Since, O Mazda, from the beginning, Thou didst create soul and body; mental power and knowledge and since Thou didst place life within the corporeal body and didst bestow to mankind the power to act, speak and guide, you wished that everyone should choose his or her own faith and path freely.
There are words which sever hearts more than sharp swords; there are words the point of which sting the heart through the course of a whole life.
Just as rivers flow from east and west to merge with the one sea, forgetting that they were ever separate rivers, so all beings lose their separateness when they eventually merge into pure Being.
There’s harmony and inner peace to be found in following a moral compass that points in the same direction, regardless of fashion or trend.
