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."