I speak to you as a warner, and I warn against the ways of evil men.
They are selfish men unheedful of the good of others, the good, which includes them.
Their thoughts do not extend beyond themselves and their own; they seek to isolate themselves from mankind when the good of mankind is an issue.
They do not know what should be done and what should not be done; they do not understand the nature of good conduct and the path of Truth.
They say, "Man kind has no need for goodness; it has no moral foundation.
There is no way of knowing Truth.
There is no Supreme Spirit, no Creating God.
All creation is the result of chance, and lust is the only cause of birth.
The only purpose of life is an earthly one, we begin and end in the dust."
Set in the ways of this belief, these unconscious soulspirits dutifully serve the cause of evil, working, though they know not, for the destruction of mankind.
They taint their soulspirits with unrestricted desires
and stain them with uncontrolled urges.
Full of arrogance and deceit, they ride rough-shod over the spiritual inclinations of others and hold fast to their own dark belief.
Their destructive work is carried on in the name of progress.
Yet with all they have, they are unhappy and discontented.
They are loaded with many unnecessary cares, and their restless thoughts never give them peace.
They fruitlessly seek happiness in sensual enjoyments, in pleasure and gaiety, in the frivolities of life, in drinking and gambling, in luxury and ease, firmly believing they will find it there, that life can offer no more.
They are bound fast with fetters of worldliness; they are blind and insensitive to anything else.
They seethe within; anger, spitefulness, indignation and malice are relieving outlets.
They seek refuge in lies and deceit; they hope for relief in outbursts of temper, in lust and sensuality and in foul language.
Their only aim is to amass wealth and possessions, or to live a life of idleness and ease; they cannot understand what drives them on.
They say, "What I have I have earned; it is my own; with it I will acquire whatever I need to satisfy my desires.
I have amassed riches, I have come to a high position; men look up to me; I am praised and honoured.
I can buy what I desire; I will enjoy life; I am a success; who else is like me?
I give charity; I fulfil my religious obligations; I am sought after by those who need advice and help.
I live comfortably; I eat well; I have all I need."
This they say, but are they really happy and at peace, are they really successful having all they want?
No, they speak from the darkness of delusion, though they know it not.
They have been deceived by the trap of earthly conditions; they have fallen prey to the alluring phantoms of the senses.
They are entangled in a net of delusion; they wander in the deep fog of illusion.
They are slaves to their urges, captives of their cravings; they are bound and helpless in a chariot drawn by runaway horses, carried swiftly towards the yawning abyss.
Weak men become drunk with the heady draughts of power and riches; they are carried away by their own arrogance and conceit.
They try to turn earthly condition towards serving their own ends and struggle futilely against The Law.
Willing slaves of arrogance and selfishness,
helpless victims in the stormy seas of rage, lust and violence, these servants of evil hate the divinity within themselves.
They hate and fear the small still voice inside.
They stifle it; they smother it under the loud clamour of gaiety.
They seek solace in strong wine, in sense-stimulating entertainment and in spirit-poisoning drugs.
Stand aside; let them be carried swiftly to the place of sorrow and vain regret!
