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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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