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A Clean Life

An open mind

A pure heart

An eager intellect

An unveiled spiritual perception

A brotherliness for all

A readiness to give and receive advice and instruction

A loyal sense of duty to the Teacher

A willing obedience to the behests of TRUTH, once we have placed our confidence in and believe that Teacher to be in possession of it

A courageous endurance of personal injustice

A brave declaration of principles

A valiant defence of those who are unjustly attacked, and

A constant eye to the ideal of human progression and perfection which the Sacred Science depicts

These are the golden stairs up the steps of which the learner may climb to the Temple of Divine Wisdom.