I am guilty of war when I proudly exercise my intelligence to the disadvantage of others.

I am guilty of war when I distort other’s opinions, which differ from my own.

I am guilty of war when I show disregard for the rights and properties of others.

I am guilty of war when I covet what another has honestly acquired.

I am guilty of war when I seek to maintain my superiority of position by depriving others of their opportunity of advancement.

I am guilty of war if I imagine my kin and myself to be a privileged people.

I am guilty of war if I believe a heritage entitles me to monopolize resources of nature.

I am guilty of war when I believe other people must think and live as I do.

I am guilty of war when I make success in life solely dependent upon power, fame, and riches.

I am guilty of war when I think the minds of people should be regulated by force, rather than by reason.

I am guilty of war when I believe the God I conceive is the one that others must accept.

I am guilty of war when I think that the land of a person’s birth must necessarily be the place of his or her livelihood.

(Rosicrucian Digest – volume 95 – Number 1 2017, p.18)