Study in Karma

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

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A STUDY IN KARMA
which he is not fit to fill;" he does not realise that Jones has to learn a lesson which he himself has already mastered, and that he himself would not be evolving further by repeating over again that which he has already done. In a similar situation, the knower of karma will quietly study his surroundings, will realise that he would gain nothing by doing that which it would be easy for him to do, that which he has already done well in the past and will address himself contentedly to the uncongenial work, seeking to understand what it has to teach him, and resolutely setting himself to learn the new lesson.
OUR KITH AND KIN
So also with an ego who finds himself entangled with family responsibilities and duties, when he would fain spring forward to answer a call