Self-denial and order fulfillment make you happy and satisfied

56. You are full of gifts, have intelligence, will, and reason to

do your work. Your path of development is long because you

 keep stopping. If you were to go the straight path of self-denial

 and fulfillment, if you were happy, you would appreciate life,

 if you knew how to love, you would recognize the value of your

spiritual gifts and would not yearn for what others have.

57. My work is based on freedom. I enlighten your soul so

 that you can recognize me. You are the preferred creature

that I have created "for my image and likeness", and

I have placed my gifts of grace in you.

58. The ladder on which you will ascend is large, and you do

not know what level of development you are on. The

 path you are taking today has been predetermined

 according to your development. Because everything

 is in relation to unchangeable and eternal laws and is subject to them.

59. The temple of which I speak to you in the symbol

 is spiritual. It is not the building built with stones, but the

 temple of love, the faith of the person who wants to

 swing himself up until he comes to me. The coming

 generations will build on the good foundations that you lay.

The joy of the latter will be great when I present my work,

my word. How much they were looking for me! How much

did they suffer to get to me! Their goal is one: to find the

spiritual path, to get to the source, where they can nourish

and perfect their souls. And what progress will they make in

 their actions! They will bear witness to what they went through

in longing for my word, and you that you expected them;

 because I have announced this to you as a prophecy.

 I have entrusted you with part of my work for its completion,

and once you have completed this, you will smile with

satisfaction that you have worked with your God.

From the Book of True Life - Volume VIII

Teaching 237: 56-60