God shall give unto you knowledge by his Holy Spirit, yea, by the unspeakable gift of the Holy Ghost, that has not been revealed since the world was until now;

. . .  Nothing shall be withheld.  Whether there be one God or many gods, they shall be manifest.

All thrones and dominions, principalities and powers, shall be revealed and set forth upon all who have endured valiantly for the gospel of Jesus Christ.

-thus D&C 121

What is your heroic narrative?  For you surely have one, whether you know it or not.

The problem with delusions of grandeur is the delusions, not the grandeur.

Most heroic narratives fail by being insufficiently heroic.  Yours should be broader in scope, further in time, higher in height, than you dare to imagine.

I find in my notes the following quote

The pursuit of kleos is to internalize the judgment of a lofty tribe – to observe yourself from the perspective of historians & poets & try to create something that they will notice, & find inspiring & beautiful

if you live for kleos it matters very much *who* you want to remember your name

(From whom I have neglected to mention, perhaps twitter user EDJCB)

Kleos means glory.

Generally the people you want to admire you are the people you yourself admire. And you want them to admire you for who you are, not for a façade. (more…)

Satan said, give me thine honor, which is my power.

-D&C 29.

Honor is power.

There is an overwhelming amount of pointers in scripture towards a metaphysics which is based on honor, glory, and power, which is almost completely ignored.  The few people who do address it have silly reductionist things to say about it.

Because a physical body is so central to the Father’s plan of happiness and our spiritual development, Lucifer seeks to frustrate our progression by tempting us to use our bodies improperly. President Russell M. Nelson has taught that spiritual safety ultimately lies in “‘never taking the first enticing step toward going where you should not go and doing what you should not do.’ … As human beings we all have [physical] appetites necessary for our survival. ‘These appetites are absolutely essential for the perpetuation of life. So, what does the adversary do? … He attacks us through our appetites. He tempts us to eat things we should not eat, to drink things we should not drink, and to love as we should not love!’”10

One of the ultimate ironies of eternity is that the adversary, who is miserable precisely because he has no physical body, invites and entices us to share in his misery through the improper use of our bodies. The very tool he does not have and cannot use is thus the primary target of his attempts to lure us to physical and spiritual destruction.

-thus Elder Bednar,

Your appetites are good. Satan attacks them for the same reason he attacks anything great and beautiful. (more…)