FOR THE information of one who would obtain a more comprehensive and exact knowledge of
the nature and quality of the Instruction, the following data will be of interest and value.
One of the most exalted scientific discoveries throughout the past was the fact that there is a Moral Order in Nature.
On this fundamental fact rest many others of vast importance.
There is a Constructive and a Destructive Principle in Nature.
Man as an Individualized Intelligence is bound by the Moral Order of Nature, and thereby is accountable to the Moral Law of his own being.
In his endeavors to live his life in conformity with the Moral Law of his own being, he learns to differentiate between the Constructive and the Destructive Principles and Processes of Nature, as these affect his Life, Liberty and Happiness.
Through personal experience he discovers that, as an Individual Intelligence, he has the independent power to conform his life to the Constructive or to the Destructive Principle and Process of Nature, whichever he elects.
However, he soon learns from experience that the Constructive Principle and Process alone are in harmonious cooperation with the Moral Principle and Process, by which he is bound, and that the Destructive Principle and Process are out of harmony with, and antagonistic to, the Moral Principle and Process, as they affect him in his Individual Life, Liberty and Happiness.
From these facts as a starting point, he also learns two other vitally important items of knowledge with reference to himself as an Individual Intelligence:
By conforming his life to the Constructive Principle and Process, it is possible for him to progress, unfold his Individual Powers, improve his condition, increase his liberty and attain his happiness. Also, it is possible for him to discharge his Obligations and Responsibilities.
By conforming his life to the Destructive Principle and Process, he does not progress; he cannot improve his condition, but inevitably sacrifices his liberty and impairs his happiness.
This means that he comes to know, from personal experience, that Morality is the only basis of Constructive Unfoldment (meaning Spiritual Progress, Development, Growth, Improvement and Happiness).
Only when he has arrived at this point in his personal knowledge and unfoldment is he able to understand, appreciate, appropriate and make a constructive application and use of the Instruction which embodies the foregoing knowledge, and upon which he is to proceed with his Individual unfoldment and constructive development on all the planes of Nature.
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