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Why Not I? by C.W.

Leadbeater

Why Not I?
by C.W. Leadbeater

Published in The Theosophist in 1913

Men join the Theosophical ociety !or "arious reasons# so$e because they sy$pathise %ith its objects& so$e because they thin' they can learn so$ethin( !ro$ it& so$e because they $eant to help the %or' it is doin(. Whate"er be their reasons& %hen they ha"e (rasped the principle o! e"olution& they are usual !ired %ith enthusias$ !or it. eein( the possibility and the desirability o! pro(ress& they be(in to be an)ious to attain it# hearin( ho% sadly the %orld needs helpin(& they %ish to enroll the$sel"es in the noble ar$y o! $artyrs %ho de"ote the$sel"es to that stupendous but so$e%hat than'less tas' * than'less& because the %orld still stones its prophets& and the disco$!ort o! the process is but little $iti(ated by the prospect that a %iser posterity %ill presently raise $onu$ents to the$. When $e$bers ha"e thus decided to hasten the process o! their e"olution& they en+uire as to $ethods& teachers& helpers& and they soon hear !ro$ older students o! the e)istence o! the ,rotherhood o! -depts& and o! the !act that so$e o! these .reat /nes occasionally ad$it apprentices and instruct the$ in the %or' %hich has to be done. The aspirant !eels that this is e)actly %hat he %ould li'e& and he %ishes to o!!er hi$sel! at once !or such a position. ,ut the older student e)plains to hi$ that the o!!er $ust co$e !ro$ the other side * that all he can do is to $a'e hi$sel! !it !or such a post& and %ait until the Master calls hi$. When he !urther en+uires as to the %ay in %hich he can $a'e hi$sel! !it to be chosen& he is told that there is no $ystery as to the +uali!ications re+uired. They ha"e been elaborately described in the sacred boo's o! the ancients& they $ay be !ound in the teachin( o! e"ery reli(ion& and they are %or'ed out $inutely in $odern Theosophical literature. It is easy to learn about the$& but di!!icult to ac+uire the$& and their practice see$s out o! touch %ith $uch that %e !ind pro$inent in the li!e o! the present day. 0istory assures us that the thin( has been done& but closer e)a$ination sho%s us that it has ne"er been done e)actly under e)istin( conditions. Whene"er in older ti$es a $an set hi$sel! de!initely to li"e the hi(her li!e& he be(an by retirin( to a ca"e or a habitation !ar re$o"ed !ro$ the %orld o! $en. o lon( as he re$ained a$on( his !ello%s he %as supposed to be li"in( the li!e o! the householder& %ho $i(ht be& and ou(ht to be& a thorou(hly (ood and honest $an& but %as en(a(ed in doin( the %or' o! the %orld on the physical plane and not ai$in( specially at occult de"elop$ent. 0e participated in that hi(her li!e by $a'in( it possible !or others& by pro"idin( !or the needs o! those %ho %ere %holly de"otin( the$sel"es to it. No% the her$it %ho li"es in a ca"e or the $on' %ho con!ines hi$sel! to his cell no doubt resi(ns %hat are co$$only called the pleasures o! the %orld& but he pro"ides hi$sel! %ith ad$irably appropriate conditions !or the %or' %hich he is tryin( to do. 0e sees "ery little o! his !ello%1creatures# he has cast aside all responsibilities# he has nothin( to %orry or trouble hi$& nothin( to $a'e hi$ an(ry. uch a li!e is possible only !or $en o! a certain te$pera$ent# but !or the$ it is ideal in its !reedo$. That& ho%e"er& is not at all the $ethod o! de"elop$ent reco$$ended to the Theosophical student# he is e)pected to Pa(e 1

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ac+uire the +uali!ications %hile still $i)in( %ith his !ello%s and tryin( to help the$. 2sually he has his li"in( to (et# he is constantly $eetin( other $en& %ho are so$eti$es pleasant and so$eti$es the re"erse& but in any case brin( %ith the$ their o%n "ibrations& %hich are di!!erent !ro$ his o%n& and so disturbin(. 0e has his an)ieties& he 3has ine"itably $any thin(s about %hich he $ust thin'& and under those conditions he cannot e)pect to $a'e such rapid pro(ress in occult de"elop$ent as a $an %ho has nothin( else to do. -t the sa$e ti$e& he can in certain %ays do $ore (ood than a her$it. 0e can set an e)a$ple# he can sho% by his li!e that it is possible to be in the %orld and yet not o! the %orld. /ne %ho desires to be accepted and tau(ht by a Master should endea"our to understand e)actly %hat the Master %ants& and ho% the $atter o! recei"in( a $an as an apprentice $ust en"isa(e itsel! to 0i$. 4"ery hu$an bein( has a certain a$ount o! spiritual stren(th& just as he has s certain a$ount o! physical stren(th. Most $en are i(norant o! its "ery e)istence& and so let it lie dor$ant or !ritter it a%ay. - Master 'no%s e)actly ho% $uch !orce 0e has& and holds it to be 0is duty to use e"ery ounce o! it to the best ad"anta(e !or the (ood o! the %orld. It is that consideration& and that only& %hich deter$ines %hether 0e %ill or %ill not accept any person as an apprentice. There is no sort o! !a"ouritis$ about it. 0e does not ta'e a person because he is reco$$ended& or because he is the son o! so$ebody %ho has been accepted be!ore. o$eti$es a student thin's5 I 'no% I a$ de!ecti"e& but still I should li'e to be tau(ht and helped# %hy should not the Master accept and teach us all?6 That is unreasonable& because to do that %ould not be a pro!itable in"est$ent o! the Master3s !orce. -ny older student can teach a ne%co$er& and to as' the Master to do it %ould be li'e as'in( the Principal o! a Colle(e or the Minister o! 4ducation o! a country to teach an in!ant class. The Master is dealin( %ith $en en $asse& in (reat bloc's o! thousands at a ti$e& and in +uite a di!!erent %ay# and %e ha"e to consider %hat is best !or all& not !or oursel"es alone. It %ould be ob"iously un%ise !or the $an %ho is 7irector o! 4ducation !or a %hole country to de"ote his ti$e to teachin( one little child& or e"en t%enty or thirty. I! the Master sees a pro$isin( person& %e $ay i$a(ine 0i$ $a'in( a calculation in 0is $ind. We $ay %ith all re"erence suppose that 0e %ould say to 0i$sel!5 I! I accept that $an& I shall ha"e to spend so $any hours o"er hi$# durin( that ti$e I could do a certain a$ount o! the %ider %or' !or the %orld. ,ut I thin' that %hen he has been brou(ht to a certain point he %ill be able to do %or' %hich %ill in the lon( run $ore than counterbalance %hat I could do in the ti$e spent o"er hi$& and $eanti$e he can be used as a channel# there!ore he is a (ood in"est$ent.6 -cceptance depends solely upon the !itness o! the candidate. It is by no $eans only a +uestion o! %hat he %ill be able to do so$e day in the !uture& but also o! ho% !ar he can be used here and no%. Ta'e an e)a$ple. In the course o! 0is %or' a Master $ay %ish to produce so$e physical result * to send out an etheric current perhaps * in a certain to%n. 0e is %or'in( on the spiritual or intuitional le"el# ho% can 0e $ost easily achie"e that physical result? e"eral $ethods are a"ailable. 0e can project 0is !orce to the re+uired spot at the spiritual le"el& and then dri"e it do%n by $ain !orce throu(h the inter"enin( planes# but that %ill %aste a (reat deal o! ener(y in the process o! distribution. 0e can call to so$e pupil at a distance& (i"e hi$ the !orce on the hi(her Pa(e 8

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plane& and tell hi$ to (o astrally to the spot %here it is needed& and then trans!er it to the physical le"el. That %ould ta'e less o! the Master3s ener(y& but %ould e)pend $ore than is necessary o! the pupil3s. ,ut suppose the Master had in that to%n a (ood student %ho had brou(ht hi$sel! into har$ony %ith the (reat %or'. 0e %ould utilise that $an# 0e %ould pour the ener(y into hi$ at the hi(her le"el& and use hi$ as a channel !or it& lea"in( to hi$ the trans$utation into physical1plane ener(y and the actual radiation o! it in this lo%er %orld. The student as an e(o %ould be conscious o! the honour done to hi$& and %ould ea(erly co1operate# but the personality in its physical brain $i(ht not 'no% %hat %as bein( done& thou(h it %ould be sure to !eel $uch upli!ted and une)pectedly happy. When that !eelin( co$es to the student& he $ay ta'e it !or (ranted that so$e blessin( is bein( shed throu(h hi$# %hen he %a'es in the $ornin( %ith a sensation o! bliss and (reat content& he $ay 'no% thereby that so$e (ood thin( has been done throu(h hi$. It %ill be readily understood that a $an %ho can o!ten be used in that %ay is one %ho$ the Master notices and is li'ely to dra% nearer to 0i$sel!. 2n!ortunately $en o!ten allo% the$sel"es to (et into a condition %hich $a'es the$ useless to the Master# then %hen 0e %ants a channel in their nei(hbourhood& 0e loo's at the$ and sees that they are not a"ailable& and so 0e chooses so$eone else to bear that blessin(. It $ay be %orth %hile to consider so$e o! the reasons that $a'e a student te$porarily useless to the Master& and to try to understand %hy certain actions produce that particular result& so that %e $ay a"oid the$. 9irst let us (rasp the relation o! our "ehicles to one another. We spea' and thin' o! the$ as separate bodies& each !unctionin( in a di!!erent %orld& and %e are apt to !or(et ho% entirely they are also one. -ll $atter is !unda$entally the sa$e $atter# just as all 'inds o! substances in the physical %orld are all built o! absolutely identical physical ato$s& and the only thin( that di!!ers is the arran(e$ent o! those ato$s& so all 'inds o! $atter on the di!!erent planes !ro$ the hi(hest to the lo%est are built o! identical bubbles& and the only thin( %hich is di!!erent is the arran(e$ent o! those bubbles. o there is a "ery real sense in %hich it $ay be said that all our bodies are really one co$ple) body& the di!!erent parts o! %hich are closely interrelated. We $ay ta'e an analo(y !ro$ our physical "ehicle. -s %e see it& it is a !or$ o! !lesh& and has the appearance o! bein( built only o! solid $atter# but %e 'no% +uite %ell that it is thorou(hly interpenetrated %ith li+uid& so that the sli(htest pric' in any part o! it at once produces a drop o! blood. The blood interpenetrates the body so thorou(hly that i! it %ere possible :%hich it is not; to re$o"e all the solid $atter and yet $aintain the li+uid in the sa$e position& %e should ha"e a per!ect outline o! the body built up in blood alone. In the sa$e %ay the body is interpenetrated by air and other (ases# and %e could concei"e& i! it %ere possible in so$e %ay instantaneously to !ree<e those (ases& that %e $i(ht ha"e a per!ect outline indicated by the$. ,ut all these di!!erent 'inds o! rnatter $a'e one body& and it %ould be i$possible to a!!ect one o! the 'inds o! $atter %hich co$pose it %ithout e+ually a!!ectin( the others also. -ll the "ehicles o! %hich %e spea' as the causal& $ental& astral and physical bodies interpenetrate one another# so that it is i$possible to a!!ect one %ithout thereby in!luencin( all the rest. I! there!ore a $an desires to o!!er hi$sel! as a channel !or the !orce o! the Master& he $ust ha"e all these "ehicles si$ultaneously in a cal$ and responsi"e condition# and anythin( %hich disturbs such a condition in any one o! the$ %ill be an obstacle in the %ay o! the Master3s %or'.

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/ne o! the co$$onest o! these obstacles is %orry. - $an %ho allo%s hi$sel! to !eel %orried or an)ious has his $ental body in a condition o! unrest %hich& to clair"oyant "ision& (i"es it the appearance o! the ocean %hen tossed by a te$pest. ,e!ore a Master could use such a "ehicle as a channel !or 0is !orce& 0e %ould ha"e to e)ert %hate"er a$ount o! ener(y %as needed to cal$ that troubled ocean and hold it absolutely still# and that %ould be !ar $ore trouble !or 0i$ than to $anipulate the !orce 0i$sel!# so 0e %ill certainly choose so$e other %ay. -nother "ery co$$on obstacle is sel!ishness. In a $an %hose thou(hts are centred upon hi$sel!& all the !orces are $o"in( in%ard instead o! out%ard. ,e!ore such a $an could be o! any use to the Master& it %ould be necessary that all those currents should be chec'ed and re"ersed& that their li!e1lon( habit o! in%ard !lo% should be eradicated& and a ne% habit o! e)actly opposite nature should be established. It is at once ob"ious that to atte$pt to utilise such a $an cannot be a pro!itable speculation. What the Master %ants is a person in %ho$ all the !orces are !lo%in( out%ards to%ards others. Then there is already a radiation (oin( on& and %hen 0e thro%s 0is !orce in& it is easy !or 0i$ to stren(then that radiation. -nother point is that& unless the $an is absolutely pri$iti"e and une"ol"ed& alon( %ith the sel!ishness there is al%ays disturbance. The e(o 'no%s so$ethin( about e"olution and the la%s %hich (o"ern it& and there!ore his %ill is al%ays !a"ourable to pro(ress& and so !ar as he is yet able to (uide the personality he (uides it in the direction o! e"olution. When the personality ta'es the bit bet%een its teeth and runs a%ay& it is al%ays a(ainst his %ill# but the reins by %hich he holds it are not yet as stron( as they %ill be& and so i! he pulls too hard he 'no%s that they %ill brea'& %hich o!ten $a'es the position "ery di!!icult !or hi$. 0e $ust $a'e the personality stron( in order that e!!ecti"e pro(ress $ay be possible !or it# and yet %hen it is stron( it o!ten uses its stren(th in directions %hich he does not appro"e. Thus %here"er there is sel!ishness there is al%ays at the heart o! thin(s a stru((le& and that also $a'es it i$possible !or the Master to use a sel!1centred $an. Pride and conceit are !or$s o! sel!ishness& and they also set the currents runnin( in%ard instead o! out%ard. - $an %ho is conceited is ne"er upon the %atch !or opportunities o! use!ulness& and so he o!ten $isses the$. 0e is intent upon (oin( his o%n %ay& and he is there!ore not open to the in!luence !ro$ the Master %hich %ould set hi$ $o"in( in the opposite direction o! help!ulness and ser"ice. Irritability is another bar %ith %hich %e !re+uently $eet. =ust as the $ental body o! the %orried $an is in a state o! perpetual disturbance& so is the astral body o! the irritable $an. - healthy astral body should nor$ally e)hibit so$e !our or !i"e distinct rates o! "ibration correspondin( to the nobler e$otions& and it should sho% only those "ortices %hich correspond to the principal centres in the physical "ehicle# but the irritable $an o!ten sho%s !i!ty& si)ty or a hundred s$all "ortices& each li'e an open sore in the centre o! a little tract containin( an assort$ent o! all 'inds o! unpleasant and undesirable colours. Throu(h e"ery one o! these the $an3s !orce is escapin(& and so he %earies hi$sel! and %astes stren(th unnecessarily& scatterin( round hi$ unhealthy disturbin( in!luences. - $an o! this 'ind has no stren(th le!t to be e$ployed in the Master3s ser"ice# and e"en i! a Master should e)ert the !orce necessary to reduce his chaos to order& any strea$s o! ener(y %hich %ere sent out throu(h hi$ %ould be tainted by his ill1te$per. I 'no% %ell that !or us& %ho are li"in( in a century o! sa"a(e hurry& it is di!!icult to a"oid irritability# the haste and pressure o! $odern li!e cause (reat ner"ous su!!erin(& %hich is apt to sho% itsel! in this "ery "ice o! chronic ill1te$per. =ust because people are o"erstrained they are o!ten sensiti"e to thin(s %hich in reality do not $atter in the least& and should not be allo%ed to cause disturbance. 2nder such an in!luence a $an allo%s hi$sel! to be troubled by %hat Pa(e >

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another says o! hi$& or by so$e !alsehood %hich is %ritten about hi$ in a ne%spaper * thin(s %hich should not cause e"en a $o$entary annoyance to any $an o! a %ell1balanced and philosophical turn o! $ind. -(ain& a $an %ho !re+uently yields hi$sel! to depression is +uite useless %hile under its in!luence. I! %e turn to the illustration o! the astral body o! a depressed person in Man& ?isible and In"isible& %e shall !ind that he has absolutely enclosed hi$sel! in a 'ind o! ca(e. This ca(e %ould pre"ent the radiation o! bene!icent in!luences# and e"en i! they %ere stron( enou(h to brea' it& they %ould still carry parts o! it %ith the$& and %ould be polluted by it. -lso& to brea' up such a ca(e in that "iolent $anner %ould brea' up the astral body itsel! and cause serious har$. The sa$e thin( is true o! a"arice& thou(h the coloration o! the ca(e is di!!erent. -nother di!!iculty %hich so$eti$es stands in the %ay is a$bition. I do not say that a$bition is a bad thin( in the %orldly li!e& so lon( as its objects are not un%orthy. I! a $an be a doctor or a la%yer& it is %ell that he should ha"e the a$bition to be a cle"er doctor or la%yer& in order that he $ay be able to do as $uch (ood as possible !or his !ello%1creatures in the pro!ession %hich he has chosen !or hi$sel!. ,ut i! the $an3s $ind is so !illed %ith a$bition that there is no roo$ !or any other thou(ht& that %ould be a bar a(ainst his bein( used !or the trans$ission o! hi(her !orces. /ne cannot thin' o! it as a sin# but the !act re$ains that it i$plies the continued presence in the "arious "ehicles o! a certain "ibration %hich %ill be out o! har$ony %ith any that the Master is li'ely to %ish to send throu(h. ensuality also is an absolute bar. It $ay be associated %ith actual %ic'ed thou(ht& or it $ay si$ply be a sur"i"al !ro$ the ani$al 'in(do$ throu(h %hich %e ha"e passed# in either case it creates a chronic disturbance and sets up a type o! undulations %hich %ould be entirely inhar$onious %ith any hi(her !orces. Those %ho desire to be ready !or the Master3s call $ust cast o!! these !etters# they $ust clear these di!!iculties out o! the %ay. Thou(h it is si$ple enou(h to understand %hat is re+uired& it is not easy to do it. The $ere study o! Theosophy presents no serious di!!iculties# %ith a little assiduity one $ay obtain a $ass o! in!or$ation about planes and sub1planes& about rin(s and rounds and planetary chains# but that is not enou(h. What is re+uired is an attitude to%ards li!e * an attitude o! bene"olent philosophic cal$. I had an old nurse %ho& %hen anythin( %ent %ron(& used to say5 7on3t $ind# it %ill be all the sa$e a hundred years hence.6 -nd really& you 'no%& i! one thin's o! it& that is true. I! so$e sorro% or sic'ness co$es& it is "ery hard !or the $o$ent& but thin' ho% you %ill loo' bac' upon it !ro$ the hea"en1li!e. o$eone says so$ethin( nasty about you# a hundred years hence it %ill not $atter %hat he said. 4)cept to hi$sel! it does not rnatter e"en no%# %hy should you %orry yoursel! about it? It is the custo$ to (ro% an(ry i! so$eone spea's ill o! one# but it is a bad custo$. It is the !ashion to let the astral body be disturbed under such circu$stances& but it is a silly !ashion# %hy should %e !ollo% it? I! a $an has been so %ic'ed as to spea' un'indly and untruly& it is he %ho %ill su!!er !or the %ron( he has done# %hy should %e unnecessarily allo% our astral bodies to cause us su!!erin( also?

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What %e do to others * that $atters $uch to us& because it in"ol"es our responsibility# but as to %hat others do to us& %hat happens to us in the %ay o! !ortune or $is!ortune !ro$ %ithout& %e $ay say +uite coolly in the %ords o! the Cali!ornian philosopher5 Nothin( $atters $uch# $ost thin(s don3t $atter at all.6 We $ust beco$e indi!!erent to praise and bla$e& yet 'eenly alert !or any opportunity o! bein( use!ul. We $ust re(ard e"erythin( !ro$ the plat!or$ o! uni"ersal brotherhood& tryin( al%ays to see the (ood in e"erybody and e"erythin(& because to loo' !or and to e$phasise the (ood is a sure %ay o! intensi!yin( its action and e"o'in( $ore (ood. The $an %ho adopts that attitude %ill $a'e pro(ress& !or he %ill ha"e plenty o! !orce to spare !or (ood %or'. The ordinary $an o! the %orld %astes nearly all his !orce in personal !eelin(s * in ta'in( o!!ence& in annoyance& in en"y& in jealousy# and so he has little le!t !or unsel!ish purposes. It is the $an %ho !or(ets hi$sel! %ho %ill be re$e$bered by the Master. When the Master sees that he has %or'ed steadily and sel!lessly !or so$e years& and see$s li'ely to be stead!ast& 0e $ay e)a$ine hi$ %ith re(ard to his !itness !or apprenticeship. - Master ta'es a !ully1accepted pupil into such close relationship %ith 0i$sel! that the standard o! !itness $ust necessarily be hi(h# and that is %hy the probationary sta(e is o!ten a lon( one. ,e!ore the Master can ta'e a $an as part o! 0i$sel!& there $ust be in that $an no thou(hts and no !eelin(s %hich the Master could not tolerate %ithin 0i$sel! * not because o! 0is dis(ust !or the$& but because they %ould inter!ere %ith the %or'. o$eti$es a $e$ber says5 AI a$ deeply in earnest& and an)ious to ser"e# I ha"e %or'ed and studied !or years# %hy does not the Master accept $e?6 The only reply %e can (i"e is5 My dear sir& you are the $an %ho ou(ht to 'no% that. What +uality ha"e you %ithin you %hich %ould hinder a Master in 0is %or'? ,esides& the +uestion is ne"er %hy should not a Master accept a $an& but %hy should 0e? What is there in the $an %hich $a'es hi$ %orthy o! so hi(h an honour?6 ,ut %hen& as I ha"e said& a $an has %or'ed %ell !or so$e years& %hen it see$s reasonably certain that he %ill re$ain stead!ast and loyal& it $ay be that one day a Master %ill say to one o! 0is pupils5 o1and1so is a (ood $an# brin( hi$ to $e to1ni(ht.6 That $eans that the Master %ill accept hi$ on probation& and %ill 'eep hi$ closely under 0is eye. The a"era(e len(th o! that probation is se"en years& but it $ay be shortened or len(thened accordin( to circu$stances. It is %ell that on the physical plane the candidate should be near so$eone %ho is either an Initiate or an accepted pupil& !or in that %ay he $ay learn $uch. Throu(h such an one he $ay recei"e occasionally a rare encoura(in( %ord !ro$ the Master# the attitude and daily li!e o! the older pupil $ay (i"e hi$ $any a hint as to %hat his o%n should be. It is not o!ten the doin( o! any one brilliant action that brin(s a $an to the !eet o! the Master# the $essa(e co$es usually to one %ho is %or'in( a%ay and not Pa(e B

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thin'in( o! it. There are $any di!!erent Masters& and so$e candidates !ind the$sel"es dra%n to one o! these .reat /nes& and so$e to another. It does not $atter# all are $e$bers o! the sa$e .reat ,rotherhood and all are en(a(ed in the sa$e (lorious %or'. o$eti$es the stron(est attraction o! the candidate is to one o! the $ore ad"anced pupils instead o! to a Master * because the pupil& %ho$ he has seen and 'no%s& is $ore real to hi$ than a Master %ho$ he has not consciously $et. That usually $eans that %hen that $ore ad"anced pupil beco$es an -dept in so$e !uture li!e& the candidate %ill %ish to be his pupil. ,ut i! such a candidate is !it !or acceptance be!ore his chosen teacher has ta'en the Initiation %hich enables hi$ to accept hi$& that teacher3s Master %ill accept the candidate pro"isionally& and loo' a!ter hi$ until such ti$e as the pupil is able to ta'e hi$ in hand. Meanti$e the Master %ill %or' upon hi$ principally throu(h the pupil %ho$ he lo"es# and thus his teachin( %ill co$e alon( the line o! his stron(est a!!ection. The Theosophical ociety is dra%in( to%ards the end o! its thirty1ei(hth year# and $uch !ruit o! its lon( labour is e"en already sho%in(. The results o! its %or' in the outer %orld are patent to all& but it has not been %ithout certain inner results %hich are not so (enerally 'no%n. Throu(h it a nu$ber o! students ha"e dra%n near to the .reat ,rotherhood to %hich it o%es its inception& and ha"e pro"ed !or the$sel"es the truth o! the teachin( %hich it has (i"en to the$. /! our (reat 9ounder& Mada$e ,la"ats'y& %ho endured so $uch o! toil and su!!erin( that she $i(ht brin( the Li(ht to us& it $ay be said that she has seen o! the tra"ail o! her soul& and has been satis!ied. Cet it see$s to us that her cro%n should shine yet $ore (loriously * that e"en $ore o! those %ho o%e their pro(ress to her should be treadin( the Path %hich she trod. The .ate stands open as o! old# %ho %ill they be %ho shall +uali!y the$sel"es to enter?

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