These stories give us direction for dealing with the paradox of faith: We must have enough faith to do the acts that give us an experience of faith. As with all paradoxes, we need to see the bigger picture in order to deal with it.

Even though we never mention it in our teaching, they discovered their highest goal—the secret that would sustain them, come what may.

The third option is to move toward the fear. By approaching a fear, you get to know it and where it comes from. Observe the fear, stay with it and learn what the most appropriate reaction might be. When fear comes, what happens? Note your physical sensations. What can you learn from the fear? Observe it; it will normally disappear, and the mind bec

the highest or optimal that we can attain. In other words, we settle; we sub-optimize.

Mahatma Gandhi taught that only service done with joy can have meaning.

Go beyond passion and success. Living for the highest goal is radically different from what is normally considered the highest: reaching success in external terms and having passion for what you do in life. Most of us “sub-optimize,” that is, we go for the short-term and transitory. Go beyond these lesser goals to use the gift of life you have been

He remembered that the highest goal for him translated into one word: Teacher. He got energy and felt a connection with something higher when he was teaching in the broadest sense. He knew that he could serve others if he drew on this strength. He knew that if he stayed in a giving, generative, collaborative role, he could navigate the worst situat

So what is this Highest Goal? What is it like to experience, and how can it revolutionize your life?

Prosperity is a lot about space, about having the time to be yourself and do the things that nurture your Self, as psychologist and human resources professional Pamela Mayer puts it.1 Every time you do something you love, you experience the space of renewal. You see that the source of the love that you feel is a connection between yourself and the