Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

552 FuAGMKNTfl OF TnouoHT. [.Tun'e
lead him into the very conditions be is ende:woring to overcome.
Under such circumstances, he ha." an opportunity of bringing into
use all the tact and charity at his command, ancl of placing au
abiding trust in the wisdom nf the Infinite One. The neuphyte
will learn, sooner or later, that it is the details, little actH. whic!h
are placed to his credit. The grand acts are never perfm·med
except in the imagination of some visjonary,-the opportunity
for such never appears: greatness is simplicity simplifiecl.
The great, the grand, the glot·ious, always begins and eocls
with discha.rging the simplest duties; ancl the sooner the neophyte
recognizes this one fact, and is content to do "just f,n· t,o.
day" that to which duty calls him, the mnre harmon ion" will
be his journe.v up the rnggecl mount of attainment.
· The neophyte soon learns that it is not a mnltiplicity nf
words, nor a multitude of acts, that a•·e really helpful to him,
but that it iK that deep, inte•·inr, Mlemn, thnughtful attitncle of
mind, maintained nnder all circumstances. which is effectual
for good, and which command" re~pect even from his ent>mieR.
He soon learns that the part of valor is few words well llbnst'n,
few acta well calculatec-1. The light, flimsy frivolitie11 nf a
Rensuous life exhaust the finer life eKSences and debanch the
character.
This is a life of character builcling: the spiritnal11.ttainment."
will be relative to the quality of duna,!ter thus producecl. Mr.
Emerson defines character thus : "This is that which we call
character,-& reserve force (matured Ron I) whi(lb &