Rebirth

No one can be saved, until he is reborn again.  If you want to be reborn, purify yourself of the irrational torments of matter.
The first of these is ignorance.  The second is grief.  Third is lack of self-control.
Fourth is desire.  Fifth is injustice.  Sixth is greed.
Seventh is deceit.  Eighth is envy.  Ninth is treachery.
Tenth is anger.  Eleventh is rashness.  Twelfth is malice.
Under these twelve are many more, which force the man who is bound to the prison of the body to suffer from the torments they inflict.  But by Atum's mercy, they may all depart and be replaced by understanding.
This is the nature of rebirth.  This is the only road to reality.  It is the way our ancestors trod to discover Primal Goodness.  It is sacred and divine, but a hard highway for the soul to travel in a body.  For the soul's first step is to struggle against itself - stirring up a civil war.  It is a feud of unity against duality.  The one seeking to unite and the other seeking to divide.
He who is reborn communes with the All-Father who is Light and Life.
You will only experience this supreme vision when you stop talking about it, for this knowledge is deep silence and tranquillity of the senses.

             Extract from the 'Hermetica', attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, Egypt about 3000BC.