Chapter 5 The Eight Articles

Section 1. The Four Articles of Progress

1.Belief

Belief, which means confidence, is the motivating power of resolution when one tries to accomplish something.

2.Courage

Courage, which means the disposition of heroic progress, is the motivating force of encouragement and acceleration when one tries to accomplish something.

3.Query

Query, which means the desire to receive an answer to the quest for the truth of Facts and Principles, is the motivating force to know what is not yet known when one tries to accomplish something.

4.Sincerity

Sincerity, which means the ceaseless ness of the mind' is the motivating force to fulfill one's purpose when one is trying to accomplish something.


Section 2. The Four Articles to Abandon

1.Disbelief

Disbelief, as opposed to belief, means having no faith, which renders one incapable of making a decision when one tries to accomplish something.

2.Covetousness

Covetousness means that one desires anything so excessively that one's desire is only fulfilled abnormally.

3.Laziness

Laziness means aversion to work when one tries to accomplish something.

4 Foolishness

Foolishness means that one does anything one pleases, in ignorance of the Absolute Unity and its Components, Being and Non-being, of Right and Wrong, and of Advantage and Disadvantage.

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