Link Your Intelligence to Your Positive Volition

 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Philippians 4:8

    Because you are intelligent, you have the capacity within yourself to think yourself into whatever situation you desire. But you must be conscious of your thinking ability and then harness it in the direction of good, of truth, and of concern for others. In other words, you must use your consciousness of your thinking ability to direct your thoughts in ways that build up rather than tear down; that grow you up, rather than keep you the spoiled, selfish, and heartless children that so many adults have become.

   In this way, you press forward your own evolution to a higher level of intelligence and participate in the evolutionary scheme that will grow all humankind up out of selfishness, hatred, and strife to selflessness, love, and peace. All of this begins with your decision to link your Intelligent Thought to your Volition to create good for all and evil for none.

   This volition, this will, this decision to do justice, love mercy, and follow the Golden Rule is proof positive of your higher intelligence and differentiates you from those of lower intelligence who see their control of wealth as a mandate to refuse aid to the poor, the homeless, and the last, least, and lost, of humankind.

   It is your enlightened self-awareness and use of positive volition, demonstrated by your disciplined approach to your own growth and development that makes clear that you have higher intelligence. This is what separates you from the madding crowd that refuses to think for themselves, to grow themselves, and to participate in the upward evolutionary development of all humankind. Ever-expanding individual intelligence and Cosmic Intelligence create positive first causes.

   The Law of Cause and Effect dictates that if you refuse to take responsibility for creating the causes that will become effects in your life, someone else will. If you allow someone else to decide the causes of the effects in your life, you are abdicating your personal responsibility to create your own future. So, faith—or having a dream that you want to realize in your life—is essential to having positive volition. Where there is no faith, there can be no Positive Volition to which your Intelligence can link.