The same may be said concerning the activities of life enjoyed by
all of God's creatures. Martians work and have their
recreations. They enjoy the fruits of their earth just as you do
the fruits of yours. They have invented labor-saving machinery,
and indulge in a multitude of industrial pursuits, but with this
difference: their economic system is such that the life of the
Martian is not the struggle for existence you have created on
your Earth. On the contrary it is a pleasurable life in which
work is as much enjoyed as is recreation. This condition is due
to two causes. First, Mars is much farther advanced as a world
in its evolutionary career. Second, the Spiritual enfoldment of
its inhabitants is proportionately advanced.

As the Divine Plan is universal in its scope the physical
characteristics of Mars, compared to your Earth are, in a
general way, the same, with the exceptions shown later in this
book.

The inhabitants of Mars enjoy a blue sky, mountains, hills, rocks
and dells, clouds, beautiful sunsets, and in fact most of the
physical phenomena witnessed by the dwellers of your Earth.

The Martians live and have their being just as your people do,
but they are surrounded by a different spiritual and a modified
physical environment. They take pleasure in music, art and the
study of physical science, but with this difference: the
spiritual growth and enfoldment of the individual is considered
as most important, and all material advancement as only an aid to
ultimate ends.