________________
61
enlarging capacities, strengthening weaknesses, supplying deficiencies, removing excrescences. Knowing that he becomes that on which he meditates, he deliberately and regularly. meditates on a noble ideal, for he understands why the great Christian initiate Paul bade his disciples “ think on " the things that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good report. Daily he will meditate on his ideal; daily he will strive to live it; and he will do this persistently and calmly, “ without haste, without rest”, for he knows that he is building on a sure foundation, on the rock of the eternal law. He appeals to the law; he takes refuge in the law; for such a man failure exists not; there is no power in heaven or in earth that can bar his way. During earth life he gathers his experiences, utilizing all that comes in his way; during devachan he assimilates them and plans out his future buildings.
Herein lies the value of a true theory of life, even while the theory rests on the testimony of others and not on individual knowledge. When a man accepts and partially understands the working of karma, he can at once begin this building of character, setting each stone with deliberate care, knowing that he is building for eternity. There is no longer hasty running up and pulling down, working on one plan today,
