Discovering the Laws of Life

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Summary: Pure Wisdom
Review: Do it for yourself: This book at first will transform your general perspective and when you get it, believe me, your life becomes wiser and better after reading it.

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Summary: This beloved book includes two hundred "laws of life"
Review: John Marks Templeton's most important discovery is that our lives are shaped by certain eternal laws. He has established several foundations to advance spiritual developments and offers free literature plus newsletter to all who ask. Enjoy a visit to the Templeton Foundation . He rose from humble beginnings to lead a 30-billion dollar group of investment companies and established the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion, which exceeds the Nobel Prize in financial value. This beloved book includes two hundred "laws of life" and appeals to all on the spiritual path. Contributors to "Laws" include Ralph Waldo Emerson, Jesus, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Benjamin Franklin, Dr. Gerald G. Jampolsky , and Eric Butterworth . Endorsements include Dr. Robert Schuller, Billy Graham, and Dr. Norman Vincent Peale.

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Summary: Do you need down to earth inspiration?
Review: This is a must for anybody's personal library. No matter where you are in life, Sir John has done us all a great favour by writing this book. He uses a range of philosiphies and theologies to explain everyday events in our lives.
Are you overwhemled or caught up in day to day events? Mr. Templeton's collections of various authors and his own works will explain sometimes difficult situations into easy to understand english. For example, lesson "No one knows the weight of another's burden" on page 20 is about the young man in a male therapy group.
The men were in a group session and the person in the story is a new participant. The mediator explained that each person would have a few minutes to explain his problem and what they plan to do about it. Natually, the new person thought with his marital break down, near bankruptcy and poor health, his would be one of the saddest cases.
Before it was his turn to speak, a handsome young man in his 20's revealed that he was terminally ill and had 6 months to live. Rather than dwell on it, he decided to take up flying lessons and live! Naturally, everybody else was taken off guard and rediscovered the gifts they have.
Templeton's 200 lessons in this book address almost every situation around. You don't have to be struggling with life to enjoy this. Everybody needs a bit of down to earth insiration and you'll have it with this!

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Summary: Right on Target!
Review: We're told to love other people as we love ourselves in the first part of this book. This teaching of Jesus Christ, known as the Golden Rule is the starting point of human relations building in this book's discussion on the laws of life. Another principle Jesus taught is found near the conclusion, i.e., that of giving. Templeton writes "Giving makes you a magnet for success" (p. 299).
In between these two principles there are numerous other words of advice.
On individual growth, Edison is quoted saying "If you are doing anything the way you did twenty years ago, there is a better way" (p. 273).
We're reminded of the fact that "success feeds on itself and creates move success" (p. 259).
Writing on the quality of life being manifested by one's thoughts, Templeton observes quotes Arnold Patent (p. 251) who noted "What we focus on expands."
A discussion on work being a revelation of one's gift is worth attention. He cites the Latin origin of the word "vocation" as being "to call" and goes on to say that one's work is a person's calling. He encourages readers to find their individual calling.
Perception is discussed along with opportunity as he asks readers to ask themselves a question. "As yourself from time to time what you are doing to prepare yourself for success" (p. 175). He adds "Have you trained yourself to recognize opportunity when it knocks?" (p. 175).
On page 163 there's an insightful quote from Calvin Coolidge, "no person was ever honored for what he received, but for what he gave."
The books' weakness is that he ties Christianity into all the other religions of the world, ignoring its distinguishing difference. It is the only religion whose leader made the claims He made and whose body has never been discovered by critics who denied the Resurrection.