dispatched a team on the ground to go and address the riots in Pretoria after hearing what happened on Wednesday in the Pretoria CBD. Upon the Way to Happiness Africa team's arrival in the Jacaranda city, they found most of the hot spots areas rather quite. We met with police officers from all over the city and all seemed calm and looked rather peaceful at the time.
Right after the meetings the Way to Happiness Africa team rushed of to the Sunnyside area as there were reports of possible rioting. Upon the teams arrival, things were quite but juts before the team left they noticed that in the one area was flaring up some trouble and becoming quite chaotic at the end and a large group of about 500 to 600 were gathering in the Pretoria CBD area near the Sunnyside police station. You could see that the police where preparing for more trouble.
The Way to Happiness team found them self right in the middle with the taxi association on one side police in the middle and a large group of foreigners on the other side. The situation was tense and it looked like a clash was imminent. During all this time the Way to Happiness team just kept on distributing booklets as fast as they could with the assistance of the Police. They just distributed more and more booklets into a hostile environment. Before the team realized It, the whole mob just disbursed in to nothingness. The Way to Happiness team looked at one another and could not believe what just happened as the crowd abandoned the fight and started to disbursing to their homes and out of harms way.
After all the commotion ended in the Sunnyside area, the team then made there way to another hotpot. Which is kn
IS CAPE TOWN THE EPICENTRE OF DESTRUCTION ?
#TheWayToHappiness #NoMorals #NoValues #Crime #CapeTown
Cape Town is know for being the seventh wonder of the world. From amazing beaches, things to do, breathtaking table mountain and so much to do. But Cape Town is also know for crime, drug abuse and human degradation.
This might be a well know party and holiday destination but is Cape Town ready to pay the ultimate price. Our people in Cape Town is in trouble, everywhere you look are drug addicts, homeless people and thieves. If that is not enough you have drugs, dealers, crime and gang violence. People are dying in Cape Town.
The underlying problem in Cape Town is poverty, poor education, hopelessness & loss of self respect. For many Cape Town is the place of dreams. But for the most of us Cape Town is this beautiful trap. So who cares. Who cares about happiness when you walk though the streets and all you smell is garbage, marijuana and you see people going to waste. This can be very sad.
There is a way to rehabilitate Cape Town and it's people. We can all agree that all people really want is happiness and many people look for it in the wrong places. If you want to be apart of stirring a moral improvement and a real way to happiness please contact us.
Over the next two months we will be setting up and training a Way to Happiness team for Cape Town. Find out more about what we do and how you can be part of the new Cape Town moral revolution. For more information inbox us and we will contact you back. #CapeTownJazzFestival #PleaseShare #ChangeSA
HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVED TO CHANGE SA
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Today Unisa Radio in Pretoria had two very interesting guest speakers. Asthra Balliram and Maurithus Meiring from the well know Way to Happiness Foundation in Africa speaking about social ills, what can be done and how can a person be really and truly happy in South Africa.
They introduced The Way to Happiness campaign, what materials there are and how to get involved. They spoke about what is happiness and how you can live a happier life in this day and age and also how you can contribute to others being happy. Life can be improved.
Currently The Way to Happiness is involved in a clean up campaign in Sharpville and other communities in Johannesburg and around South Africa where they are assisting people to clean up their community from litter, places that need a paint job and badly maintained roads.
On the 20th of March 2019 they will be celebrating World International Day of Happiness with the community of Sharpville and they are planning lots of activities but more information will be released shortly as we know many are interested and really would love to know how they can be there and to find out how they can play a part to Change South Africa with real lasting results.
#ChangeSA #CleanSA #HappySA #SafeSA #Unisa #RSA
For more information or if you would like to volunteer please send us a comment and we will get back to you.
CREATING CHANGE IN GAUTENG COMMUNITIES
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From the 29th-31st of October 2018 the Way to Happiness in South Africa attended the Gauteng Shutdown Coordination Committee's Leadership Development program for 3 days at the beautiful St George's Hotel in Irene, Pretoria.
"The Way to Happiness is a Common Sense Guide to Better Living". L Ron Hubbard.
In South Africa there is a lot of equality, crime, drugs and unemployment just to mention a few social ills and people are tired, they are looking for real solutions to their problems and that is what the Way to Happiness brings.
During the 3 day Summit the Coordinator for the Way to Happiness in Africa, Mr Maurithus Meiring had the opportunity to address all the attendees at the summit where he presented the Way to Happiness campaigns as a solution to the social ills in their violent communities. So that they can rebuild their areas.
"This is a way toward a much safer and happier life for you and others".
A lot of people responded really well and many of the attendees now want to start up teams and groups in their communities where they can implement the Way to Happiness and start to repair the moral fibre of society. There is a lot of work to be done. These communities have a lot to deal with but with the Way to Happiness as their solutions they can build the communities that they want to create and to restore the people's self respect, self worth and give them back their humanity and diginity.
"The way to happiness is a high-speed road to those who know where the edges are".
We would like to thank the Gauteng Shutdown Coordination Committee for all their hard work, for what they are trying to create in their communities and for the opportunity to introduce real solutions to the community.
#Change Pretoria/Tshwane
CAN PRETORIA CHANGE & BE IMPROVED
#TheWay2Happiness #ChangePTA #ChangeSA
Is it possible to improve Pretoria...
We live in a society riddled with crime, drugs and violence & many other social ills. Unemployment and a poor education system just to name a few which creates this feeling of hopelessness. Not even to talk about corruption.
Are you tired of all these problem ?
If you are tired of these problem and are interested in changing it there is a way. We have traveled all over the world and finally we found a solution in Columbia.
"Living behind high walls for safety is not normal". GA
Columbia has over 49 million people and they had one of the highest crime rates in the world. This country was ten times worse than South Africa. But this has been changed, crime is down by more than 50%. In 2017 they were the second most popular tourist destination in the world and their economy has been booming ever since. How did they do it
"It's know as the Columbian Miracle". Col Prado
They implemented a campaign called The Way to Happiness. This teaches individuals the most basic fundamental of live. These are things everyone can agree to. What is even more amazing it is non-religious and non-political which means everyone could get involved and help us spread this amazing campaign all over South Africa.
"It's time to Change SA for the better and create our very own South African Miracle". Maurithus Meiring
For more information, to get involved or to invite us to your community please call 079 825 9869 #PleasShare
THE COLOMBIAN MIRRICLE - CALMING THE VIOLENCE
#TWHT #Columbia #Mirracle #Calming #Violence #Crime
For decades, Colombia has suffered continual social conflict and violence—guerrilla warfare, civil strife, warring drug cartels and cocaine wars with hundreds if not thousands of kidnappings and murders.
In 2004, the United Nations described the Colombian conflicts as “the worst humanitarian crisis in the Western Hemisphere.”
A well-known Colombian actor and comedian decided to take effective action to halt his country’s decline, using The Way to Happiness to intervene in this national crisis. He created a unique showcase for the 21 precepts that he has now performed to 150,000 civilians and military personnel. For his achievement, the Minister of Defense designated the performer a “Soldier of Happiness.”
MORE THAN 50 PERCENT —DROP—IN THE CRIME RATE
IN COLOMBIA - THE SAME CAN BE DONE IN SOUTH AFRICA
A colonel in the Colombian National Police learned of The Way to Happiness when the booklet was introduced into Cartagena, a port whose prosperity depended on tourism. This vital income source was severely threatened by escalating crime, with armed robberies doubling yearly. After training on the use of The Way to Happiness, the colonel and his officers began distribution of the booklet in Plaza Santo Domingo, the hub of Cartagena nightlife. They also distributed the booklet in the suburb of Terranova and to bullfight fans at Plaza de Toros. Intensive distribution was carried out in schools, with seminars to thousands of students. In all, tens of thousands of Cartegena citizens came to know the 21 precepts. The result was a 27 percent drop in crime, and Cartagena declared the safest city in Colombia.
The colonel subsequently launched a national program, training police in the Bogotá districts of Engativá and Salitre who, in turn, distributed the booklet to concert crowds and university students, at open-air markets in the city of Santa Marta and in
18. RESPECT THE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS OF OTHERS.
#TWTH #TheWaytoHappiness #Respect #ReligiousBeliefs
Tolerance is a good cornerstone on which to build human relationships. When one views the slaughter and suffering caused by religious intolerance down all the history of Man and into modern times, one can see that intolerance is a very non-survival activity.
Religious tolerance does not mean one cannot express his own beliefs. It does mean that seeking to undermine or attack the religious faith and beliefs of another has always been a short road to trouble.
Philosophers since the times of ancient Greece have disputed with one another about the nature of God, Man and the universe. The opinions of authorities ebb and flow: just now the philosophies of “mechanism”1 and “materialism”2—dating as far back as Ancient Egypt and Greece—are the fad: they seek to assert that all is matter and overlook that, neat as their explanations of evolution may be, they still do not rule out additional factors that might be at work, that might be merely using such things as evolution. They are today the “official” philosophies and are even taught in schools. They have their own zealots who attack the beliefs and religions of others: the result can be intolerance and contention.
If all the brightest minds since the fifth century B.C. or before have never been able to agree on the subject of religion or anti-religion, it is an arena of combat between people that one would do well to stay out of.
In this sea of contention, one bright principle has emerged: the right to believe as one chooses.
“Faith” and “belief” do not necessarily surrender to logic: they cannot even be declared to be illogical. They can be things quite apart.
Any advice one might give another on this subject is safest when it simply asserts the right to believe as one chooses. One is at liberty to hold up his own beliefs for acceptance. One is at risk when he seeks to assault the beliefs of other
TAKING GOOD CARE OF YOUR SELF IS IMPORTANT
#TheWay2Happiness #Good #Care #You #Self #Education
Not everyone comes out of a good home...
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