Karma and Rebirth

Author(s): Christmas Humphereys
Publisher: Albemarle Street London

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CHARACTER-BUILDING proper moment for each act. On the one hand, “ drop by drop is the water-pot filled”, whether with good or evil; on the other hand, there is a rhythm in events, a “tide in the affairs of men " which all should study and use. To act and act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait and wait patiently when it is time for repose, puts man in accord with the rising and falling tides, so that, with nature and law at his back, and truth and beneficence as his beacon light, he may accomplish wonders.
Note that the beacon light is composed of truth and beneficence, understanding and compassion. The Buddha was known as the All-Enlightened One, but also as the All-Compassionate One. There can be no true love without understanding, for understanding of man's integrity gives birth to that benevolence and beneficence which comes with a vision of That. On the other hand, there can be no true understanding without love. The mind knows more and more about the objects of its survey. Love knows. Thercafter life is sacred and one's brother is oneself. “He who looks into the pupil of his brother's eye sees himself; he who secs the Self in all and all in the Self-he will not injure the Self by the Self.” Or to return once more to The Voice of the Silence : Thou shalt not separate thy being from Being and the rest, but merge the Ocean in the drop, the drop within the Occan. So shalt thou be in full accord with all that lives, bear love to men as though they were thy brother-pupils, disciples of one Teacher, the sons of one sweet mother. In brief, he who applies the Law to daily life will find that so far from being cold, or leading to heartlessness, the Law of Harmony and Justice is equally the Law of Love. Changing Values
An understanding of the Law leads to a greater understanding of our own and others' suffering. Great events are seen as of
1 Practical Occultism, H. P. Blavatsky.
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