Golden Stairs

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A set of guidelines to aspirants in the spiritual path laid down by Helena P. Blavatsky, a co-founder of the Theosophical Society. The full text of the Golden Stairs is as follows:

Behold the truth before you: 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, once we have placed our confidence in, and believe that Teacher to be in possession of it; 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.