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thoughts and the heart entertains spiritual desires; these spiritual thoughts and<br />

purposes being then expressed in outer action in the world.<br />

Every perception and power must be made obedient to divine wisdom and will, so that<br />

Divine Wisdom is made :1 living power in every part of life.<br />

The last three verses again sum up the Mystery Teaching: He who follows Divine<br />

Wisdom reaches the goal of the Logos, the divine Pervading Power, called here Vishnu;<br />

but he who is under the sway of personality (Self, Ego) falls again into rebirth through<br />

the bondage of Karma.<br />

There is an exact parallel in the Revelation of Saint Iohn: “Him that overcometh will I<br />

make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out; and I will write upon<br />

him the name of my God, and the name of the City of my God" (3, 12)."<br />

(Johnston, Theosophical Review)<br />

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