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Reward and punishment  personal gain or personal pain  which gets it back to pure selfishness. REWARD AND PUNISHMENT PERSONAL GAIN OR PERSONAL PAIN WHICH GETS IT BACK TO PURE SELFISHNESS
 temptation, and then deliberately to punish it for falling. If I believed God capable of that I should utterly despise Him. JOHN: It sounds mean. ELINOR: Of course. Now think a moment. Each unit being a part of the eternal scheme, the soul of each unit being a spark of the Divine Consciousness, it follows surely that the basis of all religion is that we must not soil our souls--not from the fear of hell or hope of heaven, but because they, being lent by God, must return to Him untarnished. The law of cause and effect takes care of the punishments or rewards. We bring each upon ourselves by our own actions; setting in motion an inevitable machinery producing consequence, as surely as when we thrust our hand into the fire it is burnt. JOHN: That sounds all right; go on! ELINOR: You see, then, our setting in motion this law can have nothing to do with the anger or approval or complacency of God. “Be good, and you will go to heaven: behave evilly, and you will go to hell”--one was taught.  THROW THE SPARK OF HIMSELF INTO TEMPTATION AND THEN DELIBERATELY TO PUNISH IT FOR FALLING IF I BELIEVE GOD CAPABLE OF THAT I SHOULD UTTERLY DESPISE HIM JOHN IT SOUNDS MEAN ELEANOR OF COURSE NOW THINK A MOMENT EACH UNIT BEING A PART OF THE ETERNAL SCHEME THE SOUL OF EACH UNIT BEING A SPARK OF THE DIVINE CONSCIOUSNESS IT FOLLOWS SURELY THAT THE BASIS OF ALL RELIGION IS THAT WE MUST NOT SOIL OUR SOULS NOT FROM THE FEAR OF HELL OR HOPE OF HEAVEN BUT BECAUSE THEY BEING LENT BY GOD MUST RETURN TO HIM UNTARNISHED THE LAW OF CAUSE AND EFFECT TAKES CARE OF THE PUNISHMENTS OR REWARDS WE BRING EACH UPON OURSELVES BY OUR OWN ACTIONS SETTING IN MOTION AN INEVITABLE MACHINERY PRODUCING CONSEQUENCE AS SURELY AS WHEN WE THRUST OUR HAND INTO THE FIRE IT IS BURNT JOHN THAT SOUNDS ALL RIGHT GO ON ELEANOR YOU SEE THEN OUR SETTING IN MOTION THIS LAW CAN HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ANGER OR APPROVAL OR COMPLACENCY OF GOD BE GOOD AND YOU WILL GO TO HEAVEN BEHAVE EVILLY AND YOU WILL GO TO HELL ONE WAS TAUGHT
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