“Humaneness, justice, politeness, wisdom, and honesty, these five are Heavenly virtues.
Therefore, from ancient times these have been called “the five constants,” and “the great path.” I have used them throughout my life without exception.”
The Five Virtues
Humaneness
Justice
Politeness
Wisdom
Honesty
The virtues are said to be Heavenly because they are higher-self energies that come from higher chakras. Humaneness (compassion) comes from Anahata. Justice and politeness (decorum) are Manipura energies. Wisdom and honesty are Vishuddhi energies. Therefore, to live by these five virtues is to become more spiritual.
These virtues serve the human animal to become an immortal spirit being. Therefore, the aphorism tells of the Lord using these five “without exception” throughout their life. By doing so, these virtues are ingrained in the spirit and become the nature of the immortal. The human who wants to graduate from the school of life and be reborn in Heaven does well to embrace these five qualities “without exception” while in a human life.
The ancient Chinese classic ‘Doctrine of the Mean’ records Confucius describing these five virtues, known as the Five Constants, forming the Great Path and serving as the map by which to navigate life. The book teaches that we hone the virtues through our thoughts and daily activities. To practice humaneness makes one humane. To practice wisdom makes one wise. To practice justice makes one just. And so on. Through this process of tempering the virtues into our core essence, we distill the soul and cultivate the spirit toward divinity.
In that light, the inner teaching here is that the immortals and their students on Earth all work on these five qualities to transform themselves from animals concerned with base animal needs, to spiritual beings who concern themselves with higher virtues.