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| done much; but, alas, he proved unequal to the task. His very success brought about his undoing. Not for us to measure his guilt. Brother XII has lost his way. We can only mourn one more soldier fallen from the ranks. Let us do so in all humility; for who knows but that it may be our turn next? Have we ourselves no weaknesses upon which the dark forces may work with deadly subtlety to our undoing? And may we not with advantage remind ourselves, in face of recurring instances of failure following initial success, that “There, but for the grace of God, go I”? And finally, what further vindication is needed for the rigorous demands of true occultism, than that the ethical standards of every chela should stand the most stringent tests? | done much; but, alas, he proved unequal to the task. His very success brought about his undoing. Not for us to measure his guilt. Brother XII has lost his way. We can only mourn one more soldier fallen from the ranks. Let us do so in all humility; for who knows but that it may be our turn next? Have we ourselves no weaknesses upon which the dark forces may work with deadly subtlety to our undoing? And may we not with advantage remind ourselves, in face of recurring instances of failure following initial success, that “There, but for the grace of God, go I”? And finally, what further vindication is needed for the rigorous demands of true occultism, than that the ethical standards of every chela should stand the most stringent tests? | ||
| “So farewell to Brother XII. And may the experience of the thousands who have come under his influence strengthen their determination to find, | “So farewell to Brother XII. And may the experience of the thousands who have come under his influence strengthen their determination to find, | ||
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| We have come now to an Era of New Birth in every phase of life. We are entering a period when old and lower forms must be renewed, and we need to learn the lesson taught us by the consideration of life and death. We may not cling to a form from which the life is departed, for it will decay and fall apart. Rather must we hold fast to the life, the principle which animated it and which still endures. At this time we must learn to stand by principles and not by personalities. Out of the materials of the mental world you are called today to create a new mental body, a form better fitted to receive and express the larger truths now made available. | We have come now to an Era of New Birth in every phase of life. We are entering a period when old and lower forms must be renewed, and we need to learn the lesson taught us by the consideration of life and death. We may not cling to a form from which the life is departed, for it will decay and fall apart. Rather must we hold fast to the life, the principle which animated it and which still endures. At this time we must learn to stand by principles and not by personalities. Out of the materials of the mental world you are called today to create a new mental body, a form better fitted to receive and express the larger truths now made available. | ||
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| —From Foundation Letters and Teachings. | —From Foundation Letters and Teachings. | ||
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