Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

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pmye1·, the restless ,).-sire which •·e!mlts in the terrible com1lat
t.hat exists in all anin~:tllife. And here again are manifested two
laws, nne stmggliug againllt t.he oth1w. These animals, hy thei1·
own volition, have iuHOI')lOI'att>d a 1h·op of our life, and they
must ilnffet· the eousequences: that w'bieh they have sown, that.
also must they reap. They have laitl hold upon, and attempt­
.. cl to subordinaw the higher l3w by the force of a lower, an•l,
under such t•irenmstances, there mm be 1w remission of sin.
Fnr s1wh a violation of nature inherent in the life qualities,
there can he no cmnpensation until that germ of the higher
lift! has wron!t'ht in the lowet· sphere of existence condition11,
l'h.\·siR!I dtt~iu of e~wsation, ancl i11 as infalli­
J,I .. 11s the (iud of the nniv .. rse.
If the thought in this l~OIIIIt'ctiun were 11arriecl out, it would
fill \'nlnme!l; hut t'l:'tllt'lllhet·. thl' law i!l ah!!oluw,-the hight>r i~
''"'"J'lt>tt! , maskt· of th~ lnwt't': ancl although the lower, h,r
t'f'asou of 'ln:u.tity m· unmht>t'>', may, an1l oftt'n dnPs. snbm·dinatt~
tlu· higllt'l', ,ret that. high .. t· law, thought, lift! quality, inevitably
""'liJUt!l'!l in thtl ""'!. L 111king at thi.; law from a mntulaue
,.,f;otulpoint., Ill' fmm thl' ;~tantlpnint of the ct·eative miu1l, which
i .. t.lw point of view uf thl' llindn philosophy, we see nnl_v tlltl
"l"•rat.ion of those htws whil'h pr1Hl1we result11 on the mat.et·ial
plane, -tlw iuevitahle l'e!lnlts of the lower ~eceiviug into itst•lf,
ancl snhordinating a higher 1p1alit_y. Thi!l has grown into a
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