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	In Marxist theory, '''Socialism''' is a system of society in which there is no private property, a system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state. '''[[Communism]]''' is a totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production with a professed aim of establishing a stateless society. In the final stage, the state has withered away and economic goods are distributed equally. Goods are owned in common and available to all as needed.		In Marxist theory, '''Socialism''' is a system of society in which there is no private property, a system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state. '''[[Communism]]''' is a totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production with a professed aim of establishing a stateless society. In the final stage, the state has withered away and economic goods are distributed equally. Goods are owned in common and available to all as needed.

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	Therefore, socialism is a stage of evolution that should precede capitalism. However, capitalism cannot exist without the principle of the [[Christ Self]]. Capitalism, as the free-enterprise system, as the path of initiation established by [[Jesus Christ]], can only work when it is founded upon the guru-chela relationship that is understood to be the individual’s relationship to the Christ.		Therefore, socialism is a stage of evolution that should precede capitalism. However, capitalism cannot exist without the principle of the [[Christ Self]]. Capitalism, as the [[free-enterprise system]], as the path of initiation established by [[Jesus Christ]], can only work when it is founded upon the guru-chela relationship that is understood to be the individual’s relationship to the Christ.

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	[[File:Acts02a.jpg\|thumb\|<translate>Pentecost, engraving by Gustave Doré. The Acts of the Apostles records that after the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, the apostles “had all things common.” This was a true community of the Holy Spirit.</translate>]]		[[File:Acts02a.jpg\|thumb\|<translate><!--T:69--> Pentecost, engraving by Gustave Doré. The Acts of the Apostles records that after the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, the apostles “had all things common.” This was a true community of the Holy Spirit.</translate>]]

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	This becomes the stripping of the individual of his Christ-identity, of what he has developed of individual genius, before that Christ-identity is complete. It is stripping the nations of their individual identity, their group karma and their group dharma. It is forcing a community of the Holy Spirit, first as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and then forcing the entire world to come into this community of World Communism before the individuals of that world have attained to the Christ consciousness. Skipping the step of initiation, it becomes the total perversion of the Holy Spirit.		This becomes the stripping of the individual of his Christ-identity, of what he has developed of individual genius, before that Christ-identity is complete. It is stripping the nations of their individual identity, their group karma and their group dharma. It is forcing a community of the Holy Spirit, first as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and then forcing the entire world to come into this community of World Communism before the individuals of that world have attained to the Christ consciousness. Skipping the step of initiation, it becomes the total perversion of the Holy Spirit.

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	The only difference between socialism or communism and a true community of the Holy Spirit is whether or not the Matter bowl is infused with Spirit. Socialism and communism are an attempt to create a Matter society and a Matter golden age without Spirit, whereas only by the path of chelaship and discipleship under the Lord Christ can we truly achieve a community of the Holy Spirit.		The only difference between socialism or communism and a true community of the Holy Spirit is whether or not the Matter bowl is infused with Spirit. Socialism and communism are an attempt to create a Matter society and a Matter golden age without Spirit, whereas only by the path of chelaship and discipleship under the Lord Christ can we truly achieve a community of the Holy Spirit.

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	We find now that the government takes from the people what is required for the intelligent development of the Christ consciousness. Not only does the government deprive the people of their money through taxation, but it deprives them of this money through [[inflation]] and by making the money valueless. Thus, when people work a labor and a sacred labor of their hands, they do not have returned to them the wealth that they have contributed to the nation. This produces lethargy, sloth, indifference, no longer a pulling together of a nation. And it completely destroys development of that Christ potential.		We find now that the government takes from the people what is required for the intelligent development of the Christ consciousness. Not only does the government deprive the people of their money through taxation, but it deprives them of this money through [[inflation]] and by making the money valueless. Thus, when people work a labor and a sacred labor of their hands, they do not have returned to them the wealth that they have contributed to the nation. This produces lethargy, sloth, indifference, no longer a pulling together of a nation. And it completely destroys development of that Christ potential.
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	[[File:Acts02a.jpg\|thumb\|Pentecost, engraving by Gustave Doré. The Acts of the Apostles records that after the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, the apostles “had all things common.” This was a true community of the Holy Spirit.]]		[[File:Acts02a.jpg\|thumb\|<translate>Pentecost, engraving by Gustave Doré. The Acts of the Apostles records that after the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, the apostles “had all things common.” This was a true community of the Holy Spirit.</translate>]]

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	This becomes the stripping of the individual of his Christ-identity, of what he has developed of individual genius, before that Christ-identity is complete. It is stripping the nations of their individual identity, their group karma and their group dharma. It is forcing a community of the Holy Spirit, first as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and then forcing the entire world to come into this community of World Communism before the individuals of that world have attained to the Christ consciousness. Skipping the step of initiation, it becomes the total perversion of the Holy Spirit.		This becomes the stripping of the individual of his Christ-identity, of what he has developed of individual genius, before that Christ-identity is complete. It is stripping the nations of their individual identity, their group karma and their group dharma. It is forcing a community of the Holy Spirit, first as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and then forcing the entire world to come into this community of World Communism before the individuals of that world have attained to the Christ consciousness. Skipping the step of initiation, it becomes the total perversion of the Holy Spirit.

	The only difference between socialism or communism and a true community of the Holy Spirit is whether or not the Matter bowl is infused with Spirit. Socialism and communism are an attempt to create a Matter society and a Matter golden age without Spirit, whereas only by the path of chelaship and discipleship under the Lord Christ can we truly achieve a community of the Holy Spirit.		The only difference between socialism or communism and a true community of the Holy Spirit is whether or not the Matter bowl is infused with Spirit. Socialism and communism are an attempt to create a Matter society and a Matter golden age without Spirit, whereas only by the path of chelaship and discipleship under the Lord Christ can we truly achieve a community of the Holy Spirit.

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	In Marxist theory, '''Socialism''' is a system of society in which there is no private property, a system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state. '''[[Communism]]''' is a totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production with a professed aim of establishing a stateless society. In the final stage, the state has withered away and economic goods are distributed equally. Goods are owned in common and available to all as needed.		In Marxist theory, '''Socialism''' is a system of society in which there is no private property, a system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state. '''[[Communism]]''' is a totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production with a professed aim of establishing a stateless society. In the final stage, the state has withered away and economic goods are distributed equally. Goods are owned in common and available to all as needed.

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	The problem of this psychology besets us today; and therefore if we are going to deal with socialism and communism, we must understand the subconscious patterns within us all that make these systems of dependence, instead of independence, in both government and economics appealing to some portion of the being of man—that portion not being the Christ-man or the real man.		The problem of this psychology besets us today; and therefore if we are going to deal with socialism and communism, we must understand the subconscious patterns within us all that make these systems of dependence, instead of independence, in both government and economics appealing to some portion of the being of man—that portion not being the Christ-man or the real man.
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	[[File:Igor Shafarevich.jpeg\|thumb\|upright\|Russian mathematician and dissident Igor Shafarevich]]		[[File:Igor Shafarevich.jpeg\|thumb\|upright\|<translate>Russian mathematician and dissident Igor Shafarevich</translate>]]

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	This has limited the path of initiation. It has limited the opportunity for the individual to become the Christ and to be accepted as a link in the chain of Hierarchy and as a member of the Great White Brotherhood. We find that today it is more difficult to become the Christ than it was five years ago, ten years ago, fifteen years ago, twenty years ago, and certainly much more difficult than it was when the first settlers came and had to forge a life out of the wilderness. The more rugged the life, the more challenging the environment, the less anyone does for you, the more you are calculated to become the master of your life.		This has limited the path of initiation. It has limited the opportunity for the individual to become the Christ and to be accepted as a link in the chain of Hierarchy and as a member of the Great White Brotherhood. We find that today it is more difficult to become the Christ than it was five years ago, ten years ago, fifteen years ago, twenty years ago, and certainly much more difficult than it was when the first settlers came and had to forge a life out of the wilderness. The more rugged the life, the more challenging the environment, the less anyone does for you, the more you are calculated to become the master of your life.

	We find now that the government takes from the people what is required for the intelligent development of the Christ consciousness. Not only does the government deprive the people of their money through taxation, but it deprives them of this money through inflation and by making the money valueless. Thus, when people work a labor and a sacred labor of their hands, they do not have returned to them the wealth that they have contributed to the nation. This produces lethargy, sloth, indifference, no longer a pulling together of a nation. And it completely destroys development of that Christ potential.		We find now that the government takes from the people what is required for the intelligent development of the Christ consciousness. Not only does the government deprive the people of their money through taxation, but it deprives them of this money through [[inflation]] and by making the money valueless. Thus, when people work a labor and a sacred labor of their hands, they do not have returned to them the wealth that they have contributed to the nation. This produces lethargy, sloth, indifference, no longer a pulling together of a nation. And it completely destroys development of that Christ potential.

	[[File:Acts02a.jpg\|thumb\|Pentecost, engraving by Gustave Doré. The Acts of the Apostles records that after the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, the apostles “had all things common.” This was a true community of the Holy Spirit.]]		[[File:Acts02a.jpg\|thumb\|Pentecost, engraving by Gustave Doré. The Acts of the Apostles records that after the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, the apostles “had all things common.” This was a true community of the Holy Spirit.]]