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Explanation Of The Seven Principles

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THE SEVEN PRINCIPLES

THE FATHERHOOD OF GOD :
 
BY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE STUDY OF NATURE AND THE LAWS OF CAUSE AND EFFECT WHICH GOVERNS ALL THAT IS AROUND US , WE RECOGNISE THE CREATIVE FORCE THAT SURROUNDS US AS AN ENERGY FORCE WHICH CREATES ALL LIFE UNIVERSALLY .
THIS CREATIVE FORCE OR ENERGY MANIFESTS DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY IN ALL THINGS .
WE KNOW THIS POWER AS GOD , AND AS WE ARE PART OF THAT LIFEFORCE , WE ACKNOWLEDGE GOD AS OUR FATHER .
 
THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN
 
AS WE ALL COME FROM THE SAME ENERGY FORCE WE CALL GOD , WE ARE IN EFFECT ONE LARGE FAMILY .
IN EFFECT WE ARE ALL PART OF A BROTHERHOOD , WE MUST ALSO LOOK NOT ONLY TO THE MATERIAL THINGS , BUT THE SPIRITUAL AS WELL , SO IN EFFECT WE ARE ALL BROTHERS IN RELATIONSHIP TO OUR FATHER GOD
 
THE COMMUNION OF SPIRIT AND THE MINISTRY OF ANGELS
 
ALL RELIGIONS BELIEVE THERE IS LIFE AFTER DEATH , BUT SPIRITUALISM BASES THIS RELIGION ON FACT NOT FAITH .
WE DO THIS BY DEMONSTRATIONS IN SPIRITUALIST CHURCHES , WHICH THROUGH MEDIUMSHIP GIVES MANY OF THE LOVED ONES TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE TEACHINGS OF SPIRIT AND THEIR MINISTRY .
 
CONTINUOUS EXISTANCE OF THE HUMAN SOUL
 
MATTER AND ENERGY CANNOT BE DESTROYED , AND IF WE ACCEPT THIS THERE IS NO REASON WHY WE WE SHOULD NOT .
ON THE DEATH OF THE PHYSICAL BODY THE SPIRIT CONTINUES TO THE SPIRIT WORLD , THIS IS SIMPLY ANOTHER DIMENSION .
IN SPIRIT LIFE , WE HAVE A SPIRIT BODY , BUT UNTIL WE CAN PROGRESS ANY FURTHER WE STAY IN THE REPLICA OF THE MATERIAL BODY , WE CAN ONLY CHANGE BY PROGRESSION .
 
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
 
THIS IS THE ONE PRINCIPLE WHICH PLACES RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR OWN THOUGHTS AND DEEDS WHERE IT BELONGS , OUR OWN INDIVIDUALITY .
WE ARE IN OURSELVES OUR OWN JUDGE AND JURY , NO OTHER HAS THE RIGHT TO INTERFERE IN OUR FREE WILL , AND OUR PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITIES DO NOT STOP AT PHYSICAL DEATH .
 
COMPENSATION AND RETRIBUTION HEREAFTER FOR ALL THE GOOD AND EVIL DEEDS DONE ON EARTH
 
NATURAL LAWS APPLY AND THIS PRINCIPLE ECHOES WITH THE LAW OF CAUSE AND EFFECT (( what comes around goes around ) WE CANNOT BE CRUEL TOWARDS OTHERS , BUT SHOW UNCONDITIONAL LOVE TO ALL FELLOWMAN AND THE ANIMAL KINGDOM , WE CANNOT WAIT UNTIL OUR SPIRITUAL LIVES BEGINS , IT ALL STARTS HERE ON EARTH .
 
ETERNAL PROGRESS OPEN TO EVERY HUMAN SOUL
 
THERE EXISTS IN EVERY MATERIAL BEING THE DESIRE FOR PROGRESS . ALL WHO DESIRE PERFECTION HAS THE ABILITY TO PERSUE IT , WE CAN ALL ONLY DO OUR BEST IN THIS LIFE TO TRY AND REACH THIS PERFECTION . SPIRITUALISM IS ONLY A WAY OF LIFE , AND TO LIVE THIS LIFE IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY WILL LEAD TO THAT SPIRITUAL PATHWAY OF PERFECTION .
 
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PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE PRINCIPLES MAY BE INTERPRETATED BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE , AND IS ONLY MEANT AS A GUIDE TO THOSE WHO ARE INERESTED FOR THIS KNOWLEDGE .