Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

454 VIBRATION. [April
tions controlled by the psychic influence of man, and acting
upon the material organism, that causes the sensational demonstrations
so common in certain gatherings. God's Spirit, when
it enters man, touches the dominant note, which, reacting upon
the brain by vibratory force, brings the mind organs into harmony
with th" vibrations of spirit. As the minll organs respond,
the individual is illuminated by the spirit of wisdom,
knowledge, and nnderstamling, which are the attributes of our
heavenly Father. Throngh thi)j method the son grows in the
image and likeness of the Father. It i11 by divine vibration
that God's love enters man, and as love and life are synonymous,
and are always accompanied by their handmaiden
wisdom, it follows that man, as he continues to inspire from
God, gradually grows toward perfection, even as, •• our heavenly
Father is perfect."
Dear friends, if you would gain wisdom, love God. Hf! fill.
etb all things: he is the SOUl'Ce of all power. If you would f~el
the inflow of divine love, remove the barriers, tht·ow off tlae
fetters that bind the 110111 to your lower self, renounce all worldly
ambitions, and turn your aspiration11 and de11ires towarcl the
Father. When you have clone thi11, you Cl\U ti'Uly pray. Gud
always hears the prayeril of his children; hi11 great loving h~art
always responda to the dt>sirt-s llt>nt out to him in love and tr·n11t.
Only those who understand what tnte prayet• is will ever hear
the whisper witltin. the voice of God in the Roul, saying, "Well
done, my helovecl 11on." Such words, spoken to the interior by
our heavenly Father, repay a thousand fold for a lifetime of
stt·uggle, an eternity of di~appointed hopes.
Life is continually in a state of vibration. Life is G01l, God
is love, and love is life in motion; thet·efore God is all, and in
all. Man, being creat~cl in God's image and likeness, poase111es,
in a diminutive degree, the same attributes and powers pos.
sessetl by the Father.
The vibrations direetly belonging to, or resiclent in man, are
seven in numher. These seven tunes corre>~pon1l to th~ Keven
notes in music, the seven principle11 in nature, and the aeven
steps mao must ta.ke hefore he reaches earthl.v pet·fection.
Man gains th~ fit·st of the Reven steps of his spil'itnal unfoldment,
or enter·s the fit·st degree of the orcler of Melchizedek,
the holy order of the heavens, when he bt·ings his nature into
perfect touch, or tun~. with the dominant note that controls the
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