Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

348 THE CYCLE OF RELIGION~. [February
and an unwavering confidenoe in the Source of it.'l power, will
ferment until it destroys the old; and, upon the old foundation
of underlying truths, it will prepare for the building of the
new superstructure, the Eternal House. But "we know in
whom we have believed," and, as said he "who spake as never
man spake,'' "The Father that dwelletb in me, he doeth the
works." So we realize that it is ••not by might, nor by power,
but by my Spirit, saith Yahveh."
~lau may stand as master among the forces of nature, for
the purpose concerning him was that he should have the dominion;
yet we realize that he whom men call Brahm, Elohim,
and the Creator, is but the creative (generative) function nf
Him who says, "I will be what I will to be, that is my namf',
and I know not another power." He it is-that Spirit that is
holy (Reparate) from the work of creation (generation), whose
servant is Brahm, Elohim, the C1·t>atC)r-whom we, while gaining
the mastel'y over thA m·eati ve furces within ltll, wnrship and
serve, saying, as 11aid the man of llnrrows, "Not my will, but
thine be done,'' and "Be it unto me accortling to thy will."
Those of this higher life may gain the powers of which the
Orientals teach, they may walk the ea•·th as maste•·s of the
creative forees, but with Brahm, with Elohim, they are fellow
11ervants laboring a.'l instruments for the accmn!Jlishmeut of
that Will beyond ; and the accomplishment will be by the
power of that Will within them. They of Cohe~ion maintain
their selfhood as masters; these of the Fermentation, having
g'dined the ma~tery. give up their selfht)()(l to Him whom they
serve, aml in his hands become a.'l clay in the handi! of the
potter, even as he of whom it wa!l wt·itteu, that, after he had
put all things under his feet, he sm·rendered the dominion into
the hands of the Father.
It follows, then, that he who belongs to this new and higher
age, while he may have gained power over the ereative fo1·ces
of nature, will not use them for the aecomplishment of his own
purpose. He may be huDgry, yet will he nnt, by the power
of his word, make bread of stont!s. A dear fl'ieud may be sick
anti suffering, an