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thoughts we permit to cherish and nourish these 

 how long " the day of the flesh " shall endure! 



Further, 'tis said: 'The Giver of all know- 

 ledge, the great Teacher of the Universe, there- 

 fore withholds knowledge till the time of maturity 

 arrives " Yes; but we hasten or retard that time 

 by every thought and act I To know the respon- 

 sibility is to know the penalty for disregarding it. 

 Evasion is utterly impossible. Here is the safe- 

 guard against misuse of power. 



In the Upanishads we read that the human body 

 made by the gods (Sephiroth) is the divine lute; 

 that made by man himself is an imitation of it. 

 The fingers of the divine lute correspond with the 

 strings of the man-made; and we tighten or loosen 

 them, we tune them to harmony or leave them to 

 jangle ourselves. Discords are self-made. 



Remember that the individual key and color de- 

 pend upon the predominant sheaths, or Principles. 

 While the strongest influence upon this is the com- 

 position of the Prdnic currents at the hour of birth 

 (that is, the exact hue or tint of the Hierarchy rul- 

 ing the moment; the Tattvic state of the currents 

 in the Hierarchy and flowing thence determining 

 this), you have learned that the dominant thoughts 

 of the mind and the consequent activities of the 

 life have an overwhelming influence in modifying 

 and changing these. There is no evil which has 

 not its opposite good, and every key can be trans- 



