CHAPTER VIII.

KNOWLEDGE OF GOD COMES FROM WITHIN

Mars, with its teeming millions of inhabitants, whose dwellings,

factories, storehouses, etc. cover most of the entire area, has no

watchmen, policemen or other guardians of the peace to prevent unlawful

acts on the part of its people.

As all property is considered as belonging to the Father, and is held

in common by the people of the planet, there exists no incentive for

anyone to steal. Each individual has all he requires for his comfort.

Hence, why should anyone covet what is in the possession of his brother?

There is no temptation on Mars for anyone to take more than he needs,

for selfishness has been entirely eliminated from our planet.

Selfishness has no place among really civilized beings. It is a relic

of the jungle where it is necessary to perpetuate the lower animal life.

You of your Earth have reverted or degenerated to a primordial

condition or state through the law of Atavism. This is a part of your

fall from Divine Grace. And to induce man on your globe to realize his

pitiful condition and redeem himself is the work of the Spirits from

the higher Spheres who are now with you.

Mars has no Church system and no Ecclesiastical Hierarchy. All

Martians recognize and worship one God, the Eternal Father. Each

individual is taught from infancy to seek God through the doors of his

own soul, which is an institutional faculty possessed by everyone.

Jesus Christ, who came to your Earth 2,000 years ago with a message, is

known to us. The Christ is one of the greatest powers in the

Universe--next to the Creator.

Your sectarian church systems are a hindrance to the proper spiritual

development of the individual. These systems engender an element of

dependability on the individual which holds back his spiritual

enfoldment and perverts his true individuality, which must grow and

unfold before real progress upwards begins.

All knowledge of God should come from within and not through the

instrumentality of imperfect individuals, such as your religious

teachers are.

The present lack of interest (in 1920) in sectarian matters on the part

of the inhabitants of your Earth is evidence of a slow but sure

disintegration of a system that has held your people in mental and

spiritual bondage for centuries, and presages the dawn of a better day

for humanity on your Earth.

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