All inspiration comes from the Father. Hence, the degree of a
race's advancement in point of civilization is in proportion to
its spiritual enfoldment. Therefore the material aspect of life,
which includes God's evolutionary and non-evolutionary creatures,
is the same on every habitable globe in limitless space.
In telling the story of Mars you must be prepared to believe
that, from a physical point of view, the Martians are just human
beings, differing little from the people of your Earth.
The same may be said concerning the activities of life enjoyed by
all of God's creatures. Martians work and have their
recreations. They enjoy the fruits of their earth just as you do
the fruits of yours. They have invented labor-saving machinery,
and indulge in a multitude of industrial pursuits, but with this
difference: their economic system is such that the life of the
Martian is not the struggle for existence you have created on
your Earth. On the contrary it is a pleasurable life in which
work is as much enjoyed as is recreation. This condition is due
to two causes. First, Mars is much farther advanced as a world
in its evolutionary career. Second, the Spiritual enfoldment of
its inhabitants is proportionately advanced.
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