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The Eleventh Lesson: The Law of Karma.881
and constant experiences of each of the days that you have lived have been,
for the most part, forgotten. Though these experiences may have seemed
very vivid and real to you when they occurred, still they have faded into
nothingness now, and they are to all intents and purposes lost to you. But
are they lost? Not at all. You are what you are because of the results of these
experiences. Your character has been moulded and shaped, little by little,
by these apparently forgotten pains, pleasures, sorrows and happinesses.
This trial strengthened you along certain lines; that one changed your point
of view and made you see things with a broader sweep of vision. This grief
caused you to feel the pain of others; that disappointment spurred you
on to new endeavors. And each and every one of them left a permanent
mark upon your personality—upon your character. All men are what they
are by reason of what they have lived through and out. And though these
happenings, scenes, circumstances, occurrences, experiences, have faded
from the memory, their effects are indelibly imprinted upon the fabric of
the character, and the man of to-day is different from what he would have
been had the happening or experience not entered into his life.
And this same rule applies to the characteristics brought over from past
incarnations. You have not the memory of the experiences, but you have
the fruit in the shape of “characteristics,” tastes, inclinations, etc. You have
a tendency toward certain things, and a distaste for others. Certain things
attract, while others repel you. All of these things are the result of your
experiences in former incarnations. Your very taste and inclination toward
occult studies which has caused you to read these lessons is your legacy from
some former life in which some one spoke a word or two to you regarding
the subject, and attracted your interest and desire. You learned some little
about the subject then—perhaps much—and developed a desire for more
knowledge along these lines, which manifesting in your present life has
brought you in contact with further instruction. The same inclination will
lead to further advancement in this life, and still greater opportunities in
future incarnations. Nearly every one who reads these lines has felt that