Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

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Ev~>n amnng tho11e who are Rtudying the occult and stl'iving
fur the attainments in the liighPr life, we find Rome who poR!IeSR
the formative pt·hwiple 11twugly •levelnpetl, hut wh11 laok DiR·
•~rimin:Ltinn. Sueh peuple rea•l bonks, hear leC!tures, and ah­
Rorh the ille1u1 therein cont:Lined: and tlwy take those ideaA antl
at•range them Rtl nA to expre~A what Reelll!l to them their own
thoug-ht, when it iM only a t•eformation of what they havf' re­
,•.,j Vec"tl fmm utlumc. They have a great la··l( uf Diliut·imiuation.
Di>~urimiuntion, in it>~ highe11t intelleutnal pha!ltl, i>~ the lead.
in;: faetnr in the 11pirit of wisdom. \\• e mu11t t•antinn the retulet·
ht•t·e agRin"t cunfnuutling the tet·tu wi11tlom with that of
knowletlge. Knowledge ma.v he called the aggregation of fa«ltA
at the commatul of the mint!; but, without wi11dom, the gt·eRteRt
or most pet•ft>ut aggt·egtltion of fact11 i11 UKele&il: it wonltl he
like the ~ of ereative 111\ture,-a Mnglmnet·ate
1111\A!I. But the Apil·it of wi11clmn. led hy Oi111Wimination, ha~ a
total tliHt·egat·ll for fat~tR RK 1111t'h: it 11eek11 that whidt i11 nRefnl
fm· the ocwl\Minn then pre>~e n t. It.. 1i ke the keellellt e« getl 11 wot d.
piet·uell thmngh, cnt11 Hlmndtn·, ancl, 1111 to RJ>flak, &IH"t>~ nut &twla
umtet·ial 1\!1 i11 net>tletl.
DiK. When it hall taken the fm·m uf wj,ulmn in thti mind
uf man, it plUIIie!l through t>nrth'K elements in any nu•l nil di·
rec•tiouR, !winging np ft•um the clepth11 below lltwh tUI the min•l
Met'lt14. Thnugh elt>ntPntll nf gre:~tet• rit·h~K, uewer, more hrillinut,
may he all IU'ouucl in gr·(>at prnflll4inn. yet Di~~ewimination
will not. tmwh them : tlw mentnl organi11111 tn whic•h it lwlong11
!tall 1\ c•on;;c•ion>~ neecl of 11 !Wt•tain thing. Th~ intelleet may nnt
have clt>fllletl what that thing i11. yet DiliHt·iminlltinn, that all-pertntoat.iu!,!'.
tlutt ~tll·pierc·ing JWitwiple th:rt lu•),,ng!l to Virgo, the
gr·eat c•llt'llliMt of tht~ WCIJ·lcl, knoW!4 ft•om thfl knnwlt>clge of Gnd
tlte Ct·eatcw what at·e t.he neell11 of the ho•l.v 1m•l mind of the in.
diviclnnl; 1\ntl, whPn thi11 pdtwiple iK gi \'ton it11 ft·ec•dnm of Rn, even though the earth it!Oelf doe11 not contain the
ueetlt~cl t>lemt>nt;;. it will. 1111 it wet·e. MeUMA tlw 11tat· ray, anti,
Mwift.t!t' than thought. it. will piut·••e tn the utmo;;t wcwlcl in11pac•c•
a111l !wing to the individual that whidt tel him i11 the ric~he11t
::••lei. hecnn11e nf JWeRellt ueecl.
Thi11 wondrunM lll'ilwitlle, emanating clireotly, a11 it doeR, from
tlrt! mind of t.he Gn•l of the nni ver11e, iA incomprehenRihle to th(>
human intt'llec!t. It iM utll·enMnunble to the mRterialiatic! Tt>&·
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