■ HINDU SCRIPTURE Theirs was the fulness of heaven and earth; the more that they gave to others, the more they had.

■ CHINESE SCRIPTURE And give unto him who is of kin to you, his due, and also unto the poor, and the traveller. And what good ye have sent before your souls, ye shall find it with God.

■ TURKISH SCRIPTURE It is more blessed to give than to receive. . . . Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

■ THE BIBLE As we realize our unity, or oneness, with all creation, we become more loving, gentle, patient, and understanding. Then only are we fulfilling the great teaching, “Love thy neighbor as thyself,” and then only are we glimpsing the kingdom of God, the temple “not made with hands” – the man and universe of God’s creating. It is this spiritual man, the man of God’s creating, who has been given dominion over all the earth.