Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

14 SUGGESTIONS ON THE ~ Jo:W LIFE. [.July
purpose in the mimi of God when he created man. An under-
. standing of this purpose solvl'S the great problem of life, and
makes plain the cause that produced the two great factors of
et·eatiou, good and evil, which at·e synonymous with attt·action
and repulsion, love and hate.
The m:\terial earth upon which we find ourselves is but the
school in which God has placed his inf~tnt Ron in or1lea· that he
may learn the great mystery of being, which, when t.hm·oughly
learned, enable:o~ him to fill th~ exal~d st:ltinn which a sou of
the King of kings is destined to reach, and to whida he will
attain when he is capable of upholding the dignity of his Ji\•ine
Parent.
The same indi viduah th:\t now inha.hit the ea.a·th have li vetf
under various conditions an1l in many Jiffea·ent bmlieR, from
animal tn hum:ln. Ages h:we ehp11etl Rinne the spidt waR
fia·st separatell (individualized, as it wea·e) from the Univer;;al
Spirit. Slowly but sm·ely the soul has }Wofited hy the llpportunities
that each earth life has pt·eseutetl, uutil it now stands
ripe and ready fm· the final ga.thet·ing. and hears the welcome
word>~, •• Well done, my bel•1ved s•m, faithfully have you pet·­
formeti the duties aRsigne1l to you; cnme up hi;;het·."
Man must cume to a reitlization nf his true spit·itual 1mtut·H
befm·e he ha-. power to le:\Ve £,_,revet· the material stage of
pt·ohationary exile. The physical hndy, or lower selfhoutl, must
beeome wholly suhm·dinate.l to the higher or spit·itual ego.
Before thiK can be accompli:;he•l, hH must et·atlieate 1\ll the evils
that ln~lung to au earthly or ;mimal exi:;tence. As long :u1
the1·e is on,. evil retn;~iuing, tu