Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

470 VITAL Lov..:. [April
to God, and by repulsion "of the wodd and the things of the
W01·ld," sever all the rootlets of attraction to earthly thing~~, and,
as it were, throw out new rootlets, whi('h are centered in Go1l
and the fountains of his life, hi11 mind. and his purpo11es.
Through this procel!ll of reversing the involuntary con!«lionl!­
ness, the indivitlual begins gradually to live more from GtMl
and less from the earth: and by a diligent pnrsnantle of thit~
method of life, the soul evPntnally reacheR a conscious unity
with the Father, so that it as truly antl perfectly li\·es from
God as a plant live>~ fr·om the earth. Then will he be brought
to a realization of what the I.~orli .Jesus meant when he saitl.
"The living Father hath sent me, 1111d I live by the Father"
(.John VI. 57). So 1111111t we live by and fr·om the Father; and
as the very fle11h of .Jesn11 was compo,.ecl of the qualities whitlh
he dt·ew directly from the Father. so must the qnalitie>~ of our
bodies, of our soul~, a11tl of all our intellelltinn. be ch:\wn tliretlt·
ly from God. All others who obtain magic powerR similar tu
those posse11sed by himself, .Jesus designa~d &!I thieve!! an•l
robbers.
As we have said, the proces!l of obtaining the gl·•rions height
is a tedious one: anti they whn !!tart on thi!! way fur tlu~ !lake of
its powers will never ohtain them. The true thought was expressed
by our· Lor·d to the di;~ciple>~ whnm he h~Vlsent ont. twu
and two, giving tl1em powe1· over unclean spirits, etc. Th~v
returned rejoicing, and ~aid, "L••r