Tag: Spiritual Growth

• What Is Reality?

  Chapter 2 September 16, 2026 – NEW Edition The American filmmaker George Lucas reputedly said, “Your focus determines your reality.” What Lucas is referring to is your subjective, perceived reality — not your actual reality. He is suggesting that what we are not focused on simply does not seem real to us. Inversely, what we…

  Jared Eastley

  September 16, 2026

  Religious

  Christian discipleship, eternal principles, faith in Christ, Jesus Christ, objective truth, perception, reality, self-deception, spiritual discernment, Spiritual Growth, Star Wars Reality, truth, Your focus determines your reality

• Nobody Cares How Hard You Tried

  This essay explores the uncomfortable law of the harvest: effort matters, but wisdom, mastery, faith, and truth are ultimately revealed by what our lives actually produce.

  Jared Eastley

  August 30, 2026

  Religious

  Alma 32, becoming like Christ, by their fruits, cause and effect, character, Christian Living, Christlike character, delayed gratification, effectiveness, Ether 12:6, faith and works, good works, hard work, law of the harvest, Personal Growth, righteousness, sowing and reaping, spiritual fruit, Spiritual Growth, transformation

• I Will Thrive

  I Will Thrive is a reflection on the difference between simply enduring life’s struggles and allowing them to transform us. Through opposition, temptation, anger, disappointment, and adversity, we are continually faced with the choice of who we will become.

  Jared Eastley

  August 26, 2026

  Religious

  abundant life, adversity, anger, becoming, Book of Mormon, character, choice, conscience, conviction, courage, discipleship, divine protection, endurance, faith, forgiveness, freedom, grace, Helaman, I Will Thrive, integrity, Jesus Christ, mortality, opposition, overcoming, persecution, perseverance, power of God, prophecy, prophet, purpose, repentance, resilience, retaliation, righteousness, Samuel the Lamanite, self-mastery, Spiritual Growth, spiritual strength, standing firm, temptation, thriving, transformation, trials

• Jesus is True North

  Beneath a-ha’s imagery of sailors, stars, darkness, and contrary winds lies a powerful spiritual truth: we may drift, struggle, and sail far from shore—but True North never moves. And neither does Christ. He is our only True North.

  Jared Eastley

  August 24, 2026

  Religious

  a-ha, a-ha True North, agency, come unto Christ, course correction, discipleship, faith, finding truth, finding your way home, following Christ, freedom, greater light and truth, Jesus Christ, light of Christ, mortality, opposition in all things, repentance, returning to God, sailing by the stars, spiritual compass, Spiritual Growth, spiritual journey, spiritual navigation, the way the truth and the life, True North, windward turns

• Outcome-Based Decision Making

  Most of us want better outcomes—more peace, more clarity, more joy—but we often pursue them in ways that quietly undermine our own goals. In this essay, I explore how outcome-based decision-making, grounded in the gospel of Jesus Christ, helps us move beyond emotional thinking and comforting illusions into a life governed by truth and light.…

  Jared Eastley

  January 1, 2026

  Philosophy – Psychology – Social Issues, Religious

  Book of Mormon on truth and discernment, Christian Living, Cultural Deception, Emotional Reasoning, emotional thinking vs rational thinking, Faith and Reason, False Narratives, gospel-based decision making, how the Holy Spirit guides decisions, how to gain spiritual discernment, how to make better decisions spiritually, Meaning and Purpose, Modern Apostasy, Moral Relativism, obedience leads to joy, Personal Growth, Progressive Ideology Critique, Spiritual Growth, Truth Rejection, truth vs feelings, why good intentions lead to bad outcomes, why people reject truth