Book Title: Study in Karma
Author(s): Annie Besant
Publisher: Theosophist Office Adyar

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________________ 58 A STUDY IN KARMA meditation is only deliberate and persevering thought, aimed at a specific object, and hence is a potent karmic cause. By using knowledge and thought to modify character, you can bring about very quickly a desired result. If you were born a coward, you can think yourself brave; if you were horn dishonest, you can think yourself honest ; if you were born untruthful, you can think yourself truthful: Have confidence in yourself and in the law. There is another point we must not forget. Concrete thought finds its natural realisation in action, and if you do not act out a thought, then by reaction you weaken the thought. Strenuous action along the line of the thinking must follow the thought, otherwise progress will be slow. Realise, then, that while you cannot now help the character with which you were born, while it is a fact which must profoundly influence your

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