There is one universal rule that must be learned: you cannot break the rules without suffering. You cannot live against the divine plan without destroying yourself. This is an inescapable and immutable fact, and there is not a single episode in history where it is otherwise. Individuality is given to man, but when it tempts him to commit acts contrary to integrity, that privilege ends.

The Code of Hammurabi was an early law created to eliminate negative factors in human nature. For example, if a builder builds a house that immediately collapses, he must rebuild it and do it correctly. Pythagoras spoke of harmony: human beings must live harmoniously to survive. We know much better than we act. When what we know and should do interferes with what we want to do, we enter a state of corruption. Error can never triumph.

Ambition as the Greatest Sin

Nature is honest because it has no choice; its power is irrefutable. Nature cannot be bribed or corrupted. Perhaps one of the sins that cannot be forgiven is the sin of personal aggrandizement and ambition, in which each individual desires to be greater than everyone else and is willing to sacrifice the rights of others to advance their own goals. This is a sin that will not be forgotten and cannot be atoned for.

This pattern of individual life, which puts "I want" above "I am" in every area, is something we will all face. The need for change is urgent. The unforgivable sin is uncontrolled personal ambition, the willingness to sacrifice everything for personal aggrandizement. As long as this continues, there can be no true peace.

In older philosophies, those who act like this, who give up everything else simply for material wealth, will likely receive a completely different incarnation in the next, in which the sins of this time will become more obvious to them. However, there's no need for anyone to leave this life better than they came into it. One small decision, one small effort, one small good deed has its own little shining star. And we're short on stars, so we'd better get to work building them as quickly as possible.