The Mystery of Life and How Theosophy Unveils It by Clara M.

Codd

The Mystery of Life and How Theosophy Unveils It

by Clara M. Codd
Published in the 1900 s

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CAN E !N" THE T#UTH$

TH%(% are 6ertain 7uestions whi6h we are always as8in! ourselves. $e want to 8now who we are2 and why we are here2 and if there is any !oal to life2 and if there is any desi!n behind the wonderful universe. (eli!ion2 s6ien6e and philosophy essay to answer these 7uestions2and often the answers see9 in6o9plete and unsatisfa6tory. 0et we intuitively feel that there is an answer2and that that answer 9ust be 6o9pletely in a66ord with the natural order of thin!s. "re there deeper fa6ts about life whi6h2 if we 8new the92 would 9a8e us understand life better2 and if so2 who 8nows the92 and where are they)

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THE MA%TE#% "& THE A#T AND %CIENCE "& LI'IN( There are vast and i99utable laws !overnin! the pro!ress of life. This is its s6ien6e. Most of us are 9erely 6hildren in the !reat s6hool of life and are learnin! by e;perien6e so9ethin! of these !reat laws. 1ut there 9ust be those who 8now the9 thorou!hly2 and therefore share their power. $illia9 <a9es2 the psy6holo!ist2on6e said that all !reat thin8ers presuppose that there 9ust be behind every different for9 of hu9an 8nowled!e a Root Knowledge. $hat would that (oot &nowled!e be) *urely the !reat "rt and *6ien6e of life itself. '66ultis92 about whi6h we hear so 9u6h in these days2has been defined by a !reat o66ultist as/ 3The *6ien6e of Life and the "rt of Livin!3. <ust as in the s6ien6e of 9athe9ati6s where there are the 6hildren learnin! that two and two 9a8e four and the !reat professors of the *6ien6e li8e "lbert %instein2 for e;a9ple2 so in the !reat *6hool of Life there are the s6holars of varyin! de!rees of !rowth and attain9ent2 and also the !reat Professors of that *6ien6e of all s6ien6es and that beautiful "rt of all arts. +or untold a!es in the history of this planet !reat 9aster9inds2 sa!es and adepts have !arnered this deeper 8nowled!e2 and have handed it on fro9 one !eneration to another= and now2 in these 9odern days2they have lifted a tiny 6orner of the veil whi6h s6reens this tre9endous 8nowled!e2 and !iven us2throu!h their pupils2 an outline of the universal prin6iples whi6h !overns all life. $hat these are2 and how they illu9inate life for us2 we will now try to des6ribe.

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THE &I#%T (#EAT )#INCI)LE* THE UNIT+ AND DI'INIT+ "& LI&E " !reat thin8er on6e said that the (ules of the Universe were so few2 6ontinually repeated on a lar!er or s9aller s6ale2 that seein! one in operation one 6ould infer the sa9e on another s6ale. "nd H...$ells wrote that the funda9entals of every reli!ion are the sa9e2and so few2 that one 6ould 3write the9 on a post6ard3. $e 6ould write the9 thus in three sayin!s of <esus. "nd the first would be when He said/3'ne is your +ather3. +or then He pro6lai9ed what every !reat Tea6her has said2 that the Hu9an (a6e is ,ivine in ori!in2 and so9ewhere shares in the Universal Life whi6h we 6all .od. 0es 2 every 3son of 9an32 however abandoned and de!raded2 is always and for all ti9e also the 3son of the Most Hi!h3. and nothin! 6an ta8e that birthri!ht away fro9 hi9 How is he a son of the Most Hi!h) +or outwardly with 9any of us there see9s to be no si!n of su6h a herita!e. Here we have to try to understand ourselves better. $e only see this outer physi6al body 2and we 8now that there are sub?e6tive pro6esses always !oin! on 6alled feelin! and thou!ht. $here do we thin8 and feel2 and throu!h what 9ediu9 do they 9ove2 sin6e with the death of the body they see9 to disappear2yet we intuitively feel that they have not 6eased to e;press the 9an so9ewhere)

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,"D+- %"UL AND %)I#IT Man2 is a threefold bein! e;pressin! hi9self in three different spheres of 9atter si9ultaneously. The 1ible spea8s of our havin! a body2soul and spirit. *o9e people 6onfuse the last two ter9s2but in the ori!inal .ree8 they are 7uite different words. The word 3body3 6o9es fro9 the "n!lo4*a;on3bodi!32 9eanin! the dwellin!4pla6e. $e !et the word 3abode3 fro9 it. 3Here have we no 6ontinuin! 6ity32 for this 36oat of s8in32 this wor8in!46lothes of the body is 6han!in! all the ti9e2and we shall one day leave it on one side. "s lon! as we have it we are by it put in tou6h2throu!h its five senses2 with the surroundin! world as we 8now it now with all its 9yriad e;perien6e and events. 1ut the !reat powers of thou!ht and feelin! whi6h 9a8e us truly 9en are not ori!inated in the brain. The brain and nerves are li8e the 8eys of a piano to the 9usi6ian. He plays on the92 and if they are in !ood 6ondition they serve hi9 well. $hen the player has !one2 the piano 6an sound no 9ore.

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THE TH"U(HT "#LD "& THE %"UL

$here is he then) He is now wor8in! throu!h a subtler 9ediu92 and in a 9ore subtle world. This world and instru9ent of e;pression is not a lon! way away. It is 7uite near2 it is all round us. Have you ever i9a!ined what your soul loo8s li8e) It is not atta6hed to you so9ewhere. The word 3soul3 is the translation of the .ree8 word 3Psy6he3 fro9 whi6h we !et the words psy6hi6 and psy6holo!y. Psy6hi6al resear6h tells us that our souls have a 9aterial basis2 but the 9atter of whi6h they are 6o9posed is not physi6al 9atter. Interpenetratin! the ato9s and 9ole6ules of this world is a finer2 9ore 7ui68ly vibratin! order of 9atter. $e will 6all it psy6hi62 and it pervades the whole of the physi6al universe li8e water pervades a spon!e in a bath. 'ur soul4selves 2 bein! 6o9posed of this psy6hi6 9atter2interpenetrate and surround this denser physi6al body2 withdrawin! fro9 it at death2 and then ta8in! the 6ons6iousness with it. In the psy6hi6 body every thou!ht and every feelin! are radiant2 vibratory powers2 thrillin! throu!h our souls and affe6tin! the surroundin! at9osphere2 finally 6reatin! all round us a psy6hi6 e;pression of our ideals and desires whi6h tend to affe6t our 6ons6iousness2 and also to affe6t other people and the world around us.

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THE )" E# "& TH"U(HT In the days we all 8now2 9ore or less2 that thou!ht is a 9i!hty power. The 3wireless of thou!ht3 will soon be fully re6o!niCed and understood. In that world whatever we thin8 of we are really in tou6h with at on6e. " 3rapport3 is set up between ourselves and the ob?e6t of our thou!hts. Thus2 if it is a friend we thin8 of2 we are with hi9. 'ur lovin! thou!ht has instantaneously rea6hed hi9. This is also true when he has passed away fro9 the body. He is never out of rea6h of our lovin! thou!hts. $hen thou!ht rea6hes hi!h in aspiration2 it also tou6hes the !reat ideal and brin!s ba68 an i99ediate response. $hatever a 9an thin8s of he is i99ediately in tou6h with2 and whatever he truly loves he 6an never really lose.

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THE %"UL ,UILD% THE LI&E A&TE# DEATH This subtle surroundin! world is full of radiant thou!ht 6reations2 lar!ely 9ade by the thou!hts of 9yriads of 9en. There2 after death2 we live for lon! periods of ti9e2assi9ilatin! the lessons of life2and en?oyin! a lon! rest fro9 the battles of life. "nd the result of life there is that we 6o9e ba68 a!ain after a lon! ti9e2 not only refreshed and stron!er2 but !rown in 6hara6ter and 6apa6ity fro9 the assi9ilation of the e;perien6es of the life we have ?ust 7uitted. "nd there we 9eet a!ain all those who9 we have loved and 8nown on earth.

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THE %)I#ITUAL %IDE "& MAN 1ut what is the *pirit) That is the third2 the i99ortal2 fa6tor in 9an That re9ains2whatever happens to the others It has a state of 6ons6iousness so deep and true that 9ost 9en never realiCe they have it or that is even there 1ut one day2as inner !rowth pro6eeds2they will !radually be6o9e aware of that diviner self. It 6an 3re!ister3 no evil. It is always pure and shinin!. "nd yet it !rows by the best and purest of our e;perien6es here. It is forever part of the eternal Life of the universe2 and so far fro9 our present understandin! and i9a!ination that it 6an only be indi6ated by the lan!ua!e of poetry <esus told His hearers that they were 3!ods3 and every one of the9 36hildren of the Most Hi!h3. "nd *t.Paul puts it very beautifully when he spea8s of 3the hidden 9an of the heart in That whi6h is not 6orruptible3. That is 3the Christ in you2 the hope of !lory32 whi6h will one day save every 9an fro9 i!noran6e and sin2 for sin is only i!noran6e and blindness of soul.

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THE %EC"ND (#EAT )#INCI)LE* THE ,#"THE#H""D "& MAN The *e6ond .reat Prin6iple is a ne6essary 6orollary to the +irst. If spiritually all 9en share the sa9e universal life2 6o9e fro9 the sa9e +ather2 travel the sa9e ?ourney to the sa9e ulti9ate .oal2 then the 1rotherhood of Man is one of the !reat fa6ts of #ature. It rests on the hidden ,ivinity of Man. "nd there is no one outside that 1rotherhood2however i!norant2evil or sava!e he 9ay be. Here is a 7uestion whi6h has puCCled 9any people. $hy are so9e 9en born i!norant and sava!e2 and other 9en wise and pure and true) $e see people born idiots2 6ripples or 6ri9inals. "nd others born !eniuses2 saints and heroes. $hy these differen6es if the !reat Life4+or6e is lovin! and ?ust)

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MAN+ LI'E% "N EA#TH "# "NE LI&E$ $e shall never find the answer if we thin8 that we only live here on6e in the lon! pil!ri9a!e of the soul. 'n6e2or 9any ti9es2have we lived here. $hi6h theory 6overs the fa6ts of life best) " !reat part of the world has always believed that we 6o9e ba68 to life here a!ain 1ut here in the $est2 thou!h thin!s are now rapidly 6han!in!2 we have been tau!ht that we only have one life on earth2 and that after it we shall !o either to eternal bliss or eternal torture. How very illo!i6al that idea isE $e 6annot have eternity at one end of the sti68 only. If we are now !oin! to live for ever2we 9ust have already lived for ever. It is 6lear that this body will not live for ever2 and who would wish it to) Can we not pi6ture !ettin! by de!rees a 9u6h better one2 9ore sensitive29ore resilient29ore beautiful)"s evolution pro6eeds 2 we shall 6o9e into in6reasin!ly better bodies29ore fitted to e;press the unfoldin! powers of ourselves as souls. *o on the whole2 over vast periods of ti9e2 hu9anity will stru!!le up fro9 the dar8ness of i!noran6e and pain into the sunshine of 8nowled!e and ?oy. 'ne life does not e;plain how we start so une7ually e7uipped. $hy does one 9an have everythin! in his favour2 and another so little that so9eti9es we say of that 9an/ 3Poor fellow2 he never had a 6han!e fro9 the very be!innin!3. The truth is that in the !reat fa9ily of hu9anity2 ?ust as in the s9aller units we all belon! to2no one is of the sa9e soul4a!e. $ould it not be a very dull world if we were) *o9e have lived here 9any 9ore ti9es in the *6hool of Life than others2 and so they have 9ore 3in the932 9ore insi!ht2 wisdo92 self46ontrol2 6apa6ity. The i!norant2 stupid or evil 9an is a youn!er soul in the !reat hu9an fa9ily. Life s e;perien6es2 often bitter and tra!i62 will tea6h hi9 the !reat laws of life and develop his latent 6apa6ities.

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LI&E E'"L'E% IN C+CLE% This ta8es pla6e by repeated lives on earth. Here a!ain we 6an ar!ue by analo!y. $e all believe in pro!ress2 and unthin8in!ly pi6ture pro!ress as advan6in! alon! a strai!ht road. 1ut there are no strai!ht lines in the universe Pro!ress ta8es pla6e in !reat 6y6les or waves. Ta8e the little 6y6le of a day. It has its 9ornin!2 9idday and pea6eful evenin!. Then 2 after a ni!ht s rest2 life bein!s a!ain fro9 where we left it the evenin! before. The year follows a lar!er 6y6le2 sprin!2 su99er2winter and then sprin! a!ain. Must it not be e7ually true of the 6y6le of a 9an s life) 0outh2 9aturity2old a!e2 and then 4 after a lon! rest 4 youth a!ain2 pi68in! up the threads of life ?ust where we left the9 the life before. *o often when we !et towards the end of life2 we loo8 ba68 and wonder why we have not a66o9plish here 9ore. *u6h ideals we had2 and now where are they) Perhaps we are loo8in! in the wron! dire6tion. $e did not 6o9e here to 9a8e a fortune2 6li9b the so6ial tree2 or be6o9e fa9ous. *u6h thin!s are the 3treasures of earth3 whi6h 6annot endure. The 3treasures in heaven 3 belon! to the !rowin! and developin! soul2su6h as !rowth in 6hara6ter and 6apa6ity2wisdo9 and understandin!2and by the for9in! with other soul of lin8s whi6h 6an never brea8. If at the end of life we 6an see so9e !ain here2 then indeed we have not lived in vain. $hat are life s e;perien6es worth if not to tea6h us so9ethin!2 to develop latent power and wisdo9) " !reat +ren6h philosopher on6e said/3If youth only knew: and if a!e only could!" +ro9 the standpoint of reality2 when we 6o9e ba68 to youth a!ain we shall be able to put into pra6ti6e what we have learned fro9 life s e;perien6es and efforts now.

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THE E'"LUTI"N "& (ENIU% This is how !enius and 6hara6ter are evolved. They are not the 3!ifts3 of so9e arbitrary ,eity. They represent the sta!e of our soul s !rowth2 and the triu9phs and defeats of other lives. $e need not !o out of life2very little 6leverer or wiser than we 6a9e in. It all depends upon ourselves $e 6an 9a8e the 9ost of our 6apa6ities and opportunities2 or we 6an ne!le6t the9. Li8e the 9an in the 1ible alle!ory who had only one little talent2 we 6an bury our s9all opportunities or powers2 and perhaps never noti6e the9. Then we 9ay be sure that lar!er ones will never 6o9e alon!. <ust as a 9an studies and pra6ti6es an art or a trade day after day2 year after year2 and the power or 6apa6ity !rows steadily= so life after life 9en add to their power and one day are born as heroes2 saints2 or !eniuses. Perhaps you will say that the law of heredity e;plains all this. 1ut it leaves as 9u6h une;plained as it e;plains. It does not tell why a !enius does not hand on his supre9e powers to his 6hildren2nor why a 3bla68 sheep3 appears in the ran8s of a reputable fa9ily 2 or a !enius sprin!s fro9 the soil of li9ited and sordid surroundin!s. $hat we inherit fro9 our fathers and 9others is si9ply the 8ind of body and nervous syste9 whi6h will 9ore readily2 or otherwise2e;press 6ertain soul 2 or psy6hi6 6hara6teristi6s. They !ive us a !ood or a bad piano to play on2 but the ability to use it 6o9es with ourselves. That is where we are our own an6estors.

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THE .C"MMANDMENT% "& ("D. THE LA % "& NATU#E #ow how do we 6o9e into a 6ertain fa9ily 2into the ran8s of a 6ertain nation2with 6ertain 6hara6teristi6s and abilities) Is it 6han6e or is it law) If there is one thin! that is 6ertain2it is that this is a universe of law. *tri6tly spea8in! there is no su6h thin! as 6han6e. $e 9ay not be able to see what all those laws are or how they wor82but we 9ay be sure they are always there (eli!ious people spea8 of the 3Co99and9ents of .od32 and we have been tau!ht that they were delivered to Moses on the top of a 9ountain 1ut the real Co99and9ents of .od are the Laws of #ature. $ith a 9a!nifi6ent disre!ard of ourselves as personalities the Laws of #ature a6t a66ordin! to their nature surely and inevitably. 'f the9 we 9ay say2 in the poeti6 words of *6ripture2 that there 3is no variableness2 neither shadow of turnin!3. They are 3the sa9e2 yesterday2today and for ever3. +or .od does not 6han!e His Mind2 and as a !reat o66ultist on6e said/ 3The Laws of #ature are the i9print of the ,ivine Mind upon 9atter3. *ir <a9es <eans tells us that s6ien6e is now sure that there is a 3Master4Mind3 behind the universe2 and that as far as they 6an see that Master9ind is a 9arvelous 9athe9ati6ian.

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LA IN THE INNE# A% ELL A% THE "UTE# "#LD

$e are now fairly fa9iliar with the idea of natural law in the physi6al world. The popularisation of s6ien6e has 9ade 9ost of us 3law46ons6ious3. $e no lon!er thin8 that natural happenin!s are due to a personal ,eity interferin! or ta8in! reven!e. $hen I was a 6hild we lived near a far9 whose far9er was a 9an of very lurid lan!ua!e. 'ne day when he !ot badly !ored by a bull2I heard 9y nurse sayin! to our 6oo82 3<ust before the bull !ot hi92 he was swearin! so9ethin! dreadful. It s a ?ud!9ent on hi9 E3 It is only a little step towards realiCin! that law also rei!ns in the psy6holo!i6al and spiritual real9s. If we put our hands on a hot iron it will burn us for it is its nature so to do. It is no !ood sayin!=3I did not 8now it was there2 so it should not have burnt 9e.3 It is our business to 8now or find out. In the sa9e way there are laws of feelin!2 desire and thou!ht2 whi6h wor8 unfailin!ly. It is our business to study the92and to obey the9. +or e;a9ple2 if we obey the physi6al laws of health we reap vitality and health= if we disobey the92 disease and death. *o 2 if we obey the laws of the spiritual and psy6holo!i6al worlds of our bein!2 we shall reap happiness and power2 but if we disobey the9 9isery and li9itations. .od does not 9a8e us unhappy. $e 9a8e ourselves so by our i!noran6e and selfishness. It is not surprisin! that so 9any of us are i!norant and selfish2for spiritually spea8in!2 we are not yet very 3!rown up32 and the rea6tions of #ature to our selfish deeds and 9otives whi6h brin!s us pain and disappoint9ent are slowly but surely tea6hin! us wider2 purer ways. Let us see how all this happens.

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NATI"N% A#E DI&&E#ENT .CLA%%E%. IN THE %CH""L "& LI&E "s before stated2 we are all sandin! at different levels of soul4!rowth. If this were universally understood we would have a very different outloo8 upon national and international proble9s. $ithin the ran8s of a nation we would not e;pe6t of i!norant 9en or lower ra6es the sa9e self46ontrol and understandin! as we 9i!ht well as8 of a 9ore edu6ated popula6e. $e would also realiCe that when we 6o9e ba68 to life we 6annot always 6o9e ba68 into the ran8s of the sa9e nation. #ations have their life4periods and disappear ?ust as individuals do. 'n6e 9i!hty 6iviliCations in %!ypt2Chaldea2 .ree6e and (o9e e;isted. They have !one2 yet we are still here2 who have lived throu!h these 6iviliCations and learned so9e of their lessons. How stupid then to be too e;tre9ely nationally49inded %very nation has its pla6e2its pe6uliar !enius and 6ulture2and to sta9p it out or e;ploit it is to 9a8e the whole world poorer. $hilst we are in the ran8s of a 6ertain nation we are tre9endously influen6ed by its national outloo8 and 6ulture. 'ne side of us is bein! spe6ially developed. How one4sided we would !row if other sides were not developed by ta8in! in6arnation in the ran8s of another nation type. .reater than any nation s parti6ular interests are the supre9e interests of hu9anity as a whole. "nd understandin!2 6ooperation2 and 9utual respe6t and 8indliness 6ould do 9ore for this sad star than all the selfish lust for !ain or lust for national do9inations in the world. Most of us are in6arnated into the ran8s of 9any different nations2 to 3round out3 our evolution. *o9e ti9es a !reat patriot is born into the ran8s of the sa9e nation 9any ti9es2 be6ause he has 9ade su6h 38ar9i63 lin8s of love and servi6e with that nation that they 6all hi9 ba68.

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H" E C"ME T" A CE#TAIN &AMIL+

$hen a 6hild is born people tal8 of the 3little stran!er3 who has arrived. 1ut in truth it is never a little stran!er. Love lin8s fro9 the past have been attra6tin! that soul to in6arnation with you. "n old friend has 6o9e ba68 to your 6are whilst his new body is wea8 and undeveloped. It is a trust for you2 a beautiful thrust. 0ou did not 9a8e hi92he does not belon! to you. He belon!s to .od and to hi9self. -ery o66asionally the opposite 9a!neti6 pole to love 2hate2 for9s a fa9ily relationship2but this is very rare. $e are not always in the sa9e relationship to ea6h other2otherwise how would we !row in e;perien6e) The love of parents for their 6hildren2of friends or lovers2 are all different ways of love. 1ut have you not seen a !reat love between two people whi6h parta8es of so9ethin! of all the ways of lovin!) The 9arria!es 39ade in heaven3 are often the 9eetin! of those who have been happily 9arried before. *o9eti9es we !et 9arried on a purely surfa6e attra6tion and find ourselves 9arried to a stran!er. Then2 I suppose2 we 9ust !et to 8now the stran!er. There is one thin! that is 6ertain. Love rules the universe2 in spite of all appearan6es to the 6ontrary2 and whatever a 9an really loves he 6an never lose. It will be with hi9 in the world of after4death2 and with hi9 a!ain in su66eedin! lives upon earth. Love has never 8nown defeatE

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H" DE%TIN+ I% %)UN U)"N THE L""M "& LI&E

1ut how did we 6o9e to life a!ain with a 6ertain 6hara6ter 26ertain 6apa6ities2 6ertain surroundin!s with all its une;pe6ted events) ,oes Law rei!n here2 and 6an we find out how it wor8s) Let us loo8 at life as a whole2 and realiCe that every individual part is 6losely 6onne6ted with and affe6tin! all others as well as bein! affe6ted in its turn. 3#o 9an liveth or dieth to hi9self alone3. The destiny of hu9anity at lar!e is li8e a 6arpet bein! woven on a loo9. Underneath one 6annot see what pattern is 6o9in! out. 1ut perhaps if we were in the position of the 3!ods3 we would see fro9 on hi!h the pattern that was be!innin! to show. The pi6ture is woven of threads2livin! threads whi6h are the eternal souls of 9en. "nd be6ause 9an is a threefold bein!2 with the threefold a6tivity of thou!ht2 feelin! and a6tion2 ea6h of whi6h is 6orrelated to a 6ertain finer2 interpenetratin! plane of 9atter where it e;presses itself in 6olour and for92 if we 6ould see it with finer eyes2 he is all the ti9e sendin! out ener!y on three planes of 9atter si9ultaneously. #ow2 no ener!y 6an be e;pended without produ6in! its appropriate result. $e are really illi9itable 6entres of ener!y or power2 and whenever we thin82 feel or a6t2 we send out these for6es2 and the universe answers a66ordin! to its i99utable laws. $e never 6ease fro9 sendin! these for6es out2althou!h we do not !enerally stop to observe that we are doin! so2 be6ause we 6an not help thin8in!2 feelin! and a6tin! at every 9o9ent of our lives. $e realiCe to so9e e;tent that our a6tions brin! results for we 6an often see that they do. 1ut it does not o66ur to 9any people that it is e7ually true of those sub?e6tive ener!ies 6alled desire and thou!ht. They are ener!ies sent out into the universe2and so9eti9e2 so9ewhere2 the universe will reply a66ordin! to its laws. *o 9an s ener!ies are li8e a thread of :4ply wool. Three strands are ine;tri6ably 9in!led in his life2 rea6tin! upon ea6h other2 the strands of thou!ht2 desire and a6tion2 and all to!ether they spin his future destiny2 brin!in! hi92 his friends and relations2opportunities in life2 6hara6ter and ability. In order to see this 9ore 6learly2let us now unravel the three strands and loo8 at the9 sin!ly.

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THE TH#EAD "& TH"U(HT $e will be!in with the deepest2the 9ost funda9ental of all2 that of thou!ht and thin8in!. The very word 39an3 in its *ans8rit derivation29eans 3the thin8er3. Man is 6o9pounded of thou!ht. $hat he thin8s and desires in his sub6ons6ious self2 whi6h is only a 9odern na9e for his 3soul32 9a8es hi9 what he is at any one 9o9ent. This is the 9eanin! of the 1ible sayin!/ 3"s a 9an thin8eth in his heart2 so is he3. The Indian *6riptures put it rather differently/ 3$hat a 9an thin8s upon in this life2that hereafter he be6o9es3. Here lies the for9ative stren!th of all idealis9. Many people 6onsider ideals as i9a!inary and not real. 1ut they are real. $hat one sees in one s 39ind s eye3 are thou!ht4for9s built by lon!in!s and aspirations in the plasti6 9atter of the surroundin! 9ental world2 and play a very dyna9i6 part in shapin! ourselves and our future. ,id any 9an ever really su66eed in any underta8in!2 however s9all2 if on settin! out he pi6tured that he would never be able to do it) *o ideals 2 aspirations2 unselfish lon!in!s2 show us with a 8ind of divine 6lairvoyan6e what we are 9eant so9e day to be in the future. Loo8in! down the strea9 of ti9e we see pi6tures 6alled 9e9ories. 1ut when we loo8 up the strea9 we see2 not what we were 2e but what we shall be2 the i9a!e of 9an s yearnin! and .od s intendin!2 for every true ideal is !er9ane to the drea9er. It e;presses his funda9ental nature2whi6h is uni7ue in ea6h of us. %ven a snowfla8e is not 7uite li8e any other snowfla8e= and no two souls are the sa9e. %a6h has his pe6uliar past and his own uni7ue future. Indeed there is a 3word of .od3 whi6h 6annot be uttered until ea6h of us in turn !rows up into the Li!ht. It 6an only be said throu!h us.

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THE I#ELE%% "& TH"U(HT

It is well to 6onsider this fa6t of thou!ht and its power2 for we 6an re9ould our own lives2 and help other people by it. ,o we ori!inate thou!ht in the brain) *urely not. 'therwise thou!ht would 6ease with the death of the body. #o2 thou!ht be!ins first of all in the 3psy6hi6 body3 or soul2 where it is a vivid2 6reative power. %very type of thou!ht 9eans a 6ertain type of thou!ht4wave !enerated there2 and this in turn instantly sets up a syn6hronous vibration in the brain 6ells #ow what does this thin8in! do to us sin6e it affe6ts not only ourselves but others too)

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HAT "U# THIN!IN( D"E% T" "U#%EL'E% +irst ourselves. %very vibratory power is asso6iated with so9e for9 of 9atter2 physi6al or otherwise. Thou!ht travels throu!h 9ental 9atter. $ho 6an tell where the influen6e of a thou!ht ends) "nd we 6annot 8eep it to ourselves. It is no use to say/ 3I shall not tell you what I a9 thin8in! of= 9y thou!hts are all 9y own32 for the unseen influen6e of the9 is radiatin! fro9 ea6h one of us all the ti9e. ,o we not catch 9oods fro9 ea6h other2 and when 9any people are 9ade to thin8 alon! one line what is 6alled 9ass psy6holo!y or su!!estion is 6reated. Thin8 how a fervent orator sweeps us off our feet2 or a lyn6hin! 6rowd does deeds they are asha9ed of afterwards. #ow our 9ental selves !et into habits as well as our physi6al ones. $hen a train of thou!ht be6o9es habitual and fi;ed it 6onstitutes a trait of 6hara6ter. Traits and tenden6ies fir9ly fi;ed 9a8e up a 6hara6ter2 and that 9eans a destiny. +or 6hara6ter 9atters 9ore in life than even environ9ent or 6apabilities. Have you not seen a 9an of 6hara6ter over6o9e an unfortunate environ9ent2 and a 9an of !reat 6apa6ities 9a8e nothin! of the9 for la68 of 6hara6ter) 1ut 6hara6ter is not an arbitrary !ift of the "l9i!hty. $e evolved it in the sa9e way as we evolved our abilities by a6tion in the past. Chara6ter !rows by brave and honest fa6in! up to life. If we shir8 the lessons of life2leave de6isions and responsibilities to others2 we 9ust not be surprised if we do not evolve a 3stron! 6hara6ter3. *o9eti9es a stron! 6hara6ter is intolerant and 6ruel. Then life tea6hes su6h a soul 9er6y and 6o9passion by the 9ysterious road of pain. " soul is li8e a flower. It needs both the sunshine and the rain. The sunshine of hu9an happiness 9a8es it e;pand and put forth its powers= the rain of tears should purify2 render unselfish2 9a8e it understandin! and 6o9passionate. $hat sort of a person would we be if we never suffered any sorrow or disappoint9ent2 but li8e a spoilt 6hild had everythin! we fan6ied with no trouble) Life is en!a!e in for!in! men, not 6hildren or auto9atons. Tennysons wrote so9e wonderful words. 3Life is not as idle ore2 1ut iron du! fro9 6entral !loo92 "nd heated hot with burnin! tears. "nd dipt in baths of hissin! tears2 "nd shattered with the sho68s of doo92 To shape and use.3 To shape and evolve the 6o9in! !odli8e bein! of pea6e2 happiness and power. +or the end of pain 6an only 6o9e about by the endin! of i!noran6e2 and selfishness whi6h is the !reatest i!noran6e of all.

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#E/C#EATIN( CHA#ACTE# Can we alter our 6hara6ters) *urely if we !o about it with i9a!ination and deter9ination. (e9e9ber that whatever you dwell on in thou!ht that you are slowly be6o9in! li8e. Hen6e dwell in thou!ht so9eti9es on beautiful2 true2 heroi62 noble ideas and deeds. If you 6are to2 one day ta8e sto68 of your 6hara6ter2 and see where its 6hief defi6ien6ies lie. (e9e9ber that everyone is i9perfe6t2 or they would not be still here in the *6hool of Life. "nd then pi6ture to yourself what the opposite of those defi6ien6ies are2 how you 6ould learn to a6t the9 out in life2 how so9ebody else always instin6tively 4 in other lives it was not instinctive, but deliberate 4 a6ts the9. $hen you 6an re9e9ber2 and do not be surprised if it ta8es you 7uite a lon! ti9e to re9e9ber2 a6t a66ordin!ly. 0ou will be surprised at the sense of power whi6h will flood you. 0ou will !row happy and full of youthful enthusias9 when you find out that you 6an really deal with yourself2 and that you have other lives in front of you in whi6h to !row into your ideal. "nd as you evolve your own standard or 6reed29u6h better than one a66epted fro9 outside2 you will be6o9e an influen6e and a power a9on!st your fellow9en2 and those who are not as stron! as you are will find shelter with you and inspiration and stren!th.

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HAT "U# THIN!IN( D"E% T" "THE#% Then we 9ust re9e9ber that our thou!hts also rea6h others. "s we !o round in life we 6arry with us our personal influen6e whi6h is a synthesis of our nor9al thou!hts and feelin!s. Perhaps that is our !reatest !ift to the world. %9erson on6e said/ 3$hat you are spea8s so loudly to 9e that I 6annot hear what you say." 1ut if we thin8 spe6ifi6ally of so9e person2 so9e pla6e2or so9e ideal2 we are at on6e in tou6h with the92 wherever they 9ay be. Prayer rea6hes the Heart of the Universe2 lovin! thou!ht surrounds a loved one2 livin! or 3dead3. 'f 6ourse2 no one is ever dead= he has only 6han!ed his state2 and our love and our thou!hts rea6h hi9 ?ust the sa9e. $hat a 9i!hty power is in our hands if only we 8new it and 6ultivated it. 'ld4fashioned people used to pray for their friends= we 6an thin8 of the9 with love and wish the9 well with all our hearts. $e 6an also wish hu9anity well2 and be sure that the wish has not been for9ulated in vain. If we thin8 ill of people2 that also is a thou!ht4for6e whi6h rea6hes the92 but does not help. It only sub6ons6iously a66entuates the very failin! we deplore. "nd when 9any people thin8 all to!ether2 it is not diffi6ult to i9a!ine what 8ind of unseen su!!estion is rea6hin! the ob?e6t of their re9ar8s. *o the first strand of our nature2 thou!ht2 weaves for us our present and future 6hara6ters and 6apa6ities. Let us re46reate ourselves2 and not wait for the slow pro6ess of evolution to do it.

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THE TH#EAD "& DE%I#E #ow the se6ond strand2 the power of desire. That !ives us our opportunities2and our friends and ene9ies. There is a sayin! in the 1ible that the Lord will !ive to every 9an his heart s desire. That is absolutely true2 if it is his whole heart s desire2 and not only a part of it. +or that is a de9and !one out into the universe2 brin!in! hi9 its fulfill9ent2 !ood or bad. Love and hate are also variants of desire2 and both attra6t. "lways we shall find a!ain the thin!s we love2 and also the thin!s we inordinately hate and fear. *o we 9ust learn to trans9ute en9ity into trust and understandin! and for!iveness. ,esire also brin!s opportunities. #ever did su6h 6o9e unless it had been at one ti9e desired and wor8ed for2 even if death 6alled a 9an before his ideal was rea6hed or the desire of his heart a6hieved. Then it will 6o9e early in another life2 and others will 6all hi9 blessed. "s 1rownin! wrote/ 3#o wor8 be!un shall ever 6ease for death.3

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THE TH#EAD "& ACTI"N It is easy to see how the third wor8s2 for we 8now that our a6tions are affe6tin! the world and others all the ti9e. They must affe6t the9 in one of two ways. %ither they are helpin! the happiness and pro!ress of all2 or they are hinderin! the9. If our words and our deeds have helped and 6heered2 so9e ti9e2 so9ewhere2 help and en6oura!e9ent will 6o9e ba68 to us. If they have been unhelpful2 selfish2 6ruel2 they will return brin!in! frustration2 tra!edy and pain. They will 6o9e ba68 to us throu!h the 9ediu9 of other people2 who are thus un6ons6ious a!ents of the Law whi6h says that whatsoever a 9an sows that he shall also reap2 and learn by the reapin!. *o9e of these natural results 6o9e lives afterwards2 when instead of bein! 6rushed by the9 a 9an is li8e !old tried in the furna6e. 0et thou!h they see9 to li9it us2 the other side of the9 is opportunity and uplift9ent. #ature s 3ven!ean6e3 is i9personal and 9edi6inal. *he destroys to heal. Thus our environ9ents are 6reated and he 6hief outstandin! events of our lives. $hat would we 6onsider a 3!ood3 environ9ent) 1ein! born with a silver spoon in our 9ouths) "hE no. There is often no one 9ore out of tou6h with life and all its wonderful lessons than those born 9illionaires. (ather bein! born into a 6ir6le of !ood friends and lovin! relations. 'n6e a Maharani 6a9e to the 1uddha to as8 hi9 what she should do to ensure bein! born in her ne;t life beautiful2 wealthy2 and with 9any friends. I 6an only re9e9ber the Lord s answer to the last 7uestion. He said/ 3'hE Fueen2 if you would have 9any friends then you 9ust learn in this life to !ive away with both hands.3 The un!enerous2 6al6ulatin! selfish spirit never 8nows real friends.

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THE THI#D (#EAT )#INCI)LE* THE LA "& %)I#ITUAL D+NAMIC%

This leads us to the third of the !reat Prin6iples of Life. <ust be6ause we are so inti9ately bound up to!ether2 every thou!ht2 desire and a6tion resounds throu!h the united spirit of life 6alled hu9anity2 and produ6es its inevitable rea6tion. Hen6e this Law of *piritual ,yna9i6s has been for9ulated by all the !reat Tea6hers in the well48nown .olden (ule. In the words of <esus / 3$hatsoever ye would that 9en should do to you do ye even so to the92 for this is the law." <ust as the first !reat truth of the *piritual Unity of all 9en is ne6essarily followed by the se6ond truth of the 1rotherhood of Man2so that too is followed inevitably by the third2 that as that inti9ate bond leads us to affe6t ea6h other all the ti9e2 the individual 9ust learn to do no har9 nor to !rasp selfishly. That is the Law of rotherhood and to brea8 it is to brin! about endless sufferin! and pain2 whether an individual does it2 or a !roup of individuals 2 or a nation. That does not 9ean we 9ust never 3fi!ht.3 To 8no68 down a bully is so9eti9es the best way to tea6h hi9 to 6onsider the ri!hts of others2espe6ially those of the wea8er. *o day follows day2 and so9eti9es not for 9any days does a result 9a8e itself felt. "nd life follows life2 and its leadin! events have their roots in a lon! past. There 6o9e ti9es in history when nations are 6alled to settle their a66ounts. The 1ible says that ri!hteousness e;alteth a nation. This is true2 for no nation 6an deal un?ustly without layin! up for itself a 6rop of future troubles. #either 6an a 6lass e;ploit another 6lass without layin! seeds of future revolutions.

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H" E #EMEM,E# )A%T LI'E%

1ut2 we 9ay say2 how does this profit us if we do not re9e9ber this past whi6h is now influen6in! us) GLet it be re9e9bered that the future is influen6in! us even 9oreEH *o9eti9es people will say that they 6annot believe that they have lived here before be6ause they do not see9 to have any personal 9e9ory of it. There are people who re9e9ber2 either partially or 6o9pletely2 but 9ost of us do not see9 to. *o9eti9es in early 6hildhood 9e9ories 6o9e throu!h and are lost as the 6hild !rows up. #ow what do we 9ean by 9e9ory) To 9ost people it 9eans 9ind pi6tures of past events. 1ut if that is all it really 9eans we have already for!otten 9ost of this life2 even 9ost of the present day. If we tried to re9e9ber every thou!ht2 word and deed of a day we should not su66eed2 yet psy6holo!y tells us that ea6h tiny event has 9ade its i9press upon our sub6ons6ious2 and a series of li8e i9pressions presently produ6es a tenden6y of power. " 9an who plays the piano well does not 3re9e9ber3 all the ti9es he pra6ti6ed2 but his subs6ons6iousness does and !ives he 9e9ory ba68 to hi9 syntheti6ally as a developed 6apa6ity or power. Thus our 6apa6ities are 9e9ories2 our li8in!s and disli8in!s 2 so often see9in!ly 6apri6ious to our present 9ind2 so9eti9es even phobias and 6ertain periods of history2that see9 to attra6t us !reatly. Love at first si!ht2 when it is !enuine2 9eans the 9eetin! of old friends or lovers. Thin8 of the story of ,avid and <onathan2 the prin6e and the shepherd4boy. It is written that on 9eetin! the 3soul of <onathan was 8nit with the soul of ,avid23 and that 3he loved hi9 as his own soul.3 $hy should that have happened when he 8new nothin! about ,avid) Here were 6learly two old and dear friends 9eetin! on6e 9ore. The detailed 9e9ory of past births can be re6overed. It is a power of what is 6alled 30o!a32 whi6h 9eans that when a 9an has developed in hi9self the full 6ons6iousness of his 9ore subli9e self whi6h has lived throu!h all the lives2 that self will !ive hi9 ba68 the 9e9ory of the9 all. Meanwhile it would not help us to 6arry a !reat nu9ber of 9e9ory pi6tures of the past with us2 so #ature !ives it to us in a syntheti6 for9 showin! as our instin6tive and sub6ons6ious rea6tions to life. This does not invalidate the fa6t that 9e9ories of our lon! pas do so9eti9es 6o9e ba68. If we 8eep our ears open we 9ay 6o9e a6ross su6h people. Li8e the fa9ous story of &iplin! s of a ban8er s 6ler8 who re9e9bered havin! been a !alley4 slave in (o9e

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THE LI&E A&TE# DEATH Can the "n6ient $isdo9 6alled Theosophy tell us anythin! about death and the life that awaits us beyond) "ll reli!ions tal8 about a heaven and a hell. "re there su6h pla6es) 'nly Christianity tal8s about an eternal hell2 be6ause after the first 6enturies that !reat reli!ion lost the truth of rein6arnation2 so they had to pla6e unendin! results upon fleetin! and finite 6auses. It 6an be safely stated that there is no pla6e of torture in the universe2 thou!h there are unhappy psy6holo!i6al states whi6h 9en have really 6reated round the9selves whilst they were alive. The first thin! to re9e9ber is that the world of after4death is not a lon! way away. It is all round us. It is 6o9posed of that fine and subtle 3psy6hi63 9atter whi6h per9eates and surrounds this !lobe. 'ur soul or psy6hi6 body is also 6o9posed of it2 and it2 too2 per9eates and surrounds our physi6al 6ounterparts This 6an be 3seen3 by a 6ertain order of psy6hi6 si!ht2 and one day all 9en will possess it. Then they will know that there is no su6h thin! as death in the universe= only a 6ontinual 6han!e of state. $hen a 9an dies he slips away fro9 the denser physi6al body and be!ins an independent life in that subtler world. It will not be unfa9iliar to hi92 for he already 8nows part of it when he left his body te9porarily throu!h the !ateway of sleep. *helly wrote/ 3How wonderful is sleepE *leep and his brother death.3 They are the sa9e .ateway. $hy then fear a passa!e we have so often ta8en before2 and whi6h is so supre9ely natural) 1ut whilst we are only asleep we are still 6onne6ted with our sleepin! body by what loo8s li8e a line of li!ht2 a 9a!neti6 lin8. "t death this 6eases. Perhaps this is the 9eanin! of the fa9iliar words of the *6ripture/ 3%re the silver 6ord be loosed.3

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HEA'EN AND HELL $here are we then) It is diffi6ult to des6ribe2 but we are livin! in a world where the 9i!hty 6reative for6es of thou!ht and desire are ob?e6tive in a6tion. *o every 9an builds for hi9self as he lives the world of his after4death e;perien6es. 'ur selfish2 evil2 6ruel deeds and thou!hts shut us into self49ade prisons fro9 whi6h we 9ust wor8 our own way out to bri!hter real9s. 1ut our hi!hest aspirations 2our purest and 9ost unselfish deeds2 our purest loves2 and our appre6iation of that whi6h is beautiful and true2 build for us a wonderfully lovely life of what to ea6h one of us will be 6o9plete happiness and fulfill9ent for it will 9ean ideals 6o9e true. These friends and loves will find ea6h other a!ain2 idealists will see their ideals realiCed2 devotees will be in the presen6e of their Lord2 artists will 8now what 1eauty truly 9eans2 and even the si9plest 9an2 if his thou!hts were si9ple and true will have his ti9e of happiness and uplift9ent2 the rest4ti9e of his spirit after the trials of earth. It is also a period of !reat assi9ilation. 1efore a 9an returns to earth2 perhaps not for hundreds of years2 he will have 9oved throu!h a 6on6atenation of events in that inner life whi6h were the fruit of seeds sown durin! life2and by the9 life s lessons and e;perien6es will have been woven into soul4power and 8nowled!e. Thus we !row2 life after life2 with soul4lives in between. The thin!s whi6h belon! to us as souls for ever endure. Those whi6h 6on6ern only this te9porary body 9ust pass away. This is the 9eanin! of <esus words about layin! up for ourselves 3treasurels in heaven3. That whi6h 6on6erns the body alone su6h as eatin! and drin8in!2 se; pleasure26li9bin! the so6ial tree2a9assin! 9oney2 we 9ust surrender at the !ateway of death. 1ut the thin!s whi6h belon! to us as souls2 su6h as al intelle6tual2 spiritual and e9otional interests2 will not only persist2 but !ain all the ti9e added develop9ent and power.

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L"'ED "NE% )A%%ED "N ,o not thin8 of those you love who have passed on into what the Celts 6alled 3the Land of the %ver4 0oun!32 as sad or unhappy2 or even as 9issin! you. They have ever your deepest soul with the92 and 9ay even for a ti9e see you at ni!ht when you are free of your body. $hen your turn 6o9es to pass on they will be the first to wel6o9e you. They are not 3dead3. They are 9ore 3alive3 now than when 6arryin! a heavy physi6al body. They have now a for9 whi6h 8nows no lon!er hun!er and thirst2 heat or 6old2 or illness2 or fati!ue2 or old a!e. $ould you wish the9 ba68 to an a6hin!2 ill2 tired body) $e should try and realiCe the truth. #o hell is there in the universe save the te9porary one of a 9an s own 9a8in!/ and a heaven ulti9ately for all whi6h is built by their own aspiration and desire.

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THE &UTU#E THAT A AIT% U% There will 6o9e a ti9e when life2either on this side or the other2 will hold no 9ore to tea6h us. Then we shall be nearin! the stature of a Perfe6t Man2 an "dept of 8nowled!e2 power2 6o9passion and love. *o9e are even now nearer than others2 but so9eti9es2 so9ewhere2 all will rea6h it2 for we all have 6o9e the !er9 of perfe6tibility in us. 3*o9ewhere the weariest river winds safely to the sea3. +or 9an is a !od in the 9a8in!2 and one day he will to the fulness and the stature of his diviner self. 0es2 that is true in spite of the death and horror of this present day. They are the birth4throes of a new and happier a!e for 9en. Throu!h the a!ony of the present hour 9an is 6o9in! into a happier herita!e2 when instead of rivalry and tyranny and love of !ain2 the era of hu9an 6ooperation and toleran6e shall be born2 and the end of poverty and war be!in. +or hu9an life is always 9ore than possessions2 and hu9an happiness than do9ination and pride.

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