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Raymund Andrea
Grand Master Emeritus of Great Britain
HUMILITY - 1954
10
BY RAYMUND ANDREA
1354
Our
Code of L i f e t which
is
be
an
given
in
the
Manual*
has
achievement,
only
en
prove
constantly
master
in
mind
can
all
It
utterances
Rosicrucian.
It is simple,
as
"Flaunt
nor
y our attainment
not
boast
of
You
may
be a
your
Rosicruc i an knowledge
a
R
* _
the brotherhood,
osicrucian
as
a member of
but as a Rosie ruci an in know ledge and
the greatest a nd
highest am ong
power,
us is
but a
Proclaim
yourself,
BS a Rosicruc ian
not as
student
and
in
sense,
It would be a
and
here
Is
an
application
of it.
mistake,
to
set
our
the
reel
teachings,
around
us, whatever
the
We may
because
we
which
will
fellow men.
confer
upon
us
distinct
m a n s
inferiority
esoteric
in
to
to
it.
But
when
we
perspective.
And
if
there
and
is
anything
others
it is
in
that this
the
unex
that,
them,
temperament
and
particular
mental
less
background,
those
and
active
according
in
the
to
but I
early
thought
end
of
I do not say
we
shall
be
acutely
conscious
them.
of
I
failures,
am
sure
member's
feel disposed,
for
of
instance,
test
for
new
instruction,
the
its
right
anything but a
usage
and
feel
supreme
a special
this
had
Why?
Because,
For one
thing,
of consciousness*
grades
That
is
precisely
why
some
in
these
in their estima
their
studies*
nor
entered
But those
the
fire.
areas of consciousness,
inevitably experi
the man
is
himself
unknowingly
stimulated
to
to
his
tension.
own trial,
He
brings
first
rule.
to
things
He will arrogate
to
himself
knowledges
and
power
which he does not possess and are far beyond his reach.
admiration
of
The
if
swift
and
unrelenting,
is
simple
as
sentence.
So
true
path
or
student's
ascension
o n e s
conscious
I do not
resulting
things,
have,
in
on
for,
in
the
other,
mun
quite
beyond
our
Now
word
receive.
on
cannot
Concurrences
famous
have
overlooked.
the
monographs you
thought
That
is
in them c o n s i s t i n g of q u o t a t i o n s
thinkers
of
the
as R o s i cruci a n s , but
known
of
which you
of
chsracteristic
and
meditation,
the
o p e ni n g
all
whose
of
them, men
names
are
of
profound
foremost in the
their
fellow men.
The
significance
of
t h o u g h t , that
the
world's
great
We
claim
them
as
our
pioneers
%
p r 1* vi 1ege
the
of
with
the
added
archives
of
the
In
of potent thought,
actively
many
of
them.
of
this
heritage
stimulate
inspiration
our
minds
and
counsel
and
calculated
inviting
us
to
to think
cycle, for
the
us
essence
very
in
of
this
in
or
Remember the
in
future
cycles.
The
It is, in a way, a
com
ment upon the rule we have considered, for it chows how dif
ferent students view their studies, their manner of approach
to
them,
and
how
few
It reminds
us
of
the
rule, because
the
greatest
error
knowledge,
little
of
many
or
we
have
if we had attained,
whereas compared
with
the
masters
of
The
rule
certainly
does
not
flatter
us
nor
does
the
respectively,
with
and lastly,
rule
humility,
emphatically
ever
declares
should
seek
to be*
acknowledge
our
little
we
counsel
or
the
way
of
Rather,
we
undue
fact,
should
en
are
claims
but
without
making
studies
is
involved
here.
In
We
will
act as an evocative power upon the Inner Self and secure its
response.
If
we
little
will
be
given.
This
we
are
when
accumulated
and
response
will
come
if
has
we have
confidence in it.
We may then perceive from these few thoughts upon merely one
rule and one quotation from the work in our hands
awaits
our
deepest
reflection
and
use.
language,
and
the
The
prove
and
much
greatest
simplest
studentship
how
be
the wisdom
assimilated,
and
our
BY RAYMUND ANDREA
f955
To
members
in
of
Master
Moria.
striking
of utterance
noted
of
appearance,
for
sentent i o u s n e s s , insight
its
and
wisdom,
to listen
thus must
In
entirely
mental
one.
studies
know
that
will
make
to
his work*
hBs
been
individual
approach
mainly
emotional.
The
attitude.
Few
combine
both
in
harmonious
without
coming
introvert of the
valuable
head
experience.
useful development, he
to
realize
is
If
to
close
there
must
that
also
is
to
the
to
be
simply
door
be
upon
the
en
most
a balanced and
recognize
the
singular
We
have
always
compassion.
thought
of
the
Masters
as being men of
the
Masters
of
a
Compassion.
This
and Christ,
applies, of
these two greet ones, we cannot think of them other than men
of compassion which means, that
knowledge
and wisdom,
Now this
I
all
their
in
the
first
sentence
They
that
concentrated
I have
they
their
sense
to
from
of
thBt
nothing
appeared
away
and
to
true
that
itself, under
teaches
many
the
the
that
increased
sharp lesson;
Way
own
of
say
to them all
against
that
of
Compassion
tempo
of
chosen
their
and
in trying to
direction.
life
aspiration,
so
the
seemed
go
with
way
their
It
the
except
of
mentioned.
cold,
extensive
with
the
Heart.1'
experiences
compel them
to
behold
not
be
so?
Soul
same
research.
thought
category
as
scientific,
does
not
artistic
fall
or
within
literary
achievement.
reference
other
than
any
the
world,
but
mystical
development
It is the aim of the few and it has far more stringent rules
to
comply
with!
The
first
of
which
others
Heart,"
are
unless
we
is
equipment
for
We cannot adequately
simply
we
there
we
Now, the
next
to
interpret
it
does
the
incessant
participate in and
silent
hour
of
the
cause
like
and
with
humanity!
What
contrast
one
and
the
turn
ourselves,
hushed
with
other,
towards
retirement.
the
those
who
view
the
concentrated toil,
Karma
listen
But to
ourselves
our
Do not
own
lives
overlook the
the anxious
foundation
civilized life.
and
harmonious
it.
the
of
roar
We are so accustomed
The
We are a part of it
stresses
involved
but the true mystic can never ignore it without deep loss
to himself*
need
not
through this willful descent int o the heart and sensing life
from that sensitive center.
burden to our Journey!
al
life
it.
No
indeed, rather
it
adds
we
teacher.
They
have
feared
the
of increased sensitivity
penalties
Yet
the
virtue
Master
of
has
this
accepting these
condi t i ons all along the Way, and it seems to me that if one
really has a call to the Way he must discount the
cost
and
These
This is
Only
others,
astray,
Even
the
prerogative,
the
and possibly
If we do,
evolving
awaiting
us
and
others
see
requires
would
yet
go
forward
be
with
demanded
inflexible
at
a
will
personality?
high
and
It
It was a
failing
for
which
they
were
unready
and
and
instead of
being
quite
heart
--
seance room,
they
had
recourse
make
,fTo
remember
Heart-1
with
the
accumulatione
of
the
this
statement
than
with
that
on
safer
ground
the future,
but
cycles
-- not merely the present one -- and we see at once how very
rare
will
be
it
they
are,
cycle.
have
storied
past.
the
greatest
the
past.
assurance
development
There
will
be
about
is
necessary
much
awaiting
times
which,
and
action
I
in
the
of
their
regarding
thought
that
guidance,
will
progress.
Here
again,
the
whom
not
Cosmic
lift
Powers, to
we
look
for
and
face
with
Why
do
say
compassion
on
coming
..."thus
to
must
impetuously
advance
upon
the
Path
of
to
Ascent?
culture
Primarily because it
for,
in
the
immediate
Master
"MM
Peremptory
in
impetuously
would not
gives
speech
special
and
suitably
use
it
as
significance
swift
in
expresses
a
word
to the word.
action,
the
word
of
guidance
to
aspirants
generally.
of
development,
mature
after,
aside
11
obstacles
discipline
from
and
life
demand
for
and Karma;
self
judge, thrust
the
whom
the
strongest
the
Master,
for
ourselves
we
shall
be
of
right
development
divine
him
before
compassion
needful for an
pervades
towards
goal
unsympathetic.
It is not an
the
If
anyone
It is far
too
circumscribed
and
mental
The heart,
know
toll
his
and
possible
easy attainment!
with
and
will
have
to
That
will
be
if
he
petitions
for advancement.
all
all
things
He
the
magnetic
compassionate
obtain
from
heart, will
those
who
have
be
this
them,
According to the
through
the
in
end
the
awakened
response
we shall
latent
experience
in
am
saying
think;
nothing
new!
different
class.
stimulate
belong
the
Fire
of
to
us
period,
is
in
the
No matter
ascendant
what
its
value,
far
from
it,
is
it
concerned
that
the
discoveries
way
of
life.
But
end
the
Not
It
is
its
is the offspring
not
of
is
the
intent
within-
Spirit.
And
not
general
man.
destruction
in
and spirituality is st a
the
scienti
how
the
upon
the
our
eyes
and
the
mind
in
we
safely,
power
many.
of
shall
reach
our
BY RAYMUND ANDREA
195B
second
advent
two
different
schools
of
The spec
thought*
One
interest
as
seems to be that of
maintains
an
Eastern
descend
so
A contrary assertion
school
of
thought
which
propitious,
but
at
present,
quite
unascertainable epoch.
Obviously,
declarations
matter would be
especially
of
expected
interest
to
mystical
any
proof?
Not
one
What should
be
of this kind,
have
students,
clearly
point
we
of criticism,
cannot
possibly
investigation
the future.
plane.
We
matters
have
which
seen
concern
and
life
constantly
on
the
see
the
Then
suddenly,
when
we
had
years
promised discovery has been made, a new power has been born,
a fresh altitude has been achieved,
But
we
are
This is
far
of a scientific procedure.
from
being
of
the
in
happening
existence.
But
as
science
cosmic
can
levels
of
foreshadow the
powers
and
processes
such
prophesies,
emphatic disbelief,
critical
attitude
or
manner
of
his
appearance.
Now
the
substance
Df
end
unknown.
that
instances
of
unquestionable
psychic
character.
actual
several
her
own
occasions,
words,
living image,
she
describes
if
what
of
had
Christ.
see is an image,
Christ/'
of
on
In
it is a
And
will
"For
Those
for example,
unspec
time
veracity
future
"It is not
radiance
which
are
they
in
own
time
and
wrote
and other
refers
inspired
to
writings.
In
one
of
her
books,
she
in a
and
Radiance,
his
steps,
hands
superb
uplifted
in
that
contact
They
one
removing from it
be
lightly
dis
one
of
blessing the
figure
long
devotion
whose
whole
life
who,
used
by
Master
to
give
to
in
due
course,
was
there
are
with
which
quoted
are
the
two
schools
declara
of thought,
rever
They are
they
do
which seem to be
For
the
coming
of
Christ
is
kind of
assurance
that
some
later
one, dependent
that
the
Christ
Bnd
But
what
is
the
Rosicrucian
science
itself
but a system of
presence
of
Christ
lead to
the
inner
perceptiveness
higher vibrational
and
his
individual
within the
sphere
Compassion.
And
initiate,
permissive
of
the
influence
remember
if
we
that
serve
and
the
discounted,
of
inspiration
Christ,
for
with
contingent as always
of
bring himself
the
Masters
of
his
life.
studies
Karma, may
an
any
the
of
special
and
individual
criticism
on
this
point
may
be
it
reveals
schools
maintains,
our eim.
necessarily
evolution,
higher
greet
has
consciousness,
before
the
Christ
can
appear
then I think it is
deal
enough
and
and
obvious
There are
Today, after
been
written
the subject
proclamation,
through
still
of
one
for
if
it
were
made
general
public
so-
Mystically
and
from
credence
spiritually,
far
if, as the
other
school
maintains,
the
and
value-
It
is
on the physical
of the Christ who will carry out His mission among men under
His inspiration.
be
accepted.
One, that
Christ
will
come
take
level of consciousness.
other
assertion,
work in view of
have
or
any
of
constantly
us
in
aspiring
mind
the
to
Master-contact
greatest
of Cosmic
influence
is
therefore
in
the
and
lever
suffering
humanity.
Therefore,
Master
of
wisdom,
so
and
we
might ask what the critics know of this way and if they have
taken any steps along it.
today.
It
is
Christian-
an
path
esoteric
Christ,
leading
mentioned
acceptance
of
the
schools
two
of
may
happen,
It
would
tend t o lead many to place their faith and hope in what such
a coming would do for t h e m , instead of thinking in wardly and
se rio us 1y
what
it .
in
To
be
should
He
come,
is
poor
It
came,
life.
is
polarized
multiplying
the
fascina-
Is
thought
it
wise
seclude
themselves
and
bodily
from
for
various
reasons, to
Karma
has
been
liquidated?
regards
mystical
world
present
steeped
in
materialism
it
entails.
The
chances
way
of
life.
This
appeal
ie
distracting
and
to
the
future, this
uncertain
unrewarding*
There
and
hand.
firmly stood;
hour
and
events
is
to
enough
interest
of
in the present,
endeavoring
to
facing
the
the
problems
of
the
of
the
But
So
much
of
escapism.
without
It
is
Bn
escape
from
self-discipline.
Yet,
evolution,
who inspired
the
works
So true
of
M.C.,
stated bluntly that religion holds a man back from the path.
Only
those
who
are
has
no
be
cause
they
concepts,
are
mental
expressly
to
way to Christhood.
prove
of
Christ
lution during
powers
are
the
being
pa st
hundred
sc ientifically
to
years,
and
such
unusual
ends,
that
the
descent
of
an
expected to accompany a
cosmic
Christ, would
as may be
shatter
the
idols end images which men worship and demonstrate fully the
supremacy of the spiritual life.
reasonable
to
the
recog
for
who will
to
persist
This thought
It gives
is an
mm
abundant
and
reason
the
cosmic
and
intention.
And
everything
we
have
endured
be
able
BY RAYMUND ANOREA
1957
Many
who
national
have
written
shutting
eyes
to
it.
in
They are
Recently,
this
in
Scotland
sceptics.
one
No
appeared
men,
to
quickly
to
more
and
have
the
honorable
contradicted
exciting
or
shoulders
comforting
and
news.
civilization.
first four
prevalent
types,
are
The
no
prevalence
impartial
of
observer
could
was
chiefly
honorable sceptics.
ironically
or
in
commendable
interested
appreciation
qualities
Well,
if
the
of
our
deny.
So
in
the
fifth
and
But
or
less
influence.
turned
or
But
had
the
or
respect
are
sceptic
sceptic
belief
type, the
was
I cannot say.
because
of good report.
is
used
only
sure
they
One
of
leaves
him
uncertain,
affords
no
foundation
It
the
Some of the
is a sceptic.
w o r l d s
have been
the
other
mentioned
is
individual
of
characters
literature
thinkers
great
of
understanding
deep
and
in
They
extensive
of
famous
belief,
reason
for
this
hidden
system
end
Karma,
these
up
was,
to
promulgated.
and
The
apparent
that
emerged
into
of
belief,
which they hed formerly held and upon which their reputation
was founded.
avowed
considered
sceptics, but
they
honorable ones*
were
thereafter
as
However,
of
the
famous
would
s c h o o l , in
his
summary
have
had
ample
it
is
common
current
of scepticism
student
life
today.
knowledge
running
in
and
professed
by
university
many
institutions,
It is
not
that
these
sceptics
are
ignorant
of
the
philosophies
the
reverse,
for
the
really
It may
general
well
be
promising individuals
and
these
and
find
reached
their
to
decision
worthwhile
honorably
action.
They
their
own:
philosophy of doubt.
It
may
be
said
that
this
should
not
be
the standard of
understand
it
the
instance,
social
and
relation to it.
tion.
We
order-
observe
where
We
should
we
study
ourselves
stand in
Skeptics
un-decaying
branches
of
for
founda
Bnd
magical
and
of
the
supernatural belief
approach to it.
formidable
in
can
his
matter how
own
opinion,
no
to
us.
An
approach
has
to
indictment of ourselves.
of
approach
to
voluntarily
shall
be
generation
Moreover,
influence
younger
be
pene
No ordinary
an
it, neither
society,
cult, movement
or
institution.
The
responsible
agent
is
evolution
is
progressive
lews.
Whether
itself
ingredients
of
our
notorious
sick
speculating
through
like
the
derision-
so
As for the
doubtful
if a pathetic one,
As
the
personal
supernaturalists
them.
Perhaps
suffering will do
outlook
experience
in
time.
of
they
demands
it.
suffering is and
and it will
be
will
these
and
be
life
belief or non-belief,
compelling
much
Suffering
both,
the
sometime
our
of
will
Whatever
have
and
and peculiarly an
mental
upon the
as they,
T herefore, the
skeptic,
to
The
object of
straining
contempt.
centuries
s p i r i t u a l i s t s , none
conspi
civilization.
The idealists,
inscrutable universe,
for
and
adventure, nor
is
but
regarding
there
scale.
any
four
There is
life
as
Knowledgeable
and
He will experience
a persisting frustration of
mind
solace
end
directive
ever
fellow men.
in
that, as
barrier
change
after
them*
are
well
of
evolutionary
increasing
number.
Moreover,
We
evolu
actually
the
life-
this
skepticism
Ostensibly,
effects
we may ignore
in
it,
unseen
obstacle
in
the
In
the
closing
of
the
ranks
of
humanity,
to
forms,
its
it cannot be
own
orbit.
It
has
that
law
minds
into
detrimen
or
it, and
the
man
who
and
invites
forms
of
suffering
The
fact
that
we
are
helpless
evolutionary abnormalities,
spiritual culture,
understanding
in
the
face
of
is the strongest
reason
for
observing,
If our civilization is
psychorretric
sensitiveness
and
these
it,
long before it is
have
sensed
it,
is
causing
its
sickness.
The
first
to
time*
They
were
them, and they were the first to be damned for doing so*
their time the Rosicrucian path was a trail of fire,
In
path
It
should
be
are not so occupied in saving our own souls that we shut our
eyes to what actually is outside and pass by the skeptic
the
other
side
as
if
he never existed.
He confronts us
least
confront
him
him*
We
scientific
and
different light
which
have
really
on
possibil
and
other
way
of
life
who
has
gone
Buddha,
and
every
other
has
to
be,
of the times.
trated
any
thought
force
upon
specific
of
subject
concen
in any
particular direction,
Rosicrucian
thought
of
the
unknown ways.
a new impulse
conscious
to
knowledge.
closed
mind
quite
beyond
large.
What
our
cannot
world
oosmic
level
from
Our
thought, therefore,
studies
and
Our
certain
dissatisfaction
in
the
with
older
still
latent
effort
and,
in conclusion,
all seriousness,
some
who
lawless,
or
listless,
of
the
development
will
year.
lay
stress
upon
has
not
nor
mentioned*
They
pleasure addicts,
will
not
or angry young
with
common
these,
the
the
deeper
much
life
the
more
through
So
mind
we,
tones
meditation.
his
should
basic
and
be
this
he
this
BY RAYMUND ANDREA
1958
We
are
proud
reason.
build
of
the
Francis
1947, a
Lake,
our
endeavor,
In
and
it, nourish
purpose
end
resolve.
The progress it
has
group life.
the
Chapter,
when
once
dedicated
not
being
together
should
of
members, should
fulfilled
its
come
to
in
within
work
simply
members.
by
Its purpose
periodical
Something
living
its
meetings
end
dynamic
uni t s .
within
but it
is
group.
also
and to action.
felt
expression
certain
on
the
rhythm
it
is
desirable
to
written
and
one
wsy
to
measured, harmonious
physical,
this
epoken
emotional
and
and
and
that
is
balanced
mental planes
to
applicable
language
in
the
There
is
have
Now
one
should consist in a
purpose
deliberate
elimination
of
individual
I know that
and
demands
it
younger
aspirant.
Never
feeling
of
personal
in fact in real
inner development,
us, and
where
behind
counting
of
the
To
work
efficiently
in
corporate
capacity
demands a
the
personality.
ficulty,
Some
meet
in the group,
role
but
there
must
factors
Chapter,
but
guidance
of
Sometimes
under
the
surging
vibration
therein, the
factors
gradually
lose
Corporate
Personal
per
stimulus.
This
does
group
life
of
the
mind.
The
ambitious
mind
is
an asset and
to
express
only
individually
desir
We
it has an element of
paradox
in
for the group, not for himself, and this means, thBt in some
respects,
end
subject
to
In
altogether
relinquishment
of
individual
opinions possibly
of
relaxed
and
ultimately
views,
acceptance
to
insure
what
member
may
sanctum,
what
private life
and
himself
his knowledge,
and
the
in, tensed
of
The reasonableness of
no
acceptable.
feel
pro
For
opinion
he
may
have
of
be
assert, but
prepared
to
to
modify
that
assessment,
not
to
adjustment
and
of
temporary
undergo periods of
maladjustment.
Both
are
The
influence
of
the
center
will
reach
the
periphery.
should
be
strong,
said
that
member
should
be
in
practice,
but
in
with
his
many
abeyance.
Chapter
of
a student of
schools
life.
A member may be
of
thought
and
upon
presumably acquainted
kept
Let
them
for good.
ostensively
asserted
he is
not
but
with
well
defined
an
He is
lines
of
Prior
or
tD
into
it
the
mature
It
is
sufficient
if
he
life directed to
Eastern
male
hypnosis
students,
which
Rosicrucianism
a pharisaical
is
in
particular,
dangerous
both
which
member
an
to
produces
esoteric
in
mental
themselves
and
from
group
They illust
It is
into
incorporate
rhythm
acquiescence,
Chapter
itself
to
in its units.
any
imperfect
for them.
chal
provides
or
of
what
the
corporate action is at an
end.
still, within
individual
spheres,
units
their
own
am
not
have
given
plainly
Chapter,
shows
and
the possible
thought
quotation
brought
of
if
they
are
They are
mentioned
conditions,
want
of
suitable
and
group.
valuable
in
It
assistance
to
insure
case
of
respects,
being
discipline
with
is
many
it does not
in
it.
Many
who
others just as
surely
look
For
special
privileges
service,
beginning.
surprise
the
many
look
at
rewards
it
experience
if
no
individual
to
group
importance.
in
an
aspirant
and
therefore
not
conditions
imposed
upon
them, for
modern
life
has
swept
into
personality,
so
fully
conscious
of.
Yet
the
is
stance,
the
of true impersonality
surprising
from
Nevertheless,
stressed
these
the
for
rewards
lose
circum
ground
when
connection
that
some
rhythm.
It is in
this
individuals
in
the
who
were
promising
an
group
aspirant
under
for
personal
personality
challenge,
itself
on
achievement.
which
will
the contrary,
for
its
give
It
own interests.
not
come
from
from
the
integrity,
does
nor
yet
attainment
or
from
this
use
power
to
It
the
a s p ira nts
inward
of
intellectual
immunity
exclusively
to
It is a fiat of the s o u l s
spiral
Indeed, this
discipline
within
the
group
has a value in
ing, he
can
with
understand
the
necessity
unique opportunity
mental
of
Chapter
affiliation
from
clear
service.
group
combination
will
inevitably
factors
which
It is much,
spirit
and
in
truth, the
effacement.
It
cannot
to instill
maturity
be taught.
the
and
beauty
from
here
and
self
kind
of
an ever-present consciousness of
of
It flowers
of many kinds.
through
nobility
in
They
can
be
treasures
stream
of
time
without
of
thought
into
the
must
and
educate
whomsoever
and
abdication,
is
refer to
is
his
complete
which
akin
esoteric
to
And
of
what is
the
dedication
constrains
something
the
will.
characteristic
give himself,
It
server
they
true
and
him
to
considerations.
aspect
of
Chapter
life, that
it
The
aspirant
con
and
we
should
know
which
it
demands
forces
tion possible,
of
vehicle
and direction,
until
us.
for
we
The
the
comply
with
the
corporate life of a
manifestation
of
BY RAYMUND ANDREA
1959
has
which of
Perhaps
had
his
actually
most
thoughts
such
development,
the
has
knowledge
reached
the
the
sphere?
reaches
highest
higher
Thought
sometimes
altar ."
think
these
encouragement.
words
I
am
carry
sure
know
message
judgment
our
have
to
us
of
of ourselves in daily
Chapter
work
suggested
is
far
high
an
ideal
of
that
nature
is
what
from
ideal
great
for
the
fact
we envisaged,
to
be attained forthwith.
derogatory sense,
but
with
a
be
of
us,
our
conception
of
time.
How
The
answer
appears
to
be
suggested
in
the
quotat i o n .
original
labeled
and
and
as
small
to
wrong,
good
accepted
and
by
ill, values
the
all
senses
with conceptions of
and
non-values,
and
the
mind as a
things, that
the
high
and
clear
insight
of
peculiar
weight
of
Karma
or
past
history
which
what
should
incline
is
That is
with
each
of
it means to us.
We often
refer
much
too
freely
to
forget
that
us
see no justification?
no
less
so,
this
take
often
no
much
thought
puzzle,
low beings.
more
the
lives
so, than
for
higher
as
life would
be
of
in the
culture.
in
an
of the
incompre
Dne wonders
sometimes
how, without
stable
maintain
I think they
discipline
of the cycles,
first
stages
of The Way.
find
themselves
do
upon
be
happening
urge
reacting
degree*
the
facts,
for
But
what
we
do
observe
and
what
it
is
especially among
years,
and further,
else, the
quickening
pulse,
shall
prepared
for
the
many
in
we say,
races.
their
early
of hierarchical
Ground
is
being
evolution
of
the
way
if the pulse
purposes,
causing
it, and
what
we
sense
is
the
decree
and
We ourselves,
this
purpose
effect
to
and
it.
noticeable
ly
The
doing
visible
witnesses
to
results
may
be
scarcely
aligned
with
what
are
Generally
speaking,
interest
today,
purposes
wishes,
shows
with
one
in royal conquest,
know
their
plan;
they
over
their
rights and
are
not, it
they
race
space*
thwarted.
are
to
sensuous
attractions
end
it
is
the
Masters1
plan
is
not
is
must
I incline to
statesmen,
plan--the
scientists--is
and difficulties.
than
science.
cast
plan
politi
so
often
far
less
valuable,
bo
has
for
is
diBmetrica11y
well
consider
neverthe
anxiety and
opposed
to
the
It also
may
instance,
today.
be
said
written
Indeed?
sufferings
and cure,
of
that
over
the
the
words
of
Master,
world are
"The
moral
and
spiritual
any
field
for
Listen to them:
discovery.
are
of
I think that
Masters
plan
distrust.
of
The
proved
informed
love,
view.
less
different
and
These
words
all
the
so-called
leaders
of
combined
sufferings of the
through
wor1d--inf initely
marked
decline
greater
as
they
are
known and
brought
to fulfillment,
they
His
think
about
Masters
is
hallucinations
of
to
take
Swedenborg,
its
to
place
whom
among
the
the presence of
Looking
at
the
be
discouraged
by
bewi 1 dering
For
it.
the
All
man.
the
befo re
us
our selves,
now, written
end
more
within
less,
determine d
and
find
purpose.
We
Karmically
more
patiently
searchlight
being under no
It
we
is
can
not
moments
It is imperative on
_
P a t h , and
it.
from
the
little
so
good
results
can
see
it, we
Now the assurance which this Master quotation gives us, that
our thought and action often produce greater results than we
are conscious of, can also be taken as a subtle directive to
us.
It
can
take
should
be
directive.
effort
to
light.
It
could
urge
us
to
the
a
the mind with the light of the inner spiritual self which is
ever present and awaiting recognition.
point the way.
At
the
same
time,
I
of
should
be
warning.
It
ie
very
natural
that
must
not
forget
reaction,
end
if
reaction
upon
that
the
the
action
action
life
of
on
this
Path produces
is
tense, so
will
the
aspirant.
It is not for
have
so
often
be
the
counseled
or
no
soul-destroying
year or next,
There can be
There are
no
I do not
say
our
quotation
suggests
the
value
of them*
We
so
itself
often
speak
wisdom
of
there spontaneously
experience
once
Bet
is of great significance.
attained
us.
and
It means,
the
present
comes
forth
that out of
the
latent,
light*filled
member
he
of
That in
needed
was
borderline
clear
conditions.
I felt at the
understanding
case, he
need
for
stressed
and
in
writings
Do
our
The real
Rosicrucian,
worthy
of
that
ancient
title, can
life.
Way
by
persistently
looking
upward
periods
higher
to the spiritual
of
meditation
powers
can
bestow
upon
us
and
entering gradually at
this
will
We can hasten
deeper
in which the
and
mystical
insi oht *
It
cont emplatives.
. expert
their
power.
objective
From
life
contemplative
life
so
the
They
unseen
the
and
source
aligned
completely
of
Their
the
with
an
was
That
that.
that
was
lived
They
than
ignored , lost
entirely
il lumination
and
directi on
sight
of the inward
their
contemporaries
in
in
thought
direct
conflict
ascendancy,
distracted
superficially
active
to
beyond
babel
the
frontiers
of
the
sorry
today
retreat
in
world.
within,
of contesting
last
secrets
of
our
Let
us
then
of
united-heart
the
deeper
and
b 11
our
culture
on
BY RAYMUND ANDREA
1950
The
Greek philosopher,
Heraclitus,
of
all."
do
painfully
know
had
no
for
doubt
continuous
between
applicability
nations,
from
opposites,
nore
early
the
as
we
far
more
intimate
and
bs
years
to
late
is
not
if
life
a conflict of
I think that
the
it.
You
and
evolution.
there
in, know,
is
Moreover,
It
is
the
law
of
to
bear
fruit
in
The
young
aspirant,
setting
an art or to
commerce,
Now
one
thing
which
is
undoubtedly
responsible
of
for an
is
the
purporting
to
teach
ment.
books
at
measure
of
these
but
he
of
are
but
poorly
disguised
added
to
to
the
faculties,
late
young
aspirant
to
sharpen
that
far
from
all
those
who
by
his
early
critical
rather
cry loudly,
only
on
instance,
the
modern
Buddhism,
original
standard
expositions
thought
me,
on
YogB,
alongside
the
to
chart
new
and
to compare small
novels
need
books
than
"Master,
One
place, for
busy
This is a
short
to
the
art
things
of
with
large,
detection,
of
the
glut
of
improved
upon
Dr
But
once
the
literature,
will
aspirant
is
aware
aspects
of
his
studies,
he
they
have
trodden
Bnd
shown
understood it.
the
Under the
dream. He
way
which
top
dreams.
Cross
Christ in action.
he
is but dreaming.
e nthusiasm.
let it be a rational
can
the
aspirant,
exist
together, end
development.
He
will
that,
com e
to
appreciate
ally,
unfoldment
esoteric
the
view
It
return
again
and again,
little
wiser
on
each
is
so?
Because
fundament-
ever
proceeds
in
spirals.
aspirant
sp iral
through
perfectly
mundane
It is up
He will not do th is by
the way.
We
of
"Life
of opposites."
to
the
their
Heraclitus
the y
of
seizing
upon
and
of
giving
allegiance to every book th at promises to give him an unprelift into a revel ation of the facts of the univer-
cedented
sal
intention.
It
is
surprising
interpret
how
many
writers
to
lucidly
profess
for
ourselves
and
and
that,
the
sought
the
bs
expectancy that,
in the beginning.
living
of
life,
we
disillusionment
often
Heraclitus
of this
and
not
in
waywardness
comprehended
the
deeper
father of a 11.,f
but is it true?
peace,
that
the idea
encouraging
presides
had
neither
of
it.
are to grow,
have
is
it,
has
We
all
of
it
pBlatable.
over
enough
Indeed,
nor
war
life,
which
it is true*
of
his
character, his
insight,
challenges
foresight
and
him.
aspirant
to
become
indelibly in him.
Why, the
disciple
b 11
want
the
this, written
battle-scarred
If
stamped,
deeply
think,
Yet if we
not
worst
look,
merely
its
beat
find that all along the way he has been faced with one
sis after another,
spiral
and
cri
he would never
stand
where
he
is.
You
will
pardon
my
called
ourselves,
in
any
other
serious
warning
hand
to
Is it not like a
become
firm
and
us
laid
conscientiousness,
compels
That
is
why
Bpart from it and yet have to work with and for it.
two-way
momentum
most
of
will
have
crucial
In
we
way.
and
we
know
Literally,
ourselves,
that we bring
and
guided
us
to
secure
their
as
we
shall
later realize,
compassion, to
the
the
end
that
we
radiate
unconsciously
co-active
influence of all the soul has known and suffered through the
cycles during its ascent
which
will
to
their
presence,
an
influence
to
live
in
but
members.
demonstration,
we
When
we
cannot
the
b 11
see
fail
aspirant
the planes of
a
first-class
to realize the
have
demanded
of him.
tion
and
complete devo
to
perfection
of
technique#
and
com
which
amuse
millions
the
until
beyond
reach?
m ovement
Thought
in
Britain
century,
we
Since
at
the
half
The
century,
the
beginning
what
Wi th
b 11
this
reading
after
should
be
there, hidden
that
results
I would say,
will
soon
have
God
them.
are
to
they
their
to
themselves,
well
misty-eyed theorists
Christ in their midst
minds
now
to
liberation
revealing a
path
of
for
themselves
the
which
only
genius
has
had
the
Swift
once
not
stand
before
them.'1
Well,
if
half
of
of
that
men.
Aspirants,
and
not
the greet
In
resplendent
only
they, would
need
today
is
for
self-discovery, e
focusing
one
of
dozen
inward,
world
minds
realize
the
One must,
cannot
who
it is said,
travels
the
There comes a
Path
must
travel
depend
upon
teacher,
Master,
friend
or lodge
that
up
way of experimental
for
initiation
This
approach,
into
and thereafter
must
look
he
and
dedicated
mind, when
That is the
time of testing,
depending
upon
that test.
lonely
ones.
and we
should
not
fear
them.
have
trodden
the
it,
of the people,
began
on
for
because it
onto
the
been
powers.
operative
in
his
it.
interrogate
to decide.
himself,
It
life, but
compels
and
to
gets
he is faced
now
him
It
has
he becomes
reflect, to
temper of mind,
he
acutely conscious of
ions
Directly
inescapable
is
I conclude on
decis
crowd
and
get
nowhere.
aspirant
quences.
Me will find
the
circumstances
will
come
full
of
worst;
and still
further,
cruel
presence
Yet
little
while,
of
the
a new force,
past.
The
a recognition from
the
M a s t e r s
own
little
bondage
impetus,
persist.
walk
BY RAYMUND ANDREA
1964
Pythagoras
this,
For
Chapter
is
to
be
congratulated on initiating
years,
as
you
know,
the
service,
every
of
Since the
by
increasing
last
rapidly
First of all,
until
now,
of
of
the
time,
to
extension is
why do we associate in
and science,
them?
together
to
inform
So
ourselves
in
Chapters,
we
Study
should
be
our
and
groups
the
not everything.
we
Groups are
compelled
Because
and
associate in
an
membership
war, which
But
country.
dominant today.
formation
this
when
and
incurs
sn
added
such as a Chapter.
whole.
the
self-effacement.
You
cannot
be
11
end.
There
is
usually
good
deal
in
the
mental and
and
interior
only too often that the rever se has been the case.
uals
have
for
in
Individ-
to demonstrate the
the
interests
of
The
f,
in it.
themselves
unreservedly
only some
th e
to
of
the
esoteric
members
aspect
give
of
its
activities.
path is desired,
Chapter life mu st be
taken
seriously.
once,
chief
is
the
therein,
you
be
should
with
Y ou
others.
actual
able
and
the
to
It
is, what
and
factual
discovery
into
need to be well
direct
informed,
information
in
the
upon
bearing
Order, even
all
aspects
of
his
extending them.
question
for
you
is, what
in
your
technique of service,
some
measure
of
is
is
the
In imparting
discussions,
your
not
pattern
your
own
comfort
and
everything.
own
of your
acquired
inspirational
and
giving
than
you
realize,
and
of
group
cooperation.
If
if you
imply
end
go, and
your
true
service,
means
which
Rosicrucian
field of
ideal, for
the
hand
of
To
come
and
find
its
own
special
operation.
Rosicrucian.
and
expression
way
that
it
along
of
creation
harmonizes
with
your
group
associates*
all
the
in spite of their
multiplied
power
to
ends,
For
service
is
the
Bt
easily said,
is
matter.
another
That
yourself in a Chapter.
various
Karmic
is
tD
The diversity of
limitations
it
effective,
and
types
in
it, the
render
That is
demand not
only
your
They
have
praise
foster
others difficult*
opposite,
qualities
and accentuate,
differences,
realize
to
their
others the
observe
these
responsibility
of the officers.
From them,
a more specific
the
combined
them
aware
members.
and
other representatives
in
upon
the
there
considered
members
sufficient
been
overlooked
or
thst
arise
in
the
neglected*
It
behind
problems.
comprehension
but
emotional
depth
receptiveness
to
consideration,
and
and
need
very
and
wrestling
sympathetic
are
with
has been
grasp
of
given,
contact
I do
quite
often,
with
those
is a valuable asset,
understanding
and
more
important.
It
is
revelation to see how much the heart craves for your insight
and
loving appreciation,
statment of problems.
this
kind
of
the Chapter,
have
You
degree
sympathetically,
need
heart
cultivated
sense,
the
awakened
of
be
to
render
esoteric
value, should
which
can
sense
and
reveal
conditioning
the
lives of members,
men.
is
within
and
in
the
latest
It
is
not
the
intellect
which
should
be
of paramount
interest in a Chapter,
aspiring
todBy.
end
soul.
It
is
easy
us.
books
Therefore,
purely
in
mark
intellectual
great
technique
difference
of approach and
You
need
in
in
understanding
love,
which emanates from the heart of group life, can mean a real
expansion
there
of
consciousness.
is, here
un-expressed
and
and
waiting
penetrating light of
it, will
there,
You
a
to
initiated
need
rich
reveal
to
recognize that
content
itself,
consciousness,
in
humanity,
upon
BY RAYMUND ANDREA
1965
We now regard our rally as a unique event here and one which
has
qualities
and
elsewhere which
robust
mark
it
bs
occasion
of
exceptional
importance.
Only
few
members
from
far
and
given
by
near,
which
is
the
past.
officers,
can
produced
most
be
when
done
deeply
interested
officers
Last
competent
perfected
contact
would give it an
in advance of
of
That
which
labor of
the
responsible,
revealed
in
all
the
features
realized
had
taken
to
be
It was
this : our Chapter does not s tand where it did at the time of
former
rallies.
outlook,
in
efficiency,
has
It
confident
and
in
grown
in
pe rsonal
attract ive
character,
action,
influence,
in
in
all-round
it
has
become
memore ble
in
the
mental
minds
in
it,
of visiting
it has now
self-conscious
the
staff of officers.
New
from
merely
cooperation,
ideal
desiring
understanding
shall
be
a marked
success.
responsible
and
realized.
It
a
determinetion
They
have
than
felt
that
the
are
more
ever
capable
before
minds
with
not
There
office
it.
It
taking
as
officers
and
given
whole
In
preparing
the
two-fold balanced
Rosicrucian
aspects
The serious
Bim.
and
also
the
to
focus
Chapter for
for
their
the
and
visitors
stimulation
social
and
In this way, we
and
encouragement
end
to
closer
personal
cooperation
contact
between
this:
by
experts
relating
kinds, the
Much
there
is
to
gained
but we know
held
on
from
our
personal
information
am
to
issuing
share
and this
the
members
all
is
bound
to
modify
daily
life.
It
visibly
affects
the
and
views
of the young
cultural
and
other
To
most
of
corrective,
this,
our
teachings
can
provide
decided
members
our
business
sound
psychological
and
mystical
approach-
This
think will
passive
acceptance
of challenge is to be expected,
know
that
and I
of
even
mentioned.
given
understanding
of
self
would revolutionize
What
which
partially
But
the
it will
and
the
life
thinking
approach
to
the
the
misinformed
or
informed members.
other Chapters:
Rosicrucian
a life
of
definite
guidance.
We
can
eager recruits,
discipline
for
willing
active,
still.
well
aspirants
Its
aware
who
regard
qualify
them
under
under
the
hierarchy
entire personnel
of
and
directly
of
the
as a group of
a
self-imposed
to
usefulness
Masters
is
for
not
in
all
within
the
vision
of
the
meditetion
and
service
to
attune
It
is
an
illusion
humble efforts,
if
service, may
be
hierarchy,
an
of
path
appear
far
enlarged
consciousness
recognition.
Like nature,
the
but
when
and
an
inner
him
assurance
of
path
are
will
for
the
young
The
world
will
aspirant.
It
and it
is
And
what
of
ourselves,
*
serve in
.i
their
Chapter?
various
think
capac ities
of
in
with
them
the
work
admiration
of
the
and
deep
sustains
within,
them
in
this
suffering
of
tesk?
the
know
Tha t
humanity*
but
what
ever-present
is
urges
sorrow
and
l a bo rs.
Among
humanity
reaching
there
out
for
bewilderment from
unknown
goal
is
it
the
prevailing
knows
onslaught
of mental
It
application,
elone
calls
for
of
achievement.
not
courage,
and
guides us.
of
what,
chaos,
tumbling, a
opinions
towards
an
sustains
mental
and
untiring
hierarchical
In a word,
circumscribed
the
contact
we have to make
circle
of
upward
aspiration.
We
cannot
get
have to look upward and think upward end drew more and
upon
the
more
respond to us.
cooperation
of
those
who
the
veil
believe
We
only
to
see
in
the
They left
more
clearly
the
Book
of
Cosmic
to
whom
they belong*
quite unknowingly.
here.
There
an
Incident
here
hearts,
to
lift
so shall
effectively.
It
some
we
do
here,
fall
us
it
there,
through
upon
as
we
collectively
each
and
more
perplex
all
beings
us
here
have
We work in
departed brothers,
for
and
sojourn
our
of
seems
done
We must
to
close
Unseen
influences
sleeping;
in
are
moments
ever
with
us, whether
of abstraction,
waking
or
of
them
calls
for
be cultured for.
towards
this
We
of
the
Bosicrucian
life.
The
burden
of
sorrow
the
scripture
which
means
that
heavy
we
of
other
refers
Karma
to
of
souls.
the
the
disciples1
world.
his
own
way, and
see
That
You
by
and
reason
of
accept
our
this,
we
each
development end
willingness
to
are
made
the
instruments
character.
and
cultivated
arise
of
They
are
naturally
and
from
the
the
others.
the
habit
problems
we
which
beset
if we merely read or
have
truth
intro
of
too
realized
all its aspects, then we reverse the process and look inward
in silent contemplation and receive the deeper truths
which
We
shall
come
to
cur
lives.
This
takes
place
very
much
unknown
to us as we pass on
truly
laid,
them,
truth
consciousness
that
limited self-hood,
we
most
clearly
in
and confident approach towards all that life decrees for us*
The decrees of life bring surprise and change,
from
what we expected,
so
different
eventualities
with
meet
for that is
years
of
self
expanded outlook of
development
mature
of
the
consciousness,
where
from
the
true
We must
in
our heart,
side
and
nothing
can
really
prevail
BY RAYMUND ANDREA
ISBS
and
the road is
world
steepest,
refuses,
thither
things,
thy
steps.
bend
It is this, "Where
thus
What
the
Walk contrary to
the
world
in
God .11
because
we
are
of
majority
mystical
a reverse of the
of
its
people.
to
do
so.
The
we
any
have to rely upon it, could not exist without it, assures us
that, under Karmic decrees,
must
it.
cultivate
we have a
duty
toward
it
must
be
and
and
it
and
to
so
few
comparatively
who
are
intellectual
planes
of
existence
to
encourage
and
do
not
believe
by
day,
very
this
in
our
often
steepest
members.
the
In
the
have
met
and
play
their
ears.
part
with
voices
communion
of
For
as
for
any
road,
Well,
if it is a fact and a
decree
K a r m a , we
of
have
to
us, and the only thing which can for tify us during this
is that not o nly others
OLirs
than
have
gone
that
dims
for
ourselves
vision
greater
mo ment
the
clearest
of
master minds who kno w all the technicalit ies of The Way
the
and
What the
Boehme*
world
Every
refuses,
take
step he mentions
thou
they
ourselves
burdens
in
meet
it
everywhere.
responsibility
The
in
modern
life;
much
is
staggering
says
existence.
you
thyself,M
is a hard one,
upon
keen
demand
of
spiritual
disease
aspiration,
Yet,
I was
told of a member who decl ined to visit another who was dying
in hospital because the e tmosphe re of the place would be bad
for him.
heard
afraid
of
soiling
of
If we
distress
or
need,
the
need willing
hands
to
scarcely
understand
compassion
mentality
of
upon
of
those
known
compels
allegiance
and
refusals
one?
can
think
of
the
But the
hypnotic
influ
common
who
the
anything
us.
We
often
expect
it
to
be
an
thinking.
see
Indeed,
only we cannot
we
and
to do
that
which
The
It seems to me
have
seen
written it.
own day.
his
own.
and
knows
that
T h e r e f o r e , he
and
He
does
levels
of
thought
and
wrote
for
the
strong
us.
It
s o u l , not
is
clear
that
vacillating
one.
One
life
of Christ.
certitude,
and
following
of
soul
Am
going
Illusion?"
thought
too
Boehme leaves us in
it was.
no
doubt
as
to
what
he
himself.
the
same?
Have
In
not
other
great
authorities
By
its
that
continuous
rotation,
center
this
If, by
accepted
down.
It
materialistic
reverses
we
ourselves
help
advanced
psychology
the
to
That
the
values
world
of the
it
is
We
endow it w i t h b e i n g Bnd s u b s t a n c e
the
attitude
completely
it
in our own
minds, b u t
world, our
attitude
to
as
"the
the
But,
entirely
character
in
itself
our
of
the
acceptance
world
or
is
denial
reality or unreality.
indifferent,
which
mysticism.
Its
most
formidable
gives
Psychology,
the
and it is
it
the
therefore,
province
of
Between
the
assertions
of
the
awakening
but
Boehme,
evolu
Boehme's
things,
conclusion,
"Walk
contrary
to
the
world in all
try
to
visualize
and
touches
the
highest
just
what
it means.
It would
with
part
of
the
and
wise
to
advocate
rigid
opposing
forces
so doing,
admonition
lives.
in
His
assessments of persons
world
but
and
circumstances
and
regard
the
He exhorts us to realize
in
the
flesh, we
should
be
should
be
very
not
differently
after
dense
if
we
did
think
and
not
feel
him-
We
and
the
fact
doubt
if we shall,
bb
it
is, but it is the true mystical path as the Masters know and
live it, and our efforts to follow it, however much we
short of it,
fall
nearer to them.
A CONCLAVE
BY RAYMUND ANDREA
1968
You
have
very
appreciation
principles,
but
to
inspire
and
Briefly
defined,
Conclave
shared or specialized
ourselves,
sharing?
interests.
Therefore,
personally
like
have
produce
not
merely
in
the
seme
world?
had
to
meet
do
something
worth
we leave it
in
merely
everyday
without
seeking
for
wish
ask
might
we
is
social
and
profitable.
Everyone
will
only
dedicated purpose,
reveal
itself
and in a Conclave,
a concentrated and
we should be intent on
The social
aspect
should
activities,
before
the
to
than
to
events
and
occasions
seems to be justification
mounting
social
for
this
view
judging
There
by
the
publicized.
We
they
we
should
endeavor
be mutual
and
Conclave
interrogation,
purpose
of
the
deep understanding
There should
of
the
nature
to
and a
your inner
and
This
nation
of
the
shell
It took
two
of our insularity,
shattering
been
washed
in
the
of
to
the
nation
That memory
even
at
this
scripture,
"Before
wars
one of the
heart,"
It
the
soul
can
stand
in the p r e s
of
his
Yet, this is
rule
inscribed
in
own heart which will bar his way to the highest commun
ion until
What
is
more,
it
will
bar
the
way
understand
what
psychologically,
life
has
done
in this respect:
blood
did
disa ppointment,
great
Barriers
together,
us
of
long
standing
away,
every hand,
rooted
and why.
thoroughly
insularity,
str ongly
which
and
deeply
wiped out.
the
to
was
note
how
far and in what ways this dras tic change has penetrated.
has
come,
symbolically,
throu gh
the
doubt
the
heart.
You
or
It
on a
vast
individual bondage.
It
has
That
fact
toleration,
sympathy
that
is
nor
knew
the
what
wbs
it
now
understanding,
But we,
us
did
is
no invitation to us to
itself
scarcely
not,
in
them.
our
insularity
We have to rest
and
we shall receive no en
church or
society.
So
much
the
more
in
in
edge.
tide
is
the
turning.
mind
end
to
Bn
daily
to
urging and
Our
com
only
perfunctory
worldly
students
interest
Of
increases
against
enchain
been
forced
the
mind
of
man
to
another.
life
form,
of
take
of
bondage
a hasty refuge in
imprisoned
him, within
direction.
If
we
not
mean
can
of
one
another,
Nothing
that
work.
Whereas, we
pens in group
- 1* ve
ideas, b
bringing
out
creat
should
have
creative
or
a soul
an
think ing,
life within us
incarnation. We
us
inwards, not
Our sharing
outwards,
Even
might
engage
assessment,
not
us, make
permit
us
to
do.
We
inner
self
has
possibilities,
trial,
for
we stand as e central
point
between
the
One is behind
incarnation,
admits
of
it.
Therefore,
or
short,
to
be
be
we have to fulfill
upon
it.
Whether
but
remem
powers,
If there is relentless*
the
heart.
what
life
The other
and
consciousness,
We stand at a center,
conscious of
because only on
and
strength
of
Here,
he
for example,
well
might, the
purpose
burden
trial.
is
end
of
as
should
be
glad
that
as
he
eo
of
the
Light
testing
experience
demanding
which
recognition
emerges
and
them, or
ascend
from
the
fulfillment.
from
above
We
them,
them
silent
pest
shall only be
understand
if
them,
we have drilled
can
bo
this of us.
its
We need
the
inwardness,
the
of
experience
should
equip
forward
taking
us
to
sensitiveness,
in
place in them.
penetrate
The mystical
behind
the
scenes
immediately
pressing
destined
ious ways.
lives,
analysis
of
character
would
itself
within
him.
Those
which
reveal*
life
of
he was
He
the
the
world
and,
under the
maturity
between
of
w b s
other
after
cultivated
impressionableness
of
hie
own
him.
Obviously,
for this,
spective.
This
may
per
mindful
of
our
studies of years,
ground.
We
Rosicrucians were,
seers
and
of
must
to whom we
no mean order.
spiritual
cultivated
never
insight.
passing
onward
to
sometimes
refer.
They
were
was
precisely
beceuse
they
opposition
of
governments
and
authorities
who
among them.
And,
awaken
todey,
the
would
on
their hearts,
quickly
or something worse
prophecy
so
of
seers
with
BY RAYMUND ANDREA
19B8
of our Order.
knows
our
work
in
this
and
very
many
years,
competent
to
express
this;
"Why
does
RosIcrucianism
you
would
to
do.f
But is it my life?
of that I am sure.
some
1It is your l i f e 1,
like
time, and
want
and
earnest
She
an
prayer
haunted
me
have
tried
to
make
of
Now,
letter
of
knowledge
and
searching
reply,
that
inner
description,
conviction, demands
definite
and
letters we can file and forget but not when they are written
in this stringent tone,
does
it
occur
in
potencies on
thought
so,
the
the
You know
there
are
strongly
declare
themselves-
It is
known
Dur
It
of
men,
influencing
diagnosed by many.
studies
them
And,
unconsciously*
I say
to
you,
It
if
is
we
seen
and
permit
our
was
at her installation,
mystical
Bnd
Well,
is
that
appreciation
from
members
since,
It has
had
the
field
to
the
well of late.
reign
upon
emphasis
all
before
it, until
of
For years,
time
and
knowing it,
with
its
things.
skies
clever hands
In its chagrin,
and
is
see, nor
nor
questioning,
It
neither
It
understand,
It is pausing,
of.
it
specs,
dispose
its
confronting,
without
do
splutter
up
to
the
It
moon*
It
God
may
so
will
be
objected, tTBut
science
not be disappointed,
is
Precisely so.
and
of man.
not
of
mind
has
been
so
its
compelling
power
young minds,
and
impious
tendencies
and
influence.
increased
advertisements.
The
it
through
encouraged
books and
ore
not
They can
It
has
been
matter.
myself,
MHow
said
was
that.
interested
could
in
thBt
discipleship
subject?"
What
subject
is
seriously
than
that, the
statement
be
other
worthy
of
and
than a serious
being
taken
taken
the
stages
of higher evolution,
are
ever
discipleship in
student,
who
seeking
wishes
seriously.
to
It
I know
end
spiritual
who
possessed the
promise
nothing
what
and
of
which
merits
to
man, should
a
be
take
show
into
be
life
consciousness,
evolve
should
this
who
development?
s d u I
considered an enlightened
more
those
more
is to fit us
asked
firmly
in
engaging
mind,
of
us, we
so
should
have
preparing ourselves
students
in
her
travels,
and
to
It seems,
her
is
criticism
of
therefore,
me
out
Chapters
If
we
inquire,
fWhat
is
esoteric
But,
have
and
"Lately,
I am haunted by an
self, body,
will
to
soul
quote
end
why
have
experience, with
to
experiences,
thoroughly
Rcsicrucian
in
spirit
seriousness
in
the
outlook,
and
the
the
on
in
to
her
whDle
much greater
make
of
you
for
will
taking
age, culture
having
in
my
think
member
dedicated
and
of
and
of
to
truth,
had
many
psychic
the
inner
life, a
revealing
her
own
the
utter
other
lack
rededicate
apology
record
work
is
to
Here is a
result
service."
no
devotedness
one hand
Few
the
mind, everything,
discipleship seriously.
and
as
urge
me
Well,
of
declaring
the
dedication
materialistic
in so many of our
her,
is
a picture,
Now,
the
and
in
reply
to
will
are
and
"When
passive
being
both
to
the
locked
words
how he may
intellect
and
of the
is winged up and
senses
up by Holy abstraction,
will
of
be
and
the
then the
revealed
in
between
impressions
outward
thy
unspeakable
hear,
quiet
dialogue
we
our
grades
of
teaching,
for
think
they
are
on
it, but
lip
A price
For one
the
whole
man to attention,
and how!
times of trial,
that
was
can
my
correspondent, "I
am
body,
It will
There will be
readjustment.
haunted
soul
he
by
and
The
man
He will demand
thing,
can
an
say,
urge
to
mind, everything,
I have,
on many occasions,
been
ignorant
influences
in
our
of, or
midst;
slow
the
let
to
work
me
say,
recognize,
of
those
have
the good
who
have
Chapter
life, wherever
Rosicrucianism should be a
it
And unfortunate as it is
may
legitimate
be, and
target
the name of
for
pointed
materialistic,
lays
responsibility
In
your
own
Chapter,
as
[as]
of
upon your
this
before
said,
criti
it is
in
evi
tendency
has
crept
verse of esoteric,
and
expression.
It
is
spirit,
for
us
is
not
given
its
to direct attention
That
is
not to the
them.
mystical
of
scien
making
or
spiritual
certainly
men or women,
neither
at
we shall repel
As members of a Chapter,
and
is
it
studies?"
scientific or other
kind
of
third-class
encyclopedia
for
into
the ignorant to
upon
temporalities,
action
of
our
learning
fellow men?
the
level
us
of
to
Is it these,
sounding
and similar
to
the
passport
or
vision
and
realities,
consciousness,
to
see
their
anxious
need
and
Therefore,
we
cannot
what
we
the
wise
appointed time,
THOMAS A KEMPIS
BY RAYMUND ANDREA
It
is
well
known
that
The
of
the
Bible.
the
it.
In
there
writing
and
sermons, hymns
monastic
and
biographies.
Christian
The
most
he
lived
pious
life,
in
of
secluded
tracts,
of
b
life
treating of the
addition
celebrated
to
his
several
works
is
contemplative, for
The
it
With
b 11
manner of
men
and
it
women
book
makes
an
universal
appeal
sure
has
of
When a
to the human
centuries,
we
may
It is related of Pascal,
write, he
used
By
self
abasement,
the
door
softly
opens
falls
into
from
Temple
disciple
The
of
kneeling
We forget what we
within
us, and
we
In
these
days
we
of
scientific
other
we
stand?
We
stand
to
the
face
done, where
outward
action.
If
our
provide
and
complexes
rich
thinking
allied
source
which
of
haunt
enterprise
the
the
fears,
majority and
for
clinics
and
We
do
not
think
psychologist,
of
the
author
He
from
has
the
looked
vantage
Imitati on as a
point
of
mortal
man
of
nor has
he
Consciousness of Christ,
weakness
The
a psychoanalyst or a psychiatrist,
of
seer,
by
the
s e l fh ood .
the
unex
with
the
unrestrained
reveals
seen,
lived
and
his
book,
influence
of
presence
of
we
b
are
man who is
Christ, who
broken,
unreclaimed nature,
the
divine
buffeted
and
perplexed
presence
within
him, of
man
by
life
of
the
world
and
of
his own
forgotten
unredeemed
im
and
of
compassionate
figure
of
of
question
we
bs
entitled,
second
in
know
it, as
it
is
book
Eastern
devotional
discipleship
in
works, which
colorful
Western
mind,
the
the
way
of
disciple
character
to
it
is
the
highest estate.
read,
the
life
the
tribunal
here
or
in
it into discipleship,
from
of
any
shall
the
of this,
to
it
him, the
word
He
may
by
virtue
for
us,
If
es
yet
untried, to
It
is
Df
no
if not morbid,
some,
the
in presentation.
academically
can
ever
the
cross
that
imagine
of
the
fact.
it has in
this
century above ell others, nor could ell the voices end
commotion
of
recognized
the
world
how
fact,
laid
all
as
major
pein
responsive,
of
like a narcotic,
time, uninspired
happened
ative,
and
all, we
we
us
far.
may
no
revolving
inspiration to our
countless
lives.
If
it
is
imper
an
important
crisis
in
life
which
humdrum,
spiritual
uneventful
w b s
living,
and
more
settling down
uneventful
quietness
in
looking
and
and
making
which
turned
back
in
ourselves?
What
have
mankind in general.
stripped
mankind
will do so,
way
loss, where
do
of
The
and
it
are
find
is
not
yet
There
we
I speak of
build
those,
again
The majority
all.
Imitat
satisfy
higher
And,
the
again
ended,
once
in seizing upon
in
It
Hence,
ion.
the
by force,
more
of
to
differ
of
in
should
of civilization.
that
offers
is
To view it as
fellowmen*
downfall
the
the
wheel
it
opportunity
whether
the
hide
will
comparatively
not
small
minority,
who
thing.
There
is
There
ideal.
is
radiant, poignant
and
unrivaled
presence
of
Christ
and
night,
the
Heart,
of
fervent
when
we
turn
to
aspect
his
subject.
In
is
not
should
of
some
in his approach to or
which has
escaped
expect
from
the
retirement, we
find
in
sympathetic
failings
understanding
the
pen
him
of
a
for
recluse
warmth,
man
in
in
which we
monastic
companionship
all
his
and
manifold
contrast to the
complacent
Eastern
aloofness,
literature.
conscious
How
height
the
often
does
of attainment,
latter,
seem
the
the
to
spite
ignore
There
feeling
of
finality
with
Imitati o n .
The
Not
it
is
It was
he
bs
wrote
Spiritual magnetism in an
1b It in
bo
that
it
draws
his
living
canvas
in
full
and
we see
They
not
inquisitorial
There
is
tions:
power,
name
are
tongues
arraign
thousand
arraigning
one
another.
of
it
prestige
called
and
QBbel,
domination.
For
Therefore
really,
is
the
after the blood bath of the nations, the fear of man for the
ascendancy Bnd domination of his neighbor rises steadily and
makes the future as uncertain
picture
that
would
through
the
years
for
but
the
past.
bs
It
is
not
the
of
do?
We, who
have
persuasions,
They ere a
part of the texture of soul which neither wars not the rumor
of wars can touch.
convinced
than
ever that these values are the only enduring ones, for after
the world holocausts,
persistency,
within us.
as
silent
to
build.
We
are
the masquerades of
they
worship.
MA11
That is
truth?
In
fact,
whether
after
all
Kempis
is
speaking
read it.
We
need
it
are
firm
upon
nations
desperately, but
their
thrones.
been
by
the
gainsaying
people
ssks
us
our
That is the
it.
Christ
inquisitor
to look at Christ,
happens
the
dismissed
Him
Kempis
that
of
and it is humanity,
no
gods
but there is
dethroned
the
to
us
as
Christ,
we
try
and
to
realize
to radiate the
reflect
of
the
only
ideal
BY RAYMUND ANDREA
The
Rosicrucianfs
experience
can
be
real
in
so
Yet my
regard
to
many
other
what
are
of
and
forgotten
place
whole
one
is, that
behavior.
Some
direction
esoteric
I am thinking
1D.
particularly
It is often in my
at
the
mind,
yourself what
yourself,
needs correction
and
sometimes think that we who are on the Path (and) are apt
reason
of
our
studies.
other
people
the
keen
prac
city,
contact,
immersed
in
the
Df
and
are
more
Why is this?
kindness
of
good
Karma,
with
we
those
who
development
are
and
devoting
are
themselves
enjoying
happy
to
esoteric
associations
the
and
majority,
is
not
the
basic
cause,
If
demarcation
line
to
us
to
set
Beyond
the
veil
If we do, we
of
We should never
should
personality
and if that
be
lies
the
history
were
Regarding
this rule,
and
experience.
If
reflection,
certain
grades
of
pass
teach
us
varied
better.
course,
instrumental
are
technique,
Our
to
us
preparation,
an
the
But
apply
and
all
its
we
great
know
to
possibilities
lies
past
and
are
treading
If we
for
the
who
cooperate
with
us
and
-those
who
do
not, For
life,
in
either
case,
is
a hard
in
this
work,
school.
rule
It does not
enjoins, but
it
oFten
go
out
of
their
way
to
Those who
bound
to
feel
the
effects
restraint,
are
more
of
that
with their
the
quickens,
releases and
contacts
with
*
extends
others.
native
Mental
the
them
be
suggest,
to
an
matter
vibrational
actions
criticism
are
range
prone
to
of
be
consequence
and
an
attempt
and
I am
It
eeeme
they
to
those terms.
have,
is
Etheric stimulation
but
reserve
temperament
The
practice.
own
way
as
we
testing by experience.
passing
The
can
adjust
to,
school
and
to
young
the university.
comfortably
through
to
do justice to themselves.
correction in ourselves,
of
thought
and
iF we are
making
headway
in
our
studies,
comings.
needful
we
should
be
have
long
We
fully
qualifications
conscious
since
for
been
acquainted
with
advancement, because
we
the
have
shining
special
attention,
"....that
by
be
given
more
Light.
It
is
it is that
force
issues.
All
the
Light
we
need,
own
private
life, but
our
life
all
the
reaches
of
more
That pertains to
and
that
is so,
why
field,
eo
into
At stated times,
to speak,
and
understanding
the
it is necessary to vacate
when
once
we
have
will
soon
be
It is
The great
impres
sions
of
our
own
physical,
emotional
the
prevailing
conditions
in
cannot
really
understand
others
of
the
In others
is not
what
we
of
teaching.
of
course,
person.
following
is
of
such
instruction*
tone
absence
the emotional
life,
be
attempted.
most
condition,
of
Df
the person,
The
our
in
comparatively
rare
This kind of
attainment,
diagnosis
but
it
helpful
service, but
the
basic
can be
to
the
requisite is a high
degree of selflessness!
the
first
part
of
the
Rule
we
ore
considering on
lives.
Having
qualification,
we
be
of
an
conscious
inhibition
Path, we
reach
against
it.
It
We shall
is
an
change.
Certain
that
seem
back
We
action as hitherto.
peace.
It
Is
the
and we are
they
may
assistance
We shall no longer
The
kindly
ourselves
they
have, fall
upon
the
of master service.
An
way
.
of the intellect
depends
are
be
very
on
cultivating
substitute
we
are
for
the
thinking
of.
We
have
understand
of greatest importance,
It
is
because
our
in
one
another,
visible
by
included
mentioned,
in
the
real
speculative
the
great
attain**,
perplexities
and
man is invisible to
intellect.
He
only
rising
above
the intellect*.
if
as if to see ourselves as
differences,
life, for
ion of consciousness,
intellect,
as
our
only . jto
to
this
ability
profound statement,
rule
our
rationalistic
the
that
process
are
by inward or upward
direction
and
silence,
and
the
hampering
veil
of
However,
the
of
Rosicrucian
the
idea
common-sense perspective.
they
need
others of the
their
feet
to
different
responsibility
of
from
in
placed
help themselves,
necessary
and
be
to
standing
upon
of
Karma, which
is
because
they
are
aware
of
the
believe
the
Masters
trials far more than they are conscious of but that they
not
and
cannot
liquidate
a s p i r a n t s whole development
pattern,
and
he
to
be
conditioned
by
The
Karmic
as to be able tc meet
happens
is
do
it.
burden,
But
ie
the
burden
within
of
it, if
it
to
our
sorrow
time,
is
of
is
time,
and
peculiarly
our
they
are
aspirants
or
possibili