Acquire long-distance view of destiny. [1] Awareness that God and divine hosts are on our side. [2] Comprehension of Deity’s relation to cosmos helpful to man’s cosmic orientation. [3] Danger of losing one’s sense of proportion. [4] Each generation smiles at its ancestors’ foolish superstitions. [5] Gain true perspective from studying origin, history, and destiny of situation. [6] Gaze upon universe from within – God’s viewpoint. [7] Grasping eternal goal-meanings in seemingly insignificant time-space activities. [8] Increasing time frame makes God’s will more discernible. [9] Individual’s lifetime is yardstick for time measurement. [10] Insight into wholeness of past-present-future events. [11] Lesser matters should give way before greater. [12] Logical thought is within frame of postulates; all are erroneous to greater or lesser degree. [13] Man defending family from saber-toothed tiger. [14] Man needs sustenance of a cosmic perspective. [15] One-eyed person cannot visualize depth. [16] Present is trivial divorced from past and future. [17] Religion provides goal above temporal objectives. [18] Rest and relaxation shrink size of problems. [19] See evil against background of good. [20] Those able to observe wider stretches discover divine oneness which overspreads all. [21] Values and facts must not become disproportionate. [22] Vastness of God’s plan makes it impossible to see much in one life. [23] When clouds gather overhead, look beyond mists of mortal uncertainty. [24]
See also: UB 118:10.13.