Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

1897.] FRAGMENTS OF THOUGHT. 551
movement,-far better have an antipathy to such a condition
when first coming into the Esoteric thought; tor 1\A time goes
on, and as development progresses, conditions will have so
changed that be will find it very necessary to go into seclusion.
Then the Esoteric Fraternity heoomes of use to him, and can
be utiliZt!d t.• a gnml l'""I"'Me.
When be fully cnmprt?ht!tlel; huw ~ttUpt!n•lon>t iM hi11 undertaking.
with itR colossal rilllte;, b Lrriet'o4 will melt into utoor
insignific;\nce : he can then fully appreoiate the pa·ed1111o4 gem~
Peter hacl in mind when he said, •· Above all thing>~ have fervent
tlharity among youa-selves ; for oha.rity covers a multitude
of sins." I. Peter IV. 8. Charity i11 the outward expression
of the ha.rmnni~iug eso46nce uf Divine Love, which should permeate
the entire being. It is the impulse that actuates the
neophyte to pnt into effect. "Therefore all things whatsoever
ye wonltl that titen shnnld do tn you, do ye even so to
them" (Matt. vn. 12). and, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as
thy,.elf" (Matt xxu. 39). When the neophyte is sufficiently
nnfultled to l"eeagnize the lt'''"l in all. he will have assumed
t·eMpllnMibilitie~ with G,Jd and hi11 fellow man, that, previou~ly,
he hl\11 nnt heard of, nor dreamed nf ; he will be placed in
the position where it becomes abo~olutely necessat·y to overcome
evil by doing good; he will be able to "accept gracefully the
inevitable," in ahsnlnte submis11iveness to the Spirit, and with
perfect con6tlence in the protecting care of the loving Father.
lie will have created an atmosphere as invnlnerable to the
malignant epithet>t and vile scoffings of a. selfish, heartless
wOJ·ld, as is a twenty-seven-inch nickel-steel armorpl:\U>, to the
gentler impres11imts of, '"grape aml canister;" in other words,
he will Mcoo;ae so positive to all adverse influences, that they
will mf'lt away like snow before an April sun; yet will be be
so gentle and meek that not a tremor of anger will ripple his
placid mind, nor the merest scintillation of evil esoape his lips ;
be will stand forth &.'f a mighty pillar in the realms of light
and life. a precious jewel in the great white throne of God.
In preparing himself for ~he final realization of such dazzling
ultimated, the neophyte meets many perplexitiell which, in hia unsettled
and uncertain state, become very vexatious, and too often
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