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THE POWER OF KARMA subject in every part and atom to vibrations, which operate universally, and that every unit of life-force in manifestation on the physical, mental, or spiritual planes, whether human, animal, vegetable, mineral, or etheric, acts and reacts on every other unit.
From this truth an infinite number of deductions can be drawn, but in this chapter I propose to confine myself to a review of the Eastem teaching known as the Law of Karma.
We have found that there are men who surpass the mass of humanity in every attribute of which they partake in common with their brothers—the mental, physical and spiritual capacities. These wonderfully developed members of the human race are known as Adepts, Yogis, or Masters.
By these the average man is made aware that he is connected with a realm of higher vibrations than those with which he is familiarthe Kingdom of "power and glory", or, as we term it, the higher planes of being. On the other hand, there are those who have not reached the average standard of development, and again, there are others who have deliberately chosen to accommodate themselves to the reception of the lower vibrations of gross matter which manifest themselves in unrestrained
