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With time, those who walk this journey and who start to use this "faculty" gain a very powerful instrument, the "true knowledge," that will allow them to distinguish between "true and false." They therefore become "aware" and know how to decide between true and false in their daily actions. In this way they acquire the ability to adopt a personal behaviour that is ethically correct. If we want to use a metaphor, we can say that the roots of a plant, well planted in the ground and well nourished, will produce a strong tree and therefore tasty and nourishing fruits. Well, the roots are the "spiritual faculty of justice at the individual level," the trunk is the faculty to "distinguish between right and false" and the fruit is the "individual ethical behaviour." The fruit is excellent if the entire structure of the plant is harmonious and complete. Therefore we can conclude that ethics at the individual level is the first fruit of justice. And in turn, justice is an attribute of God. Baha'u'llah says in the Hidden words: |