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not in what it is reflected from. So also in the mental substance on which reflections are made of external substances, the reflections will not be clear unless the mental substance is clear. When a person sees so nething in an inverted way, it means there is something wrong, there is sone trouble, the mind stuff is not clear. What is this? If we can remove those in perfections in the mind stuff, the astral vision can be inade clear.
Now if we are to have true clairvoyance, this mind stuff must be made clear. There ought to be no impurities. If there are any it explains the cause of this perverted figure which is seen. Let us apply the law to the ordinary state of a man's condition !n the world. Suppose a person is asked to judge of anything, we will say an act. Something is proposed to a inan. He is told to do it ; that it is a good thing. If he has'a pure muind he will be able to judge rightly. If some other force is working on his mind, if that mind is not clear, and free from impurity, his judgment will also be of a disturbed character. If greed is working on him, he will judge it as to whether it will bring hiin any money. A11 reflections coming out from a mind which is tainted by greed, will be of that character.
If a person's mind is controlled by forces of revenge and jealousy, they will think it is useless, that it does no good to themselves, to exercise love,
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