There is no method so surely successful in barring the progress of the
soul as that of permitting a prejudice for one phase, or presentation
of occult law to so blind the perceptions of the mind as to cause it to
entirely disregard all such views as are not already set forth, and
accepted.
It is as the old story of the two who fought over the shield with a
gold side and a silver side; because, as neither could see both sides
at once, each considered the statement of the other a willful
falsehood. Let us try, at least, to bear in mind that our relationship
to this universe has been of long enough duration to permit of the
evolution, and establishment of many series of laws which do not, as
would seem at the first glance, conflict, or force us to a disbelief in
our own well-accredited experiences. The whole united universe is
moving forward upon evolutionary lines, and what was, and is true in
the beliefs of the East, must be today supplemented by the further
knowledge revealed by the seers of the West. The extreme likeness
which exists between the different religions of the world is everywhere
apparent, and the devachan of the Theosophists corresponds to the
expected rest in the tomb, until Gabriel sounds his horn on
resurrection day of the orthodox Christian.
The only way the priests knew to prevent the knowledge of their
ignorance coming to their followers was to draw a veil over the future
of the invisible soul, and promise a long, long rest to the weary and
heavy-laden ones, to whom this, alone, seemed compensation for their
earthly cares.
People are just as tired today as they have ever been in the history of
the world, but they are growing, through their superior knowledge of
occult things, to see how to separate spirit and soul from matter, and
to render unto each its just due in its proper sphere. In laying aside
the physical body, and perceiving that the new life opening up before
the spirit offers the truest possible rest to the enfranchised soul,
through congenial activities, and obeying its behest finding a real
heavenly experience through their recognition, and obedience to the
undeviating law of uses.
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We do want God in the Constitution; but not the God of any creed or
ism, but of the great moral principles, the ethical philosophy taught
by Jesus, the Christ.