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and elevation of his habitual thoughts and aims. 



Ignoble thoughts, selfish, jealous, or passionate 

 thoughts, or the stings of deadly hatred, enter 

 only the centers where like thoughts hold sway. 

 So he who indulges such polluting, discordant 

 thoughts draws added incentive to his own evil 

 thinking, while heaping on fuel to that of his fel- 

 lows. It is through the medium of astral matter 

 that all our thoughts vibrate. They take form 

 there instantly and change with the utmost rapid- 

 ity, seeking always their affinity or pursuing the 

 direction in which they are consciously sent. 

 Every unselfish emotion purifies all the vibrations 

 as pure air clears a smoky atmosphere. Loving 

 thoughts help all the region through which they 

 pass. 



You see there are thought-forms just as there 

 are tone- and voice-forms. Mrs. Besant puts this 

 very strongly, and says thoughts may be angels 

 or devils, and man is held responsible [not by a 

 vengeful God but by Law] for their creation. 

 And she gives this comforting thought: " Many 

 a mother's loving prayers go to hover round her 

 son as angel-forms, turning aside from him evil in- 

 fluences that perchance his own thoughts are at- 

 tracting " (Ancient Wisdom, pp. 77-81). 



Not only does all our real and lasting happiness 

 here depend upon the use we make of our thought- 

 power; but exactly in the proportion that we de- 



