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FEBRUARY 1948

and what I wish to do in this letter is to look into the mind of the Master and
there see why there was no fear and why there was an abundance of faith.
The world today is living in fear, fear of one thing or another. The

history of man contains much slavery, brutality and injustice. Someone a little
cleverer, a little stronger, than the rest enslaved his fellows for his own selfish
ends. Man in the past has been the sport of kings, priests and dictators.
Through fear of starvation he was forced to cringe at the foot of the tyrant and

through fear of the unknown he was bound to the authority of his religious
belief to which he was forced to conform and through his ignorant craving
he brought into being dictatorships based upon the policy that the State is all

important and the individual is of no consequence, but history has shown that
no form of government can be lasting unless there is true Justice for all.
Individuals and groups of individuals can live comfortably in complete

absence of the State. All the necessary work in the world is performed by
individuals and not by the State. The State should be and is but a social depart-
ment intended to secure and protect mankind, whereas dictators have reversed

the natural order and imposed upon their victim a tyranny called the State,
which has enslaved and tortured them.
The Man of Galilee showed that mankind was not here to be downtrodden,
he showed as all other prophets did, that understanding gives all the opportunity of

becoming equal and those with finer minds will always take the lead.
Now the world is trying to right itself through conferences, and through
economics and other means but this will surely fail for not until the world will

accept the fundamental realities of Love, Wisdom and Service and translate
these into daily living can there be peace, freedom and plenty. There is no
use in crying “Peace! Peace!” when there is no foundation for a lasting peace.
Jesus said to his disciples, “My peace I give to you, I give it not as the world

gives its peace,” and it is this peace that I want to show you and how it can
be acquired in a world in chaos.
In your work in the world of trade and commerce and in your association

with others you must not confuse the issue, for Jesus gave to the world a way
of life if it had been followed wou1d have saved millions from suffering and
misery and, in Robert Burns’ words the cause is well portrayed, “man’s inhumanity

to man makes countless thousands mourn.”
Now, let us look into the mind of the Man of Galilee: He was aware
that no mental theories had any fundamental importance in the life of the

individual, and that belief or imitation of others was also useless for he knew

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