When We Realise Our Oneness With Our

Celibacy Is Not Natural To Men Or To Women; All Bodily Needs Require Their Legitimate Satisfaction, And Celibacy Is A Disregard Of Natural Law.

This Coarse And Insulting Way Of Regarding Woman, As Though They Existed Merely To Be The Safety-valves Of Men's Passions, And That The Best Men Were Above The Temptation Of Loving Them, Has Been The Source Of Unnumbered Evils.

The Essence Of Religion Is The Knowledge Of God Which Is Eternal Life. That And Nothing Less Than That Is Religion. Everything Else Is On The Surface, Is Superfluous Save For The Needs Of Men.

The Generous Wish To Share With All What Is Precious, To Spread Broadcast Priceless Truths, To Shut Out None From The Illumination Of True Knowledge, Has Resulted In A Zeal Without Discretion That Has Vulgarised Christianity, And Has Presented Its Teachings In A Form That Often Repels The Heart And Alienates The Intellect.

Belief In Karma Ought To Make The Life Pure, Strong, Serene And Glad. Only Our Own Deeds Can Hinder Us; Only Our Own Will Can Fetter Us. Once Let Men Recognize This Truth, And The Hour Of Their Liberation Has Struck. Nature Cannot Enslave The Soul That By Wisdom Has Gained Power And Uses Both In Love.