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II2
SCIENCE
and veneration for those Great Does who have already attained to Godbood by following those very vital principles of Inåna (knowledge). As the man who wishes to attain to eminence in law, as a profession, must sit at the feet of some great lawyer, siraping his own life after that of his model, so must the man, who desires to reach the summit of Perfection of Life, follow in the footsteps of those Worshipful Souls that have already attained to the supreme status of Divinity.
The following psychological changes occur in the mind which result in the acquisition of Right Faith :(i) a general loosening or weakening of the
forces of karma, (ii) clarity of intellect, (iii) the development of scientific turn of mind
that will listen to and retain the teaching
of truth, (iv) a general subsiding or quiescence of power
ful emotions, and (v) meditation or reflection on the true na.
ture of the soul. I have enumerated these steps simply to impress on your minds the inestimable value of a scientific turn of mind which comes from a proper study of natural logic, especially from an investigation of the true principles of causation of things.
Right Faith being acquired, the knowledge of the believer in Truth is at once transformed into Right
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