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her own hands an easy and absolutely certain means of controlling the energies of her children and directing them into whatever channel of activity she mary elect. It is axiomatic that knowledge is power,' and 'know thyself' is a time-honoured injunction to mankind. Combining them, it may be truly said that to know thyself is the certain means of obtaining power and dominion over others."
· This is precisely what the Yogis say, and is exactly what is meant by the symbology of the ‘Fall' in the book of Genesis. According to the former, all power including that of controlling death, disease and destiny comes to him who brings his little ego (i.e., the objective mind) under his control, and establishes himself in the beatific state of samadhi (trance of Self-realization); and according to the latter it is the sentinel of the 'flaming sword which turns in every direction' that stands between man and Life'more abundant and full.' Immortality is to be obtained by him who overpowers this sentinel and reaches the Tree of Life, and immortality, includes all powers.
Religion summed up the entire subject ages before the dawn of modern civilization, and sent it to the World, from time to time, now in the form of the symbology of the “Fall," again in the condensed truism, “That thou art," and yet again through the lips of Mahavira, Zaroaster, Moses, Jesus, and others. Different teachers have used different words, indeed, but the sense and substance have always been the same, whenever and wherever the utterances have proceeded forth from the lips of the truly illumined sages; for religion is neither a sect, nor a scripture, nor, indeed, anything other than Truth itself; and, although the books that contain its teachings may not be very
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