AE in the Irish TheosophistRussell, George William
Religion
AE in the Irish Theosophist
Russell, George William
Theosophy
He has earned his rest, a deep rest, if indeed such as he cease
from labor. As for us, we may go our ways assured that the links
are unbroken. What did you think the links were? That you knew
some one who knew the Masters? Such a presence and such a Companion
would indeed be an aid, a link. But I think where ever there is
belief in our transcendent being, in justice, our spiritual unity
and destiny, wherever there is brotherhood, there are unseen ties,
links, shining cords, influx from and unbroken communication with
the divine. So much we have in our own natures, not enough to
perfect us in the mysteries, but always enough to light our path,
to show us our next step, to give us strength for duty. We should
not always look outside for aid, remembering that some time we must
be able to stand alone. Let us not deny our own deeper being, our
obscured glory. That we accepted these truths, even as intuitions
which we were unable intellectually to justify, is proof that there
is that within us which has been initiate in the past, which lives
in and knows well what in the shadowy world is but a hope. There
is part of ourselves whose progress we do not comprehend. There
are deeds done in unremembered dream, and a deeper meditation in
the further unrecorded silences of slumber. Downward from sphere
to sphere the Immortal works its way into the flesh, and the soul
has adventures in dream whose resultant wisdom is not lost because
memory is lacking here. Yet enough has been said to give us the hint,
the clue to trace backwards the streams of force to their fount.
We wake in some dawn and there is morning also in our hearts, a love,
a fiery vigor, a magnetic sweetness in the blood. Could we track
to its source this invigorating power, we might perhaps find that
as we fell asleep some olden memory had awakened in the soul, or
the Master had called it forth, or it was transformed by the wizard
power of Self and went forth to seek the Holy Place. Whether we
have here a guide, or whether we have not, one thing is certain,
that behind and within the "Father worketh hitherto." A warrior
fights for us. Our thoughts tip the arrows of his quiver. He wings
them with flame and impels them with the Holy Breath. They will
not fail if we think clear. What matters it if in the mist we do
not see where they strike. Still they are of avail. After a time
the mists will arise and show a clear field; the shining powers
will salute us as victors.
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