Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

FRAGMENTS' OF THOUGHT.
BY CRAB. B. RIGGS, II. D.
PREFACE.
Read all of the Fifth Chapter of St. Matthew. 1. &·charitable.
2. Be positive. 3. S"ft but little, choose your words well. 4. Assume
the role of a stoic. : 5. Close the door of sympathy. 6: Explain
your position frankly. · 7. Make no statements that can be succiea8-
fully disputed. 8. Argue with no one for argument's sake. 9. State
the facta and excuse yoar~~elf. 10. When facta will not be &P.~epted
by your auditoN decline to divulge the secreta. 1 L ~ ever ready
to feed the hungry soul, but do not gluttonize it. 12. Say nothing
abaut the EiOteric Fraternity, except to some earne~~t soul who is
seeking a haven of seclu11ion. 13. Keep your own counsel regarding
your future relations with the E10teric Fraternity. 14. Let the Spirit
~tnicle you •• in all thing~~ whatsoever yon do."
"Bt·in1 forth therefore ft•uiu meet for repentance" (Matt. III. 8),
for "ye shall know thetn by their fruitll. Do anen gather grapes of
thorn11, or figs of thistles?
" Even so every good tree bringeth fo1rth good fruit ; but a corrupt
tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
"A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit. neither can a corrupt
tree bring forth good fruit.
" Every tree that bringetb not forth good fruit is hewn down, and
cut into the fire.
" Wherefore by their fruita ye shall know them.
" Not every one that eaith onto me, Lord, Lord, 11hall enter into
the kingdom of heaven : but he that doeth the will of my Father
which is in heaven." Matt. vn. 16-21.
In attempting to live the EMoteric Life-a life of regenera-­
tion modeled after the foot.~teps and teachings of .Te11ns the
Christ-the neophyte need11 a well balanced mind to guide his
acts and to govern his thought.A and wm-d.s; withou"l which he
i~ like a 11hip on a troubled ~~ea. manned by inferior seamen.
He will be cast fir~t to the right, then to the left; now on the
mountain cre11t of prosperity, then into the deep chasm of adversity;
and thus is he forced to battle with conditions, both
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