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From lip to ear the truth has been handed down among the few.
"When the ears of the student are ready to hear, then cometh the lips to fill them with wisdom."
"The lips of Wisdom are closed, except to the ears of Understanding."
The Hermetists have never sought to be martyrs, and have, instead, sat silently aside with a pitying smile on their closed lips, while the "heathen raged noisily about them"
1. The Principle of Mentalism. 2. The Principle of Correspondence. 3. The Principle of Vibration. 4. The Principle of Polarity. 5. The Principle of Rhythm. 6. The Principle of Cause and Effect. 7. The Principle of Gender.
The masses of people are carried along, obedient to environment; the wills and desires of others stronger than themselves; heredity; suggestion; and other outward causes moving them about like pawns on the Chessboard of Life. But the Masters, rising to the plane above, dominate their moods, characters, qualities, and powers, as well as the environment surrounding them, and become Movers instead of pawns.
These Masters do not make public exhibitions of their powers, but seek seclusion from the crowds of men, in order to better work their may along the Path of Attainment.
"THE ALL" is Infinite Living Mind—the Illumined call it SPIRIT!
And Death is not real, even in the Relative sense—it is but Birth to a new life—and You shall go on, and on, and on, to higher and still higher planes of life, for aeons upon aeons of time.
The Teachers are constantly warning their students against the error of omitting the "other side" of any question.
"Transmutation, not presumptuous denial, is the weapon of the Master."
"Attention" is a word derived from the Latin root, meaning "to reach out; to stretch out,"
The Plane of Energy (C) comprises seven sub-planes of energy so highly organized that it bears many of the characteristics of "life," but which is not recognized by the minds of men on the ordinary plane of development, being available for the use on beings of the Spiritual Plane alone—such
Plants have life, mind and "souls," as well as have the animals, man, and super-man.
No one can "keep his penny and have the bit of cake" at the same time Everything has its pleasant and unpleasant sides.
But the Masters, knowing the rules of the game, rise above the plane of material life, and placing themselves in touch with the higher powers of their nature, dominate their own moods, characters, qualities, and polarity, as well as the environment surrounding them and thus become Movers in the game, instead of Pawns-Causes instead of Effects.
The magnetic persons are those who are able to use the Masculine Principle in the way of impressing their ideas upon others.
Knowledge, like wealth, is intended for Use.
Knowledge without Use and Expression is a vain thing, bringing no good to its possessor, or to the race.
Such persons simply "refuse" to allow themselves to be swung back by the pendulum of mood and emotion, and by steadfastly affirming the superiority they remain polarized on the Positive pole.
