Bible Review V15: October 1916 - March 1918 - Iapsop.com

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before the onward march of knowledge of facts concerning
the things that really are. This we think makes
fully apparent the great danger and evils coming from
accepting any belief and following any system of thought
merely because it appeals to one's sensibilities as good
and pleasant. But if by any possible means we may believe
the facts and longingly aspire to the highest and
best that we are capable of perceiving of those things,
we can by continuous mental suggestion create in ourselves
conditions which will adapt us in every particular
to become a part of those highest of our conceptions.
And, as we metaphorically, taking hold of our feet (understanding)
lift ourselves up to the top of the highest
mountain in our sight, we will find that there are other
mountains as much higher. As by our first efforts we
gain knowledge, wisdom, understanding and power, vie
will be able with greater facility to ascend the second
mountain. So may we continue to rise higher and still
higher thruout eternity.
But some will question, how can we know the absolute
truth concerning another world? The answer to this is,
first, be honest and true in this world, doing those things
that your own higher self dictates as right and good.
This will lay a foundation in yourself for the establish~
ment of divine order within you, and will produce mental
conditions that will cause truth to seem natural and
good to you and error to appear. It is because of the
difficulty of knowing the right course that THE ESOTERIC
has come, from the beginning, to you, suggesting methods
to put your physical body in perfect harmony with
itself ani the laws that produced it, giving you good
and sufficient reasons for every step in that direction.
We have never asked you concerning your
heaven,
beliefs of
of God or a spirit-world, but we have pointed
out methods by which you may abandon all beliefs mere