To Light a Thousand Lamps - The Theosophical Society

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battlefield will be a nightmare of the past. However, we will
need to maintain our vigilance, for conflict will be centered
for the most part on the mental and psychological planes.
Then as now there will be need for the courage and the
determination to fend o¤ subliminal darts that could pierce
the inner fabric of our being.
How can we protect ourselves against psychic invasion?
One certain protection is to be aware of the dangers, yet not
afraid. When fear, real fear, threatens to take hold, if we
trust fully our deepest being within, we will know that nothing
can touch us, no entity or thing can injure our real self.
‘‘Perfect love casteth out fear.’’ The love must be genuine,
self-forgetful without conditions. Consistently orienting
our consciousness in a selfless direction, with purity of
motive, is a natural safeguard.
As we head into the future, we had best keep aware of
the rapid changes in the consciousness field. It behooves us
to understand the nature of our many-faceted constitution
from physical to spiritual, and to recognize the imperative
need for each of us to be master of our own decisions. By
first strengthening our moral and spiritual faculties, our
mental and psychic powers will develop proportionately; we
shall be in a better position to use them wisely and for the
benefit of all. The wisdom of ages is epitomized in Jesus’
words: ‘‘Seek ye first the kingdom of God [of the spirit] . . .
and all these things shall be added unto you.’’
Today the challenge before us is not how we can stop the
tidal wave of psychic experimentation, but how we can help
give it the needed upward direction so that it will ‘‘finally
work for good and not for evil.’’ The future is open-ended,