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Even today, we can see Brahmin priests<br />
sitting on the banks of the river Ganges in India,<br />
oblivious to the terrific heat and to all sorts of<br />
flies and insects crawling over their faces and<br />
hair. These priests are trying to find a world<br />
only within themselves; attempting to escape<br />
instead of adjusting to the world with whatever<br />
illumination they have.<br />
Mystical philosophy plays an important<br />
part in world affairs. We need to realise that<br />
it is not something that will simply lift us up<br />
into a cloud. My father, Dr H Spencer Lewis,<br />
would often say: “Mysticism will lift you up into<br />
a cloud, but have your feet on the ground or you are<br />
going to come down with an awful bump.” Of the<br />
Which<br />
Are<br />
You?<br />
The Rosicrucian Beacon -- September 2006<br />
most immediate importance, is explaining the<br />
real significance of inner experience. Mystical<br />
philosophy teaches how the inner experience<br />
can be related to the mundane world of today.<br />
Every conscious thought or act has a thought<br />
behind it. So too, every true advance of humanity<br />
must have that psychic motive we term mystical<br />
experience.<br />
How often do we realise that our greatest<br />
possession is consciousness? Is it the mirror of<br />
life? One of the ancient philosophers said: “where<br />
consciousness is, we are. where consciousness is<br />
not, we are not.” But this consciousness must be<br />
polished to reflect a greater image of reality and<br />
the Cosmic.<br />
by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, SRC<br />
There are two kinds of people on earth today;<br />
Just two kinds of people, no more, I say.<br />
Not the sinner and saint, for it’s well understood,<br />
The good are half bad, and the bad are half good.<br />
Not the rich and the poor, for to rate a man’s wealth,<br />
you must first know the state of his conscience and health.<br />
Not the humble and proud, for in life’s little span,<br />
who puts on vain airs, is not counted a man.<br />
Not the happy and sad, for the swift flying years<br />
Bring each man his laughter and each man his tears.<br />
No; the two kinds of people on earth I mean,<br />
Are the people who lift, and the people who lean.<br />
wherever you go, you will find the earth’s masses,<br />
Are always divided in just these two classes.<br />
And oddly enough, you will find too, I ween,<br />
There’s only one lifter to twenty who lean.<br />
In which class are you? Are you easing the load,<br />
Of overtaxed lifters, who toil down the road?<br />
Or are you a leaner, who lets others share<br />
your portion of labour, and worry and care?<br />
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