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

Seeking the Qigher Eifr
BY HARRIET SCHWARTZ
*,i,q*"_t,.| N the Esoteric teachings we are told the
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short route to finding God. But there
if Q are so many who attempt to follow these
it 1§~ teachings that do not realize that if they
*"*'f*'f*¥ undertake them with the object of getting
something, the m=:AL1zA'r1oN of ATTAINMENT is not gained.
It is only when truth students, come into the Esoteric
teachings with the object of having an opportunity to
give, that they really GET. That is the law back of all
the spiritual work. The laws are just the opposite in
the business world. That is why many people do not
understand what the Master tried to teach.
It must
apparently seem that you are sacrificing everything, and
then you find when the sacrifice is made that it really
was only a sacrifice of your lower self to your own HIGHER
SELF; or, in other words, the personality had to be nailed
to the cross, in order that your spiritual self might ccme
into conscious realization.
But thisfnever takes place so
long as the person isfseeking something for personal
gain, whether the gain is money, honor, or anything else
for the personality. But as soon as we are willing to
put all personal desires on the altar, the individuality
comes into a realization. It is all so plain to thcse who
are really born again, and they know how to explain the
paradoxes of the Bible.
Unless you use the teachings received asa method
for attainment, and then be willing to put your own