Way of The Seekers — Page 84
84 THE 14 Loftiness of ideals. 15 Fortitude. 16 Conscientiousness: Not to follow others without enlightened belief. 17 Inner gratefulness: Sincerely to feel grateful in your heart for the favor done to you. 18 Search for truth. 19 Honest acknowledgment of merit in others. 20 Commiseration: It differs from pity. Pity means the tender feeling aroused by the suffering of others which moves one to extend help. Commiseration means to suffer the suffering of others. 21 Fighting for your rights: One should be able to fight for one’s rights except when they may be surrendered as a mark of favor or are just not claimed. Virtue consists in refusal to surrender one’s right under duress. 22 Capacity to excel: It implies the urge to beat others in good works. 23 Never to accept defeat: To suffer defeat but never to take defeat lying down; never to rest content but to continue resisting and fighting. 24 To be wide awake and wary: Never to sleep over enemy designs. 25 Ready acceptance of truth. 26 Power to stand hardship: One should have the power to bear suffering and reverses with patience. 27 Endurance or stamina: One should have the staying power and be not upset whatever the odds. 28 Courage. 29 Love of virtue. 30 The wish to help others: Not to flinch from extending help to others whenever the occasion rises.