"Now let us follow out this thought that all of you are Divine and that
each one of you looks upon himself as being Divine, and that you look
upon all others as being Divine also. What is the result? Let's see. The
Divine nature is one of love, one of purity, one of justice, one of
harmony, one of peace. As a Divine being you are looking within for all
your happiness and are not dependent on things outside of yourself to
make you happy. As a Divine being you are not grasping and wanting
things that don't belong to you, and making yourself and others
miserable by wishing you were where you cannot go, or you want things
you cannot have. As a Divine being your conduct towards others under all
circumstances is one of love. Therefore you are not stirring up
contentions and strifes and you are trying, as far as possible, to make
those around you happy, and are yourself striving to be the same under
all circumstances. All things which disturb you keep you from realizing
the Divine. Therefore you have control over your temper and are
manifesting peace and harmony. As you are Divine, you should do your
work in the world without attachment to things of the world. You should
not be owned by the external world, for all forms and things perish, but
the life of the spirit is eternal.
"As a Divine being you will be honest and truthful to yourself and
others; you will practise no deception; you will not want what belongs
to others; and try in trade or barter to cheat another, for you look
upon all as Divine like yourself. As a Divine being you will want to
earn your living by the sweat of your own brow, instead of by the sweat
of others as many do to-day.
"Let that thought enter the life of the family and instead of the
husband and father being cross and cranky at times, he will always be
the same; trying each day in some new way to make his wife and children
better and happier, and they in return will be a joy to themselves and a
comfort to him. What a happy home where that thought reigns.
"Let that thought be carried into the affairs of the County, State and
Nation, and see what a revolution of peace and happiness it would bring.
The first change would be that all women would have the same right to
vote as men have; not because they are women, but because they are
Divine, like man. In short because they are spiritual beings like men.
"The aphorism, 'Equal rights to all and special privileges to none,'
will be lived out, because no one who is living the thought that all are
Divine, will wish to have opportunities that they deny to others.
"'An injury to one is the concern of all,' is a maxim that would be put
into practise. 'All for one and one for all' would be acted out in all
the business of life, for all are Divine. All persons in office would
see how best they can serve the public, instead of seeing, as is done
now, how best they can feather their own nests, at the expense of the
public.
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