The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. The condition for happiness exists when our needs exceed our wants. Many people are unhappy because they live according to standards set by popular culture, when they should be listening to their inner voice...

This is the complete Naturalopy reference. It includes all 20 precepts in 1,112 pages. Within the pages of this book are the answers to life from Humanity's greatest thinkers. --Where did we come from? --What is our purpose in life? --Why do bad things happen to us? --Is there a god? --Are we alone in the Universe? --What happens to us after we die?

Disease enters through the mouth. Therefore, the foundation of health is a nutritious diet laden with organic fruits, vegetables, nuts, algae, legumes, grains, herbs, spices, essential oils, and moderate animal protein, particularly seafood. Many illnesses and diseases are associated with or are directly linked to malnutrition (nutritional deficiency.

It’s been said that life is a journey and not a destination. Along the way we need to occupy our time with work and activity that make the journey enjoyable and rewarding. But for many of us, finding that work and activity is a journey in itself.

A place to call home, nutritious food, engaging work and hobbies, someone to love, and good company are the essential needs of life. Our ego complicates life by adding wants, most of which have no spiritual value.

The essence of character is to be our own person, to have a self-identity, and to live according to our philosophy and values regardless of others are doing. Too many times our character is influenced by the media, religion, peers, and the agenda of someone else. A person with a resolute and enduring character is one who is comfortable in their own skin—someone who is able to accept everything that has happened to them, good and bad...

This is the second book in the Naturalopy series. It examines karma. The Universe is a structure of balance. It is comprised of elaborate systems of equilibrium, from the quantum to the cosmos. There are particles and antiparticles; matter and anti-matter; mass and energy. Since humans are made of molecules, atoms, protons, electrons, neutrons, quarks and gluons, and so forth, we are a part of the Universe’s structure of balance. For us, this equilibrium is maintained by Karma—the universal law of cause and effect.

When we are young, unknowledgeable, inexperienced, and impressionable, everything is opinion. We think we know how life and the world at large works, but after we become enlightened and wise, our perspective of the world changes...

The road from suffering to salvation is a transformational journey, one that is a universal experience. The journey exists because life did not come with a manual, and for this reason we experiment and make mistakes—we are not sinners. We experiment and make mistakes. As a result, our accumulated mistakes and wrongdoings create suffering. Many people view this suffering as an evil, when it is only karma that needs to be remedied and rebalanced...

If compassion had a mental process, it would be this: reserve judgement, understand, accept, and relieve. The most difficult part is to understand what someone else is going through if we have not been through the exact experience ourself. However, if we have been a recipient of compassion, then we know how uplifting it is. Therefore, we don’t need to exactly understand what someone else is going through to show them compassion. We just need to know that compassion will brighten their spirit. In return, it brightens our spirit.