THE 7 PRINCIPLES

We try to live our lives in accordance with our Seven Principles which are:

2. The Brotherhood of Man.

God is Universal, all creation, all of mankind stems from the same source, from God.
Man is both material and spiritual, God’s plan and purpose apply to both the material world and the spiritual. Mankind has unity in a creator and the same great plan applies to us all. The plan is harmony, of growth, change and progress.

The Brotherhood of man is a practical Principle.
As brothers live and strive together to support each other and the family, this Principle reminds us that we should do the same. We should endeavour to cooperate with our brothers. We help our fellow man and by so doing we are actively taking part in God’s plan, we bring about security, peace, kindness, beauty and joy to people’s lives.

Helping others should be done, not to glorify ourselves, not to gain favour with God but in a spirit of unselfishness.
The kindly world, the listening ear, time and effort spent to help another, everyday opportunities giving a helping hand and share the blessings of this life; these if offered in a loving giving spirit with no expectation of reward, are true acts of brotherhood. We should love one another, by loving and acting with kindness a spiritual light will shine from within. Our capacity to experience God’s love will grow. We will indeed benefit, just as a person who shines a torch in the dark to guide others can then see by the light himself.

An important aspect of Brotherhood, is to shine the torch of knowledge, to inform the ignorant and the unseeing.
Lack of knowledge, darkness to God or misunderstanding of our spiritual nature and potential, these are like cages trapping us and leading to unhappiness. This is where I believe a good Spiritualist speaker can help their brother man, to remove the ignorance to bring the light of knowledge where once there was darkness. This is an act of true brotherhood.