A little manual of Mazdean doctrine, written in Pahlavi and dating from the fourth century of our era, contains a number of questions the answers to which everyone over the age of fifteen is supposed to know. The first questions are: Who am I and to whom do I belong? Whence have I come and whither am I returning? What is my lineage and what is my race? What is my proper calling in earthly existence? Did I come from the celestial world, or is it in the earthly world that I began to be? Do I belong to Ahura-Mazda or to Ahriman? To the angels or the demons? And here are the answers: ￼￼￼ I came from the Celestial Realm (menok), it is not in the Terrestrial Realm that I began to be. I was originally manifested in the Spiritual State, my original state is not the Material State. ￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼ I belong to Ahura Mazda, The Might The Wise, not to Ahriman. I belong to the Angels, not to the demons I am the Creature of Ahura-Mazda, not the creature of Ahriman. I hold my Lineage and my race from GayuMarth (Adam). My Mother is SpandarMat [Gaya], My Father is Ahura-Mazda The Accomplishment of my Service in The Field of Action consists in this: To think of All-Powerful WiseMind as Present Existence which has always existed, and will always exist. To think of HIM as Immortal Sovereignty As Limitation Transcending and Purity To think of Ahriman as pure negativity exhausting himself in nothingness as the Evil Spirit who formerly did not exist in this Crea￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼tion and who one day will cease to exist in Ohrmazd's Creation and who will collapse at the Final Time To consider my True Self as belonging to The Mighty The Wise And the ArchAngels ￼ !! !! !*! And Remember The time when Abraham and EsmaEL Raised the Foundations of the House, praying: Our LORD, Accept this from us; for YOU Are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing Our Lord, make us both Self-Surrendering to THEE and make of our offspring a people Self-Surrendering to THEE. And Show us our ways of Worship And Turn to us with mercy For YOU are Oft-Returning with compassion, and Ever Merciful And, Our Lord, raise up among them a Messenger from among themselves who may Recite to them YOUR Self-Evident-Indications And Teach them The Book and Wisdom and may Purify them Surely YOU Are The Mighty The Wise [Ahura-Mazda] [The Illuminating Lecture - Sura The Sacrificial Heifer] !M! !M! !M!