The Life Spark and the Soul Spark 



A universal religion is one which has no national limita- 

 tions but embraces all the races of mankind. The universal 

 religions are Buddhism, Islam and Christianity. A religion 

 that embraces all of humanity can have no higher goal than 

 the precepts it teaches. Like the human body, they all con- 

 tain vestiges of the past. Human society will become spir- 

 tually perfect when all the religions of the world are blended 

 In harmony and purpose and when all the members of soci- 

 ety live in perfect harmony with this harmony. 



The basic foundation of all religions may be found in the 

 Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule. Likewise, all 

 civil laws governing the conduct of human society are based 

 on these laws. These rules embrace right and wrong, truth 

 and love, all of morals and all of religion. Generally speak- 

 ing, both standards of morals and forms of religion are 

 birth-rights of the individual. As the precepts of both are 

 instilled into the plastic minds of youth, so the concepts of 

 morals and religion are formed. These concepts are sub- 

 ject to environmental and experimental change but these 

 individual changes are the exception instead of the rule. The 

 forms of religion may differ but the purpose and substances 

 are the same. The purpose is to put the spirit of the indi- 

 vidual in contact and harmony with the spirit of the Infinite 

 Life from which the individual life has sprung. 



In the Evolution of the human soul, it has passed through 

 many dark ages of superstitions, prejudices, oppressions and 

 persecutions, but the needle of its spiritual force has always 

 pointed to the Infinite Life. This force has struggled for 

 the equilibrium of harmony of the Infinite Life. Without 

 the directing power of intellect, we cannot uncover the hid- 



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