We will begin describing Forever Living by declaring that you never know or experience individuals or things as they are, you perceive them as you are, ...and that's your greatest problem, difficulty, and frustration in life: since you don't know yourself, everything you believe, or think you know, is based upon false and misleading assumptions. Now, these are pretty broad and unequivocal statements, so let's see if we can, to your satisfaction, show that they are true ...and help you resolve this situation. But, before we can do that, you will probably deny our statements by saying, "But everything I believe can't be wrong because most things I believe today have been proved! Well, let's see if that's true, ...or are your beliefs like a primitive view of a flat earth resting on the back of a giant turtle?

            Years ago, when Einstein was lecturing to a group of physicists about his theory of relativity, he declared that, while Newton's view of a steady universe following constant laws and truths worked well for hundreds of years, this concept was in fact wrong. And when Einstein advised the scientists to reconsider all of their beliefs, assumptions, knowings, and certainties, they responded that it's impossible to know anything in a universe that is everywhere relative, following different laws for each observer, and constantly changing, because, to know anything, they had to have at least one steady or fixed point around which, or relative to which, everything could be known. "In your world," they declared of Einstein, "everything is relative and different, and nothing is fixed, ...so nothing can be known." In response, Einstein told the scientists to choose any desirable point in the universe ...and know everything relative to that point. He said they could then relate to their colleagues, discoveries and fields of expertise merely by understanding the relationship between the various established points of reference.

            For you, one thing exists in every belief, thought, attitude, behavior, experience, circumstance, and situation in your life, ...and that one thing is you. You are the established point within everything in your inner/outer world, ...but, unfortunately, by not knowing yourself, you cannot really know anything in your life, ...for, remember, you only know things as you are. Ohh, certainly, you'll defend yourself …and your decisions and actions by pointing to all the things in your life that "work", ...but, that's like Newton's universe that seemed to work well for centuries ...though it was completely wrong. As a result, for many, many lifetimes, you've been following, and in all things struggling with and against, a confusing standard of good/evil and right/wrong ...in the hope of "discovering" the truth of yourself and life, so you can live the happiness and wellbeing you desire. As Einstein advised the physicists to establish a single point around which to know all things, we ask you to declare yourself and stop the endlessly futile struggle to discover and guide yourself by using good and evil as two conflicting points of reference. Besides, if you don’t declare yourself, you cannot know what you are looking for, so how could you possibly discover yourself?

          It’s also certain that you do not know or understand the universe in which you live! Your beliefs have been handed down from generation to generation, through thousands of years, and accepted on “faith” …without any genuine or in-depth consideration as to whether they are actually true. For instance, almost everything Aristotle ever said about motion has shown to be incorrect …simply because he could not observe slow motion …or anything faster than a running horse. Your precious and sacred beliefs are as reliable as Aristotle’s running horse. In addition, in order to understand his universe and communicate his beliefs, man created language based on duality and causes, …unfortunately, duality (right/wrong, happiness/unhappiness) and causes (cause and effect) do not exist in this universe, and all of your problems and ailments and unhappiness outpicture your constant struggle with these and many other false beliefs.