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THE KEY OF KNOWLEDGE,
of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you” (Matth. vi. 33), a piece of literal truism. This is the fundamental basis of morality. There is no Supreme Being to get angry with us for our transgressions; but they carry their punishment with them; and each time that we violate the least commandment we are punished with ugliness and disease, and that most coveted possession of saints and sages, which Yogis call peace of mind, is denied us, for a shorter: or longer period, according to the nature of the sin and the atonement we might have made subsequently, consciously, or otherwise. When the accumulated deposit of disease' assumes such dimensions as preclude the idea of redemption, in the particular incarnation, death destroys the body, and, thus, graciously puts an end to the physical suffering and torments of a worn out, diseased, and dilapidated organism, the owner of which has signally failed to utilize his chance of life eternal.
Morality in religion means a God-like attitude of Purity and Love towards all beings. It aims at turning men into Gods, and there is no room in it for the hollow sentimentality of the world which exhausts itself in wordy protestations of goodness and virtue. It is not an admirer of wolves in sheep's skin, who for securing the good opinion of their stupid and insincere neighbours go down on their knees and offer up long and elaborate prayers in public, who give a small pittance of their wealth with all the noise and fuss that they can make for a mention in the press, who place large sums of money at the disposal of royalty to secure a title, or who shed crocodile tears to excite the respect of their
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