Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

1897.] VITAL LovE. 469
all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and
with all thy strength."
In other words, before man can become a son of God. in the
true divine order, be must first dedicate his life to God without
reserve, and determine to henceforth desire nothing but to
know the mind and will of God concerning himself and the
world. During this time he must know the true methods of
life,-which it is the main object of the EMteric Maga.zin~t to
teach,-and be must resolve undeviatingly to apply those
methods in bil4 life. ancl he most diligent in doing so.
In connection with all this, he must one to know, and do according to, the
will of Gocl. Wl1en his mind has been thus wholly taken
poKsession of, thton the individual :m~h ont the direction in which those magnetic
wireR run, whioh hind him and hi8 consciousness to the
thing11 of the worlcl. AM fa."t aM he traceR one of the wires, he
mu11t apply tlte mo11t effectual method~ at his command for
~~evering its c•onutoc•tinn with his inner consciouRne&R. Herein
i>~ a long anti tt>tlinnR effort for one who wishes to obtain thOM
glnrious heigllt11 of pm·ity. hulinesR, knowledge, wisdom, and
power. taught hy Yahvtoh '11 Chri>~t. Many will go on for a long
time hefore tiii'.V diRc•over that there is anything binding them
to earth, simJ•l.v htocllu>~e tht: rontlets are su numerous that they
engroRs the toutire m.-ntal ronRdouKness ; and, as they have
never known any othet· condition, they think it the true and
orderly one of the 11onl. And 110 it is of all earth-bound
souls: who have nut •·ip.. ued into maturity. Were it in the
power of the inclivi.lual to ~~evtr all these connections at once,
before the soul ha!! ltanaecl to live from God, nod his life and
mind. both soul and body woultl die, just as wcmld any plant,
if pulled out of the e:~rth and it~ ruotl••tM cut off.
The method by whida true divine power11 are to he obtained,
as taught hy our Lml and by all God's meR&engers, was
symbolized by some of the ancient !Seers as a tree whose 1·oots
are in heaven and whose bra1whe11 are upon the earth. Man
must become that tree: he must, through earnest soul devotion
Digitized by Coogle