creator of all and exists both beyond and within all creations. He is the protector and benefactor of all and only just because He is such, He is not to be worshipped, but He is to be worshipped out of selfless and motiveless love and devotion and with grateful acknowledgement of His boundless kindness and mercy.

Out of love and one-pointed devotion, He has to be remembered ceaselessly and His name or names be uttered not only by the lips, but more so, by the loving and devotional heart and concentrated mind. Zarathustra wisely directed His followers as how to worship Ahura Mazda beyond as well as within all creations — heavenly creations, such as Yazats (Angels), physical creations, such as the sun, moon, fire, water, etc. as, Ahura Mazda exists within the Divine existence of all creations.

The Truth which Zarathustra preached should not be accepted just because He preached, but should be sought by an enlightened mind, as true religion is the way and practice of rediscovery of Truths by one and all. Inner revelation has got to be sought for then only, follows the true and beneficial acceptance. Truth is the birthright of all and It manifests itself to a true and devoted seeker. Though He laid great stress on securing knowledge, not only intellectual, but also spiritual and divine, not only worldly, but also heavenly, He laid greater importance on the growth and development of soul-wisdom.

He advocated good thoughts, good words and good deeds, and showed His followers the true Bhakti path, Jnana path and Karma path. With mind enlightened and heart devoted, all acts should be done for God and God only. In the Karma path, if service to fellow-men and fellow-creatures is done in such spirit, then to such, Vohu Manah bestows the reward of Divine enlightenment and such ones alone serve the poor and needy as true servants and representatives of Ahura Mazda. Thus He showed the ideal form of service to fellow-men and fellow-creatures. Though He came as a prophet and preached as a prophet, He worked as a reformer and lived among His people as one them, showing them how to live a pure and righteous life, and even while attending to the worldly duties how to rise higher and higher in spirituality till the goal of man merging into God in God-Consciousness — is reached.

Truth is Divine. Truth is self-existent and existed before the beginning of all creatures and shall exist even after the end of all creations. From time to time, individuals came in one age or other and preached and practiced the religion of Truth at one place or other, but the religion of truth existed before all individuals. Zarathustra, the Prophet of Truth, came to reform the deformed religion, to destroy the power of evil and wicked ones who led the people to evil and corrupted notions and practices, to remove the wickedness which then prevailed, and to bring back love for truth in the hearts of men.

He spoke at length of the role of duality existing in the world as twin forces. He said that the universe came into existence on the meeting of these twin spirits and the two in turn will exist as long as the universe exists. These two are brought into existence for the purpose of creation and when the end of creation comes, the purpose of these is served and consequently, they will cease to exist as the twin spirits. They are Spenta Mainyu and Angre Mainyu.

Spenta Mainyu is the spirit which promotes Divine characteristics and leads one towards and to Divine Unity. Angre Mainyu is the spirit which tends to remove the Divine characteristics and promotes the opposite characteristics and leads one away from the Divine Unity into the dark abyss of ignorance of separated individuality, perpetuating and nourishing the self-interested, exploiting egoistic individuality as separate from one and all, as separate from God. Thoughts, words and deeds, born out of Spenta Mainyu are good and must be inculcated. While, on the other hand thoughts, words and deeds, born out of Angre Mainyu, are evil, and one must keep away from them. Every individual has the free choice to think and act, but is bound to the reactions of his thoughts and actions. When these twin spirits are properly understood