A little manual of Mazdean doctrine, written in Pahlavi and 
   dating from the fourth century of our era, contains a number 
   of questions the answers to which everyone over the age of 
   fifteen is supposed to know. 

   The first questions are: 

     Who am I and to whom do I belong? 

     Whence have I come and whither am I returning? 

     What is my lineage and what is my race? 
   
     What is my proper calling in earthly existence?

     Did I come from the celestial world, or is it in 
     the earthly world that I began to be? 

     Do I belong to Ahura-Mazda or to Ahriman? 

     To the angels or the demons?

   And here are the answers:



     I came from the Celestial Realm (menok), 
     it is not in the Terrestrial Realm that I began to be. 

     I was originally manifested in the Spiritual State, 
     my original state is not the Material State.

 I belong to Ahura Mazda, The Might The Wise,

     not to Ahriman. 

     I belong to the Angels, not to the demons

     I am the Creature of Ahura-Mazda, 
     not the creature of Ahriman. 

     I hold my Lineage and my race from GayuMarth (Adam). 

     My Mother is SpandarMat [Gaya],
     My Father is Ahura-Mazda

     The Accomplishment of my Service in The Field of Action 
     consists in this: 

     To think of All-Powerful WiseMind as 

     Present Existence

     which has always existed, 
     and will always exist. 

     To think of HIM as 

     Immortal Sovereignty
     
     As Limitation Transcending 
     and Purity

     To think of Ahriman as pure negativity

     exhausting himself in nothingness
     as the Evil Spirit who formerly did not exist in this Creation
     and who one day will cease to exist in Ohrmazd's Creation

     and who will collapse at the Final Time 

     To consider my True Self as belonging to 

     The Mighty The Wise 
     And the ArchAngels



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   And Remember 

   The time when Abraham and EsmaEL 
   Raised the Foundations of the House, 
   praying: 

     Our LORD, Accept this from us; for YOU Are 
     the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing

     Our Lord, make us both Self-Surrendering to THEE 
     and make of our offspring a people Self-Surrendering to THEE. 

     And Show us our ways of Worship 
     And Turn to us with mercy 

     For YOU are 
     Oft-Returning with compassion, and Ever Merciful 

     And, Our Lord, raise up among them a Messenger 
     from among themselves 

     who may Recite to them YOUR Self-Evident-Indications 

     And Teach them The Book and Wisdom and may Purify them

     Surely YOU Are 

     The Mighty The Wise [Ahura-Mazda]

     [The Illuminating Lecture - Sura The Sacrificial Heifer]

        !M!     !M!     !M!