Know that the world is what it is today, so full of dissastisfactoriness, is chiefly because of mankind’s inability to uphold the Precepts of Not Killing, Not Stealing, Not Refraining from Sexual Misconduct, Not Lying and Not Refraining from Intoxicants that cloud the mind.
Know that mankind is what it is today, so full of misery and woe, is chiefly because of its inability to curb its greed on wealth, fame, sex, food and sleep.
Understand then, the need for this period of great karmic resolution that calls for Self-correction if mankind is to return to a better Age of time. (STQ-2011-p30x2)