The "salvation" of the world does not consist of the appeasement of a "wrathful" God because "wrath" is not an attribute of God; it is only an illusion in the mind of a soul still spiritually unborn. "Salvation", moreover, does not consist of a sacrifice for the "sins" of mankind, because mankind cannot "sin" any more than animals and vegetables can "sin" or minerals commit "crimes". Mankind consists of living beings; living beings are always in some stage of development, and each stage of development has been formed by the facts and experiences which the individual has met with in previous stages of his development. The appearance and activity of an individual is thus necessarily based on previously acquired experience and knowledge. Future experiences indeed cannot influence present actions. As the present activities of an individual are limited by his experiences up to the moment and by his acquired capabilities, they therefore, of course, are imperfect and cramped compared with the future actions of the same individual. The individual himself is not responsible for this crippled state; and because he is innocent as far as the quality of his activities is concerned, it is impossible to judge an action of his as a "sin" or a "crime", no matter how backward, crude or cruel it may appear. Each type of action bears witness to the stage which the individual must pass through in growing from a low to a high plane of development in just the same way as he passes through different degrees of physical height in his growth from child to adult.
      From a cosmic point of view there is thus no crime or sin and consequently nothing to make a sin-offering for. But every kind of action produces consequences, and these consequences, whether bright or gloomy, whether cheerful or dismal, are necessary for the development and formation of the mind of the individual. All true knowledge and understanding is indeed identical with the after-effects of actions. To leave an individual without these effects would be an action greatly opposed to love, as it would render any further development impossible for him and would leave him on a primitive level of consciousness. A Providence which in such a way stopped the development of an individual and prevented him from reaching a form of existence higher and happier than his present one and consequently condemned him to eternal error and ignorance of the true high analysis of life – such a Providence would be the culmination of cruelty. But the true God is not like that. God can only be the culmination of love. Therefore the universe, all its details as well as its entirety, its laws and direction, all of it expresses love of the highest quality for individuals; the purpose of all things is that these individuals should reach the highest development of consciousness, of understanding and artistic capability; in short, the purpose of all things is that the living being should become a perfect image of God. There is thus no reason for making sin-offerings; there is no such thing as sin. Therefore the fully developed human being does not cry to God for liberation from responsibility for acts committed and their consequences, no matter how painfully they are felt, because he recognizes their necessity. He only wishes that "Not my will, but Thine, be done". Only a primitive being opposes the love of Providence just as a child sometimes opposes that part of the parents' love which consists of correction, education and instruction.
      To free men from the effects of their evil actions and leave with them only the results of their good deeds would not "save" the world. Such an act of Providence would indeed, as stated above, not "redeem" but "destroy" mankind. A human being is freed from darkness only by rejecting the things which lead to darkness. The task of a world saviour is fulfilled only if he in his own actions can show how that renunciation can be made, if his daily activities express a real love of everything and everybody to such a degree that the presence of God is felt not only in the light but also in the darkness, if he bears witness that those who hate and persecute are also manifestations of God, if he makes evident that he and the Father are one, and if he makes manifest his immortality, his cosmic consciousness or the "holy spirit". The "salvation" of mankind consists only in mankind's recognizing and adopting that way of behaviour of the world saviour.
      Yet there is something called "forgiveness of sins", but it comes to pass only on those occasions when the consequences of error or "sin" would be quite needless in the case of an individual, that is, on occasions when the individual, before the consequences come about, receives through another channel that experience or increase in consciousness which it is normally the task of the said consequences to give.
      Man will be "saved" not by fleeing from the consequences of his own actions nor by a world saviour taking upon himself the punishment for those actions. He will be "saved" only when, sincerely recognizing previous errors and fully conscious of his unconditional responsibility, he arranges his everyday life in accordance with the development and maturity which he has acquired through the errors he has committed and tries to do good where he previously did evil and act rightly where he previously was in error. Only thus can mankind reach true happiness, a godlike consciousness and a blissful existence.