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ROSICRUCIAN PHILOSOPHY
necessary to the body of an Indian or a Xegro in the wilds
of Africa. They have no delicately organized nervous
system like the white race. Those who are interested along
the lines of spiritual development are particularly high-
strung, therefore, as we progress it becomes necessary to
take more and more care of this instrument. But we also
learn the laws of its nature and how to conform to them.
If we apply our knowledge it is possible for us to have a
sensitive instrument and keep it in comparative health.
There are cases, however, when a sickness is necessary
to bring about certain changes in the body which are precursors
of a higher step in spiritual unfoldment, and
under such conditions, of course, sickness is a blessing and
not a curse. In general, however, it may be said that the
tend to better
study of the highest philosophy will always
one's health, because "knowledge is power" and the more
we know the better we are able to cope with all conditions,
provided, of course, we bring our knowledge into practice
and live the life that we are not merely hearers of the
word, but doers also, for no teaching is of any benefit to us
unless it is carried into our lives and lived from day to day.