According to various Eastern beliefs, the Four Fruits of human life are that each Fruit shall develop and ripen and come to full growth.
The First Fruit is that of morality and purity of thought. This makes one a decent person who is able to progress on the Spiritual Path.
Secondly, there is security of position, so that the Temple of the Soul, which, naturally, is the body, is not damaged by excessive poverty or suffering.
It should be stated that in some conditions one has to have poverty and suffering because of Karma, but as a general rule it is better that one is able to attain to the Middle Way not too rich, not too poor, not starving, but not overfed.
The Third Fruit is that by which one has one's legitimate desires fulfilled. It comes as a reward for right living, right thinking, right behaving.
A legitimate desire does not include the desire of having a new car or a new coat, or things which are for vanity or to show off to other people.
A legitimate desire is a desire to help others and to save others from unnecessary distress. It is also legitimate to desire to progress and advance, again unselfishly, again so that one may help others.
The Fourth, and best, of the Fruits is that one shall speedily attain to release from the ties of this world. It means liberation from Karma, the end of one's incarnations and reincarnations upon the Earth system.
When one has the last of the Four Fruits, when one has escaped from the toils of the Earth, then one can, if one is foolish, volunteer to come back to this dreary old spot to help others.
When you attain to that position, and you are on the Other Side, leave instructions that if you ever decide to volunteer your friends will have your sanity tested, because it does appear that nowadays things are rather out of hand on the Earth, and things are much too hard.
However, we are in the Age of Kali, and that gloomy Age will pass away and the sun will shine again with the dawn of a new era, and with an upsurge of spiritual purity.
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MAY THE SPIRIT GUIDE US ALL.
ADIÓS.
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February 17, 2021
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