Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

520 D•~J.INJo:ATION ()Jo' CIIAitACTF.R.
have made Jllain to om· reade1'" that that 11,vstem focalizes all i~
thought, power, and selfhood upon the one little Rpalk within the individual,
while we, in contradistinction, recognize the existen('e of that
spark, and reach out with all the powers within us to the great fire
whence it came, gathe1·ing uther BJ18rkll a11tl continually adding to it,
until it become! a flame. uniting with and becoming one with the
Original Fire; for "our God i11 a cono~uming fire," con>~uming all
impuritiet1 and imperfection".
Thus we see that one metlwd goe11 inward, ancl shall we not aay
downward ? shutting out. by inwa1-d fOC'.alizatilln, all hut that which
the iradividual has: the other goe" out. ward and upward. expanding
into all there i~t. The one system i11 the exact antithe:~is of the other,
notwithstanding the ignorant &.'l&ertion of many of the followers of
this Hindu thought .• that there is no real diffet·en('e between ouJ• cluetrine
and theirs.-that ours is derived from theirs. J! is such 1\8 to gh·e t•eady expression to your mentltl powt>rs.
Are combative and apt. to speak harshly, even to thoRe whom ~· ou
most love. Unle11s yon strictly tive the regenerate life. your endowment
of sex will he in11ufflcient fot· the brain power which you pouess.
your endurance will fail. and you will arcomplish mnrh le88 than
you otherwise would. A voifl irritability and re~tleAA, struggling conditions,
which will affect the nervon11 t~ystem. anfl through that. the
digestion. In living the reg~>nerate life, your 11ex weakne11s and un·
pleasant imaginations will affect you mo"t. when' the moon is in Aries,
Aquariu11, Gemini. ot· Leo. The houtH of yout· danger will he dtiefly
when either Aries or Taurus i11 rit~ing: l!e(•ond in importance, when
Gemini is rising. You have fine mental ahlitit>M, and can greatly increase
them by carefully living the regent>rate life.
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