I

Only by pursuing the truth can one achieve a change in disposition.

If you do not have sufficient understanding of the truth,

you will easily slip up and go astray.

If you want to grow in life, you must seek the truth in everything.

If you want to grow in life, you must seek the truth in everything.

No matter what you do,

you should seek how to act to be in line with the truth,

and discover the taints within you that violate it;

you must thoroughly understand these things.

Regardless of what you are doing,

you should consider whether it aligns with the truth,

and whether it has value and meaning.

You can do things that align with the truth,

but you cannot do things that do not.

With regard to things that you could either do or not do,

if they can be let go, then you should let them go.

Otherwise, if you do these things for some time

and find you should let them go,

then make a swift decision and let them go quickly.

This is the principle you should follow in everything you do.

II

In the process of life experience,

no matter what happens, you must learn to seek the truth,

and ponder the matter thoroughly based on God’s words and truth.

When you know how to act fully in line with God’s intentions,

you can let go of the things that come from your own will.

Once you know how to act in accordance with God’s intentions,

you should simply act that way, as if going with the natural flow;

doing things this way feels very relaxed and easy.

This is how people who understand the truth do things.

If you can show people that you truly do your duty effectively,

and that there’re principles to how you do things,

that your life disposition indeed has changed,

then you are someone who understands the truth,

and certainly have human likeness;

and sure enough, there is an effect

in your eating and drinking the words of God.

from The Word, Vol. 3. The Discourses of Christ of the Last Days. Only by Pursuing the Truth Can One Achieve a Change in Disposition