We Already Live the Truth

After telling me the “Good news” about their religion, I often find that people are reluctant to listen to what I say about the Philosophy of the Divine Law. It’s not that they’re rude. It’s more like they become fearful. Afraid to open their minds to what I have to say. Even when what I’m telling them is what they’re doing anyway.

The Philosophy of the Divine Law is not a distant ideal, a new religion, or a system that requires conversion. It articulates something most of us already know—and, often unknowingly, already doing.

Whether religious, secular, spiritual, agnostic, or indifferent, we all live within the boundaries of a shared reality. Within that reality, outcomes are not determined by what we believe but by what we do. This is not philosophy—it is how life actually works.

So, to illustrate, I’m going to talk about three of the Philosophy of the Divine Law’s core principles:

·        The choices we make determine the quality of our lives

·        We must do the labor our goals require to achieve them

·        and success is not determined by what we believe but by what we do. 

1.     The choices we make determine the quality of our lives.

Every human being makes choices every day—some conscious, some unconscious. These choices shape the direction and quality of our lives. Not because a deity rewards us and not because of fate—but because decisions carry consequences.

This principle is not unique to any one worldview. It’s universal. Regardless of our race, ethnicity, religion, or what we believe about the nature of the universe, the fact remains: our lives are shaped by the decisions we make. And they determine its quality.

2.     We must do the labor our goals require to achieve them.

Formal education, economic success, yard work, and any other goal we seek to achieve are not gained through prayer or belief. They are earned through action, effort, and responsibility. This is the truth whether one is profoundly religious or entirely secular. No one reaches their goals by hoping, praying, and performing rituals unless hoping, praying, and performing rituals is their goal. Prayers might change things, but not flat tires. You must do the labor your goals require before you can achieve them! So, nothing new here. The Philosophy of the Divine Law reflects reality as reality functions: results follow effort!

3.     Success is not determined by what we believe but by what we do.

Beliefs may offer comfort, identity, or community, but belief alone does not yield results. People of all faiths and of none succeed and fail alike. The rain falls on the pious, the atheist, and the indifferent farmer’s crops. What makes the difference is not their beliefs—but their actions!

Therefore, the Philosophy of the Divine Law does not ask us to change our beliefs but to observe our shared reality, do what it requires, and take full responsibility for how we live within it.

The Truth is not hidden. It is always present.

• We experience joy when we live with purpose.

• Most regret when we harm others, or our intentions and actions go awry.

• We witness how kindness, responsibility, and effort produce tangible change.

• And we recognize that what helps or harms us also helps or harms others.

• We are all equal as human beings.

The path forward is not through belief but through conscious, ethical, courageous living and acceptance of the Truth.

So, the Philosophy of the Divine Law does not impose a new rulebook. It reveals the way things have been all along:

That truth is supported by the physical laws that govern our reality. That Good and Evil begin as thoughts. Sin and Malevolent Acts are actions we take. And that meaning is what we create.

We already live the Truth. What makes the difference is whether we live it... knowingly.

Be well.

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