Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

THE CONSERVATION OF LIFE.
llY T. A. WILLISTON.
The possibilities which God implanted within man when he
created him, are of such a nature. that, when he beomes fully
matured, and the spiritual e~o gains perfect dominion over all
things physical, he will awake to a realization that he has
powers similar to those of tl1e Clu·ist. With the majm·ity of
men, these Rubtle spiritual possibilities are buried so deep by
aqaterial conditions and beliefs, that, being unused, they lie
dormant and unknown: but, as a great 11piritual wave is sweeping
over the earth, numbers are awakening to a correct comprehension
of theit· true nature. This is the harvest t.ime of the
age, and the ripened souls are to be gathe1'e1l and set apart, in
order that the promise that they shall "be creators." made to
them by their Father in the beginning, be fulfilled. These awakened
ones, as they b~~in to !'ealize that the spil'itnal eg-o is the
real acto1· of being, feel the need of methods whe1·ehy they may
obtain soul illumination and a. conect nnderstanding of tho>~e
laws that will enable them to so 1·efine their physieal bo1lies, that
the Spi1·it of God- the source of all true spiritual manifestationmay
be able to take full posJ;ession. When this condition
obtains. man will be ahle to realize, as did the Xazarene, that
he is one with the Fathe1·.
In many eases the awakening soul fin,)s itself so hampe1·etl
t.y eady t1·aining :t111l heliefs, so homul by wm·l·lly tie~ a111l
associations, that it is almost impossible fot· it to f1·ee itself
hom the binding, limiting. atul son! hennmhing conditions whieh
an ilulnl~en,~e in the a.ni111:tl prodivities a111l 1lesi1·es lu\s th1·own
:u·ou1ul it. If an ilHlividnal who 1lesires to •~nme into hi.; spi•·itnal
inherita.we tinds himself in this Cllllllition. Wtl suggest, that,
hefore he makes ,)e,~isious that wil: affect his fnt.n•·e. he strive
most eanwstly to unde1·st:uul the lH'ornpting-s of the !