Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

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iu cr.-ation, aaul how be iM e.ara·ying forward the work, then
will be he Anahlad to apply in his own life anti habits the li\Wi
and methods of the Fatbet·, lUI a tnl:'ans by which tO refine his
(•oustitution, elevate his mental e.apacity, and make conditions
within himself to be~ome in dt>ed ana in truth the Temple, the
House of God. the Son of G9ople, if not teaehing, are living the life of perversion, which
is t•auKing the transmut.ative fil'f'a to cmnsmue the iobabitantA
of the world. Theile fires hawe their manifestation chiefly in
ttJ., 11ex principle, by mean11 of whi1·h ••living 110uls" are produced.
While, to the man wh011e natm·e is diRtorted, the perversion
of thi.M principle appears Ill' the gratification of the sensee,
it is really the clestruc!t.ion of all sense con~~Ciommetl8.
BecanKe of thiR perversion. the mass of the human family are
at the pre~~ent time incapable of ht>aring and understanding
the simplest exposition of divine law. Over and over again
the word eomes to us, and has done so for years, •• THE Eso­
Tl!:IUC is too deep for u11: we l~&nnot unclerstand it." And when
the man m· woman whose intellect i11 truly awakened attempt.
to give ex1n·e!'ticm to thought, the majority of li11tenera manift>st
intt>rest at flrflt, but tht>ir •)'t'll MOOn grow heavy, their
senKt-·t·ve tlw nhjt>ct nf thP.it· m-eation in any of
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