“To free the spirit, control the senses; the reward will be a clear insight.”
“O people of the earth, men and women born and made of the elements,
but with the spirit of the Divine within you, rise from your sleep of ignorance!
Be sober and thoughtful. Realize that your home is not on the earth but in the Light.
Why have you delivered yourselves unto death, having power to partake of immortality?
Repent, and change your minds. Depart from the dark light and forsake corruption forever.
Prepare to blend your souls with the Eternal Light.”
“The wickedness of the soul is ignorance(of one’s Higher Selfand purpose of life);
the virtue of the soul is knowledge(of one’s Higher Selfand purpose of life).”
“Ignoranceis slavery, be it to others or to one’s own vices.
To become free from both so as to live in eternal happiness and
to work to establish the will of Father-Mother God 34 on earth is the sacred task.”
TheAncientEgyptianswereknownas“themostreligiouspeopleintheworld, 35 ”
andthoughthedetailsofwhatthismeansisbeyondthescopeofthisbook,sufficeit
tounderstandthateveryaspectoftheirlifewasdedicatedtoachievingthegoaland
purposeoflife,Enlightenment.Thusspiritualitywasintegralastohowtheychose
toliveineveryaspectoftheirlife,andhowtheytreatedthelandandnature,etc.
Thespiritualprinciplesoftruthandrighteousnesswerethebasisofallbusinessde-
velopmentsandtransactions.Whenlifeislivedinthismanner,notbyoneortwoin-
dividualsinasociety,butbythemajorityofsociety,thenonecaneasilyunderstand
howmonumentssuchastheSphinxandthePyramidscouldbeconstructed,and
how that culture and society could last for over 10,000 years.
TheUnitedStatesofAmerica,reputedlythemostadvancedcountryintheworld,is
onlyalittleover 200 yearsold,yetlookatitsconditionintheareasofhealth,social
justice,andspirituality.Themostcommonremarksandjokesaboutthegovernment
andpoliticalleaders,theveryfoundationofthesociety,areaboutdishonesty,de-
ceitfulness,corruption,pay-offs,unethicalpersonalandpoliticalbehaviors,etc.The
government,incuttingitselfofffromreligion(separationofchurchandstate),has
alsocutitselfofffromtheethicalbasisthatthetruepracticeofreligiondemands,
exceptforthatwhicheachindividualcarrieswithintheirownheart.Thisis,inef-
fect,throwingthebabyoutwiththebathwater.Whilethismayseemtooffer“Reli-
giousFreedom,”itisnottruereligiousfreedom,becausemembersofsociety,re-
gardlessofreligiousaffiliation,cannotpracticetruereligioninanenvironmentof
socialandpoliticalinjustice,believingthesetobethenorm.Allauthenticreligions
haveethicalpreceptsofconductwhicharealmostidentical:Donotlie,Donotsteal,
