Spirit of Leadership

THE SPIRIT OF LEADERSHIP you want genuine parts for your car, you have to go back to the source that created the car. You don’t go to another company; you have to get them from the authorized dealer. If you want to maintain a Rolex watch, you go to the Rolex company, not Timex. Likewise, if you want to repair a straw basket, you use the original material—straw—rather than stones. THE SOURCE OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT The most important application of this principle, how ever, is in relation to the creation of mankind. Let’s consider again the origin of human beings to discover the nature of our connection with our Source. If you take a close look at the creation narrative, you will note that the Creator spoke to the material from which he desired the product to be made or created, and then out of the source material came the product. As I noted earlier, when the Creator wanted vegetation, he spoke to the soil, and thus all vegetation originated from the soil, consists of elements in the soil, and must remain attached to the soil in order to live and be fruitful. The same principle is true of all living creatures. They all origi nated from the soil, consist of elements in the soil, and must be maintained by the soil. They, also, return to their source when they die. However, when the Creator made the human species, remember that he did something unique and special: He A THING CONSISTS OF THE SAME MATERIAL FROM WHICH IT CAME .

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