The More Thou Dost Advance, The More

The Secret Doctrine Is The Common Property Of The Countless Millions Of Men Born Under Various Climates, In Times With Which History Refuses To Deal, And To Which Esoteric Teachings Assign Dates Incompatible With The Theories Of Geology And Anthropology.

This Law -- Whether Conscious Or Unconscious --predestines Nothing And No One. It Exists From And In Eternity, Truly, For It Is Eternity Itself; And As Such, Since No Act Can Be Co-equal With Eternity, It Cannot Be Said To Act, For It Is Action Itself...karma Creates Nothing, Nor Does It Design. It Is Man Who Plans And Creates Causes, And Karmic Law Adjusts The Effects; Which Adjustment Is Not An Act, But Universal Harmony, Tending Ever To Resume Its Original Position.

The Chief Difficulty Which Prevents Men Of Science From Believing In Divine As Well As In Nature Spirits Is Their Materialism.

The Essence Of Theosophy Is The Perfect Harmonizing Of The Divine With The Human In Man, The Adjustment Of His God-like Qualities And Aspirations, And Their Sway Over The Terrestrial Or Animal Passions In Him. Kindness, Absence Of Every Ill Feeling Or Selfishness, Charity, Goodwill To All Beings, And Perfect Justice To Others As To Oneself, Are Its Chief Features. He Who Teaches Theosophy Preaches The Gospel Of Goodwill; And The Converse Of This Is True Also — He Who Preaches The Gospel Of Goodwill, Teaches Theosophy.

The World Is Not Prepared Yet To Understand The Philosophy Of Occult Sciences - Let Them Assure Themselves First Of All That There Are Beings In An Invisible World, Whether 'spirits' Of The Dead Or Elementals; And That There Are Hidden Powers In Man, Which Are Capable Of Making A God Of Him On Earth.