____ Striving for an ethical Lifestyle   Striving for an ethical life style serves as a helping factor on the path. This means that · we follow a vegetarian diet, i.e. to nourish   ourselves without killing · we do not hinder the growth of our con-   sciousness through the use of intoxicating   drugs (including alcohol and nicotine) · we maintain the principles of truthfulness and   universal love in thought, word and deed.