spirituality of Christ. The physical nature is born of Adam, but
the spiritual nature is born from the bounty of the Holy Spirit. The first
is the source of all imperfection; the second is the source of all
perfection.

The Christ sacrificed Himself so that men might be freed from the
imperfections of the physical nature and might become possessed of the
virtues of the spiritual nature. This spiritual nature, which came into
existence through the bounty of the Divine Reality, is the union of all
perfections and appears through the breath of the Holy Spirit. It is the
divine perfections; it is light, spirituality, guidance, exaltation, high
aspiration, justice, love, grace, kindness to all, philanthropy, the
essence of life. It is the reflection of the splendor of the Sun of
Reality.

The Christ is the central point of the Holy Spirit: He is born of the Holy
Spirit; He is raised up by the Holy Spirit; He is the descendant of the
Holy Spirit--that is to say, that the Reality of Christ does not descend
from Adam; no, it is born of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, this verse in
Corinthians, "As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made
alive," means, according to this terminology, that Adam(100) is the father
of man--that is to say, He is the cause of the physical life of mankind;
His was the physical fatherhood. He is a living soul, but He is not the
giver of spiritual life, whereas Christ is the cause of the spiritual life
of man, and with regard to the spirit, His was the spiritual fatherhood.
Adam is a living soul; Christ is a quickening spirit.

This physical world of man is subject to the power of the lusts, and sin
is the consequence of this power of the lusts, for it is not subject to
the laws of justice and holiness. The body of man is a captive of nature;
it will act in accordance with whatever nature orders. It is, therefore,
certain that sins such as anger, jealousy, dispute, covetousness, avarice,
ignorance, prejudice, hatred, pride and tyranny exist in the physical
world. All these brutal qualities exist in the nature of man. A man who
has not had a spiritual education is a brute. Like the savages of Africa,
whose actions, habits and morals are purely sensual, they act according to
the demands of nature to such a degree that they rend and eat one another.
Thus it is evident that the physical world of man is a world of sin. In
this physical world man is not distinguished from the animal.

All sin come