Self-control insures inward control
thus avoiding impulsive actions and thoughtless attitudes. These may lead man
to make serious mistakes, many of them irreparable, which he later may regret,
as is often the case.
Mans should always be on the alert. He
should be aware that he is force that works ceaselessly, vibrating, attracting
and repelling. Space is filled with streams crossing in all directions, both
favourable and unfavourable to his growth and well-being.
Hence the need for self-control, so
that he does not allow himself to be influenced by adverse irradiations. He
should act only on his own will.
Sensibility is a quality that enables
man to feel the vibratory streams of the environment and to recognise truth
behind the facade of appearances.
It is through sensibility that man
feels the affinity which gathers, unites, links together people who nourish
similar ideals and equal yearnings.
Furthermore, sensibility is an
instrument of joy and sorrow. And it is sorrow that often awakens to life's
realities the inattentive, indifferent, wayward spirit.
Self-control
and sensibility
by Luiz de Mattos