Golden Stairs

A clean life,
An open mind,
A pure heart,
An eager intellect,
An unveiled spiritual perception,
A brotherliness for one’s co-disciple,
A readiness to give and receive advice and instruction,
A loyal sense of duty to the Teacher,
A willing obedience to the behests of truth,
A courageous endurance of personal injustice,
A brave declaration of principles,
A valiant defence of those who are unjustly attacked,
And a constant eye to the ideal of human progression and perfection
Which the Secret Science depicts…
These are the Golden Stairs up the steps
of which the learner may climb
To the Temple of Divine Wisdom”.