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all," for he has passed beyond the limi-
tations of matter.
When the causes that brought the
Ego into Devachan are exhausted, the
experiences assimilated, Man begins to
feel once more the thirst for sentient
life which can be assuaged on the ter-
restrial plane only. The Ego then re-
turns to earth in a gradual descent,
meeting on his way downwards the
seeds of evil sown in his preceding life.
These seeds have remained in a state
of suspended animation during his stay
in Devachan; they awaken to life as
the new personality is slowly fashioned
for the incarnation that is to begin; the
burden of the past is taken by the Ego,
to be lightened or made still heavier,
as the case may be. These seeds are
what the Buddhists call Skandhas and
are sensations, abstract ideas, tenden-
cies, material qualities, the aroma of
which has been assimilated by the Ego
while on his way to Devachan. They
are woven into the new 'man of flesh'
into which the Immortal Pilgrim is
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soon imprisoned again. Such is the
Wheel of Life, the Cycle of Necessity,
"which none at last can turn aside or
stay."
Death is the 'great adventure.' It
is the portal through which passes the
Immortal Pilgrim on its way to free-
dom, light, peace. It is the birth of
Man into spheres of unspeakable glory,
into realms of Universal Life. What
but dead-letter dogmas, could ever have
disguised death so as to make it appear
as a Black Phantom to be dreaded by
man? Xature is a compassionate
Mother, a Friend to be respected and
loved. She provides for us all the rest
we need between our days, the peace
we yearn for between our lives. There
is a continuity of life everywhere in Na-
ture; and the glorious transition which
comes to us all at the end of earthly
existence is but the starting-point of
another and fuller state of being, an
opening of the secret flower of our Soul,
though for the present we miscall this
by the inadequate name of 'death.'
Theosophical University Meteorological Station
Point Loma, California
Summary for the months of September - October, 1929
TEMPERATURE SUNSHINE
Mean highest
Mean lowest
Mean
Highest
Lowest
Sept. Oct.
73.87 .. 72.02
62.40 , , 59, 71
66.14 , , 65.89
92, 00 , . 86. 00
56, 00 , , 52. 00
Number hours actual
Number hours possible
Percentage of possible
Average hours per day
sept. Oct.
171.30 . . 234.90
371.00 . . 351.00
46.17 . . 67.00
5.70 . . 7.58
Greatest daily range 33.00 .. 24.00
WIND
PRECIPITATION
Movement in miles 3708.00 . ,3394.00
Inches for month 0.30 . . Trace Average hourly velocity 5.15 . . 4.56 '
Total from July 1, 1929 0.30 . . 0.30 Maximum 5-min. velocity 24.00 . . 15.00