| 1 | If the health and well-being of the body be expended in the 
path of the Kingdom, this is very acceptable and praiseworthy; 
and if it is expended to the benefit of the human world in general
--even though it be to their material benefit and be a means of 
doing good--that is also acceptable.  But if the health and welfare 
of man be spent in sensual desires, in a life on the animal plane, 
and in devilish pursuits--then disease is better than such health; 
nay, death itself is preferable to such a life.  If thou art desirous 
of health, wish thou health for serving the Kingdom.  I hope thou 
mayest attain a perfect insight, an inflexible resolution, a complete 
health and spiritual and physical strength in order that thou mayest 
drink from the fountain of eternal life and be assisted by the 
spirit of divine confirmation. |