Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

'1897.] TuE St-:VEN Cru:ATIVE PRrNcrPu:s. 389
gained only hy the restraint of sense plea1mres, and by conservation
in every department of one's life.
The object of all divine t·evelation was to give men to understand
the methods of living which would br·ing to them the
greatest possible increast'l of life. Jesus said, "I am come that
they might have life, and that they might have it more abumlautly.'"
Divint> rt>vt>latinn al!lo giveK methods of thought and action
whidt will KO t·efine. int.en11ify. atHl perfect the qualities of
that life a!l to give to man the enjoyment th;'t comes fl"Otu being
able to !lf'n!le. knclW, nnclerlltand. and fully realize the qualities
nf the life cnnents from whic~h angelK nncl at·c~hangels live,
know, :mel are con!leimts.
All nature is a cnmm .. ntary on thtl revelation of the methOtls
hy whic·h tht>lle things at·e obtainefl. .Je!lus in his te:whiugs
c·onstantly referred to this c~cmunentary. E\·en when he quotRrl
fmm Sc•riptul"e, he would itomecliately refet· to nature fm· evi.
cle1we of its tmth and utility. Turning out· attention to nature
aucl exan1ining the 1111e of the senMe!l, we find that from them
we have lt•arned all that we know. So patent is this that
Kc~ic•ntists daim thet·e i11 uo other means of obtaining knowl.
eclge. This is tt·ue: but we take issulit with them when they
limit the c•apaeity of the senses to the five physical or animal
abilities as they are known in generation.
In the physieal worlcl those animals which dept>nd largely
upon the sense of smell have that sense developed to a marvel.
ous extent:. In like manner those who mol4t use the sense of
heal"ing are ahle to distinguish souncls altogether inaudible
to man. The eye nf the eagle seems to have the power of a
tel~sco1Je. \\r e know that theMe things are so because of the
c·onstant use of those particular senses. Now, the senses are
u~ed. ancl neration, the olfactory nArves
gain immt•nst~ JIIIWI.'I', so that. when the wincl is in the right
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