Study in Karma

Author(s): Annie Besant
Publisher: Theosophist Office Adyar

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the sheaves of experience home; this is the Great Wheel of Evolution, so relentless when seen from the standpoint of Matter, so beauteous when seen from the standpoint of Spirit. “Life is not a cry, but a sorg."
THE PAIR OF TRIPLETS
Thus we have three factors in Spirit for the creation of karma, and three corresponding qualities in matter, and we must study these in order to make our karma that which we would have it be. We may study them in any order, but for many reasons it is convenient to take the cognitive factor first, because in that lies the power of knowledge and of choice. We can change our desires by the use of thought, we cannot change our thoughts, though we may colour them, by desire; so, in the final analysis action is set in motion by thought.