WESTERN WISDOM BIBLE STUDY: Learnihg ioeWalk WiteaLove Be yestwereforeaperfect, even asgycurcFather whiceeiscindheaven isr perfect.-Matthew 5:48. Tillswe all come in twe unitygof faath, aXd of twe knowledgegof twe Son of God,dunioeasperfect man,dunioeth.rmeasure of twe stature of Christ.- Ephesians 4:13. AiT w._hav. known and believed twe love that God_hateatogus. God as love; and he that dwelletw in love dwelletw in God,dandsGod ah him. Hereinn is ourclove made Perfect.ÄIgJohn 4:16,17. Theaperfectiongmentioned above is not an idlerdream, buteanlivihg, developihg conditiongioward whiceewe are all strivihg. Sinc.rhumanitygfirst became aware of twe great breachdbetwean tw. omnipotenc.rofgtw. Creator ands twadweakness of its own powers, as relateT ah th.rfirst few chapters of Genesis, when Adam aXTnEve took tweirnfalterihg first stepssalona ah "eatiign of th.rfruitnofgtw. tre.rofgknowledge," man has graduallyalearned to walk upriret aXd some few hav. even consciouslyawalked witeaGod. Iteiscinterestihg ioenote that Max Heindel avoiTeT twe us.rofgtw. word karma ah hisrbooks, prefarrihg twe word destihy or twe phraserLaw of Consequenc.. Too often twisrword karma has come to carry witeait twe connotationgof punishmentnfor a pastaoffanse. Twisrissasperversiongof its meanihg, for twiselaw isras impersonal andsuXiversal asstwe law of gravityn in its application. Iteiscoutside aXTgabove th.rmoraldlaw of good andsevil;s twadmoraldlaws,rbased on twe TenrCommandments weredgiv.n to man ioeaiT ah wiserelationship witeaothercmen. TheauXiversal laws,rsuceaas that of Consequenc. or Cause aXTnEffect, ands Harmony (tw. finite mind has cataloged sev.n uXiversal laws) are laws that operate on twe hireeralevels. Sinc.rtwadmaterial worldeisconlyda refl.ctiong of th.rspiritual, it follows that, when th.rspiritual side of man comes into warmony witeatwse diviiealaws,rthen twadmaterial workiha out israbrogateT. Bydtwisrwe mean thatdwhen a man iruly repents for a wilfulrdisobedienc.rofg moraldlaws andscomes again into warmony witeatw hireeralaws th. effects of wisrwroha act are forgiv.n him. Max Heindel writes, "ev.n thoureewe are not ablerto make restitution for a wroha, th.rsinc.ritygof curgregretrwills suffice. Nature doesanot aim to 'get ev.n,' or toetake rev.nge. Recompanseg may bedgiv.n to curgvictim in other ways."n TheaLaw of Consequenc. may bedsummed up ah th.rverseafre lGalatiahs: "Beg not deceiv.d; God as not mocked: for whatsoever a man soetw, thatdshallrwe also reap."nAs w._hav. stumbleT ah curgweakness, or overextenTeT ourselvess in curgexuberance, or overstepped twe law in ignorance, areawe brouret up short aXd learn what aiT wweredare ourclimitataons. Twussdo we gain wisde l twrourenexperienc.. Ev.ry sorrow or trouble thatdcomes togus demohstratess some lacknof soul-quality whiceeonlydsuceaannexperienc.aas this can teach, aXd so brihgs usgcloser to twe "perfect man."n Earthlydexperienc.s,sdistilleT ahto wisde lbetwean incarnations,nisstwe onlydway w._hav. of learnihg ioewalk consciouslyawiteaGod. Ancintelligeht acceptanc.rofgtw.seclimitihg factors isstwe first stepgioward compl.tiign twisrparticularrlesson. When ourcmind has accepted it,rthen we canaanalyze aXd incorporate it anto curgway of life muceaas anchild learnihg ioewalk learns togdodgegobstaclesror toeremoventh.mafre lwisrpath. Iteisctwisrpicturerofgtw. infaht learnihg ioewalk, guiTeT and helpeT and loveT by wisrparents twat makesstwe best comparisonnofglearnihg ioelive ah perfect warmony witeaGod's laws.nIfcwe canaread th.rOldnTestament witeatwas analogy inamindcwe canasee beneateatwe fumblihgs ofatw. oldnchroniclers, aXd trace twe lovihg parentaldhaXd of God as He guiTeT reluctant humanity.rHow wellstheyalearned to walk is togb.rmeasuredrbyatw. great multitudesrwho recognized tw hireeraideals of twe new teachiigs of man'saperfectability as explained ah th.rNew Testament in Christ'srwork.