MORE PHILOSOPHY OF SILVER BIRCH by Tony Ortzen 1979 / 253 pages.
"We
are warriors if necessary for war to be waged. After all,
are we not engaged in one of the biggest of all wars?
This is the war against ignorance, stupidity,
selfishness, superstition, all the forces of darkness
that resist the light. It is a war against oppression,
cruelty, exploitation, needless suffering. This is a
tremendous battle that has to be won." "There
has to be freedom of mind, body and spirit in your world.
We are opposed to slavery whatever form it takes. Man
must deliver himself from his own bondage. He must
recognize that the spirit which animates him is the same
one that gives life to every being and creature in your
world. The power of the spirit girdles them all, brings
them all together and makes them one in the sight of the
Great Spirit responsible for their being."
"That is what is behind all the work you do, to
bring awareness, of the realities of life. It will not be
easily attained because these lessons are learned only
through difficulty, crises, sickness, bereavement and the
afflictions which make people despair, but are in reality
the means by which they can find themselves."
"We say that you should have the confidence born of
knowledge, that pessimism should never play a part in
your earthly lives. You should always welcome the morrow
as the harbinger of a wondrous adventure and possibility
that it has for you. Your life should be exhilarating.
Cast out fear. Fear is a product of ignorance and
superstition. We are privileged to live in the sunlight
of knowledge." "You must live for the day, for
the hour, for the minute, for the second. Have no anxiety
for the morrow and do the best you can. The great spirit
is aware of the fact that you are all very human beings
and imperfect. That is why you are on earth. If you were
perfect you would not be where you are now. The function
of your earthly life is simply to eliminate the
imperfections."
