Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

280 DELINEATION OJo' CHAIUCTER. [D~cember
dwell on them,-nuwh lesA speak of them. Study how to uRe all
knowledge gained, hut he careful not to go heyond what you •·eally
know.
L. R. .Man·h :!2, 18.i9. P. Q.
Yon have an ac•tive brain, lmt a very snbtlon ~he word11 of the Ma.~ter when he said of Nathaniel: " Beholci
au hraelite indeed, in whom there is no guile~" Stndy to so live.
thirok. and de11i1·e, that you would gladly open the inne1·mo11t of yom·
soul to all who are goocl and true. Refuse to have any set~rets : all
men must u~e wisclom, however. Again. yon mu~;t guard carefully
again~t thinking more highly of yourself than you 11hould; for thereby
you might put up a hanier whit•h would forever separate you from
the hotly of the Clu·ist that is now tll'ganizing upon the earth. Yom·
Rex natu1·e is your adversary and woman your enemy; therefore stancl
alone in God. seeking always to know and do his will. Tne })E'riuds
of your g1·eatest danger are whe11 the Moon i11 in the sign "t ancl when
"t is riRing. After that next in importance is when the moon i11 in
~. or when ~. 5t. or::: is ri11ing. One of the greatest essentialK fm·
peace of mind and .-pi1·itual consdousne~s is confidence in God. ThiK
ill a very diffi1·ult thing for you to obtain. for natnrally you are ;,
skeptic; hut, at the Kame time. you are a paradox to ymu·self.-dishelieveing.
yet always accepting: it i11 ha1·d for you to know your own
mind relative to spiritual and orrult snbje1~ts. Beware of following
afte1· magic power. If you have thought nnH'h upon the occult. you
will often find yourself wishing fo1· great )lOWers in order that you
1\tay UMe them to the r ~ oe1·cion o1· clet1·iment of some other per~on or
persons. Thus ycm will he able to see in yom·Relf an evil. that. if yon
slwnld posselS,. those powe1•s, would he your destroyer; for magic
power obtained fur the !'lake of demonstrating snpe1·iorit.y ove1· others
wonlcl become to its pussessor 11 tlevom·ing fire.
A. C. P. J\lay 21. 18(ifi, ht>tween 11 ancl 12 p. m. Wiirtemht>rg.
ED in rr ; 1> in l1J1 : !?2° :ti 1 11 on the a~r · e1ulant. In so far all
industry i~> r01wernecl yon are thoroughly p1·ru•ti1•al : you are a faithful
worker at whate\·er you nnclert.ake. Yon a1·e a natural skepl ir a.. rt>latPs
to spiritual thin1,rs: yet. with it all. you are a dreamer.-)·om·
mind is rnntinually filled with day 1h·eam11. In the wo1·ltl of 11pirit
ancl 11piritual thought, you are a very impractical mind : yon are in­
,.Jined to bring all the ideality and spirituality of you1• natlu·e l'ither
1lnwn to Rolirl earthly rouditinns. to think of them and l'en.'!on upon them
from a mat.e1·ial standpoint. or else you see the visicm .hefore your
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