Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

189t.i.] TuE CoNSERVATION OF LrFE. l:H
standing and power.
If he is in eat·nest, and if his desires are
wholly unselfish, the Spir·it of Gotl will illuminate his intellect,
enabling him to know without a 1louht the wisest l'OUrse to
put·:me. If his spil'it prompts him to bt·eak all worldly ties, to
renourwe all llelu,..ive vanities auJ seltlsh 1lesircs, he may rest
a!isur·etl that he is ready to work out to ultimates the following
thought,o;.
The thtHtg-hts herein expt·esse.l, if followed until results are
obtainetl, will place man wher·e he will know absolutely the
r·oatl that lies before him, will put him in a position in which
he can •·ealize the God-like po"sibilitit'S that lie within his
reaeh, will give hi 111 dominion over· all the man ifeste1l and nnmanifestP,l
pr·ineiples and fantors that make our· earth what it
is. awl. :Ls time t•olls on, will give him power· to take his or­
,jainetl place in the nniYet·se, as a cr·eatm·.
The image of his
Father· will have been t·eached, he will l11~ worthy to he au
assoeiate anti co-lahor·et· with the heav .. nly hosts. will be in the
tr·nel!t sense ft-ee anll mwhainetl. :t perfect man in the sight of
Ciotl. Thet·e al'e many uwthmls fm· the accomplishment of this
ohject, e:wh depentlent on the othm· iu itll wot·k of r·ourHling
out anti fully ,Jevel••ping a soul: hut, as the subject is a vast
one. we pr·esent in this at·tide the ~~hief :uul fundamental one
of all, which is
CONI'EI{V AT ION.
This is the foundation of all spi l'itual attainment, and is the
p.-iru·ipal rnetlwtl whereby the soul of m:m is awakened. uout·ishctl,
:m•l h.-oug-ht to a spir·itual '~'m"''iousne-