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Supplementary Monograph
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SUPREME TEMPLE, ROSICRUCIAN PARK, SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA
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E A R E HE R E H Y?
e al l know owner s of mat er i al weal t h who ar e not owned by i t, who use
i t f or t he good of t hei r f el l ow men, who under st and i t as a means of
gr eat er oppor t uni t y, and, who, as st ewar ds of God, put i t to use wher
ever t hey bel i eve i t wi l l do the gr eat est good.
I t i s t rue, too, t hat many good peopl e ar e si ck. Somet i mes t he gent l est
and sweet est woman l i ves t hr ough l ong per i ods of I l l ness. However , t here
i s some cause back of i t. Somehow, somewher e, t here has been a br oken
l aw. I t i s not necessar i l y a t r ansgr essed l aw of physi cal heal t h on
t he physi cal pl ane, but mor e l i kel y some br oken psychi cal l aw whi ch r e
f l ect s i t s ef f ect s upon t he physi cal body. She has been t r oubl ed or
gr i eved or wor r i ed; she has no compr ehensi on of psychi cal l aws, and un
f or t unat el y has to pay t he penal t y of br eaki ng t hem. She has sorr owed,
per haps, and Nat ur e demandsi n i t s pr ogr essi ve mar ch of t r i umph over
sel f f ai t h i n i t s f i nal benef i cence.
I t shoul d be r emember ed t hat r i ch or poor, si ck or wel l , exper i ences
come as l essons to the soul as t hey ar e needed. The physi cal pl ane i s
t he gr owi ng gr ound f or soul s so t hat j ust l i vi ng al ong we nat ur al l y
gr ow t her eby. As Pet er wr ot e i n a l et t er : "Lay asi de al l mal i ce, and
al l gui l e, and hypocr i si es, and envi es, and evi l speaki ngs. . . . . t hat ye
may grow, t her eby. " hen we once l ear n t hat soul gr owt h i s a ser i ous
par t of t he r eal busi ness of l i f e, we shal l be l ess casual . Gr owi ng i s
not accompl i shed by f i xi ng the at t ent i on upon t he t hi ngs of the out er
wor l d t o the excl usi on of t he i nner. One s behavi or and pur sui t s i n
t he out er l i f e need to r ef l ect and be i nf l uenced by t he gl owi ng i nner
Spi r i t . Soul gr owt h t akes pl ace as the devel opi ng i ndi vi dual i t y ad
vances, and i t i s I ncumbent upon ever yone to l ook i nwar d to per f ect the
end i n vi ew. I t i s our busi ness to f i nd how f ar we have come on the
r oad al l ar e dest i ned to t ravel . I t i s our busi ness to pr epar e f or a
f r esh st art , goi ng f or war d wi t h st rong, st eady st ri des, and cover i ng
gr eat er di st ances.
Ever y human bei ng pr oduces t he causes t hat det er mi ne hi s own set of ex
per i ences, and hi s char act er i s the out come of how he meet s t hem. The
r at e and qual i t y of the soul ' s gr owt h i s det er mi ned by t he r at e and
qual i t y of man' s physi cal , ment al , mor al , and spi r i t ual act i vi t i es. He
I s t he i ndi vi dual who bui l ds and must bui l d hi s own char act er to an
even hi gher al t i t ude; hi s obj ect shoul d be to r ai se hi msel f to t he
pur i t y and per f ect i on of Spi r i t .
The l aw of soul gr owt h l i es al ong what has been cal l ed "t he st r ai ght
and nar r ow way. " St r ai ght and nar r ow as i t may be, i t i s the onl y
pat h t hat l eads to the goal of l i f e. I t i s t he onl y one t hat can be
t r od wi t h per manent cont ent . I t i s the onl y one t hat can gi ve l ast i ng
sat i sf act i on and happi ness. I t i s t he one al one- - even at t he pr esent
t i me- - t hat can gi ve to t he t r avel l er "t he peace t hat passet h under
st andi ng. "
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COOPERATI ON WI TH GODS PLAN FOR THE EVOLUTI ON OF THE HUMAN BEI NG
We are her el i vi ng, consci ous, r esponsi bl e bei ngs. We l ook about . We
obser ve par ent s st r ai ni ng ever y ner ve to f eed, cl ot he, shel t er ,and
educat e t hei r chi l dr en- - who gr ow up, f i nd mat es, and r ear anot her f ami
l y. They, i n t urn, bend t hei r backs to t he br i ngi ng up of a new set of
of f spr i ng, who gr ow up, f i nd mat es, and have chi l dr en, and THESE i n
adul t l i f e cont i nue t he pr ocess.
What d. oes i t al l mean?
That i t i s si mpl y a wear y r ound of br i ngi ng f or t h gener at i ons to r epl en
i sh t he ear t h i s absur d I Such a concl usi on i nsul t s t he I nt el l i gence
expr essed t hr u al l nat ur e- - t he pr ocess i ncl udes somet hi ng of deeper
si gni f i cance.
I r ecent l y vi si t ed i n Cuba a f act or y i n whi ch r aw sugar i s made f r om
sugar - cane. The mammot h l i f t i ng machi nes rai sed, at a t i me, one- hal f
a car l oad of sugar - cane to t he t r ol l eys, and t hey car r i ed i t over to
i mmense r ol l er s wher e t he cane was cr ushed. I n gr eat t anks the ex
t r act ed wat er y sugar syr up was pur i f i ed. I n l ar ge boi l er s most of the
wat er was evapor at ed. I n vat s t he sugar was cr yst al l i zed out of the
t hi ck syr upmol asses. I n cent r i f ugal machi nes- - or "whi zzer s"- - "r aw
sugar " as i t i s known i n the mar ket , was separ at ed f r omt he mol asses.
Ever y pi ece of appar at us i n t he vast syst emof machi ner y I s t her e f or
one speci f i c pur pose- - t hat of f ul f i l l i ng i t s own i ndi vi dual r esponsi
bi l i t y as a par t of the one gr eat pl an- - t o make r aw sugar f r omsugar
cane .
What do we obser ve i n human l i f e? The per pet ual l y br i ngi ng f or t h of
gener at i ons- - one af t er anot her , never ceasi ng. That i s t he machi ner y
of l i f e. Man s sur r oundi ngs, hi s condi t i ons, ser ve as machi ner y f or
t he gr owt h of soul s. And the wor k to be done t hr u i t s use i s def i ni t e
l y def i ned. The machi ner y exi st s to car r y out God s pur pose- - "Hi s i n
cr easi ng pur pose. "
"Yet I doubt not t hr u t he ages one
i ncr easi ng pur pose r uns
And t he t hought s of men are wi dened
wi t h t he pr ocess of the suns. "
Ther e i s a pur pose! Ther e i s a pl an!
The Ego i s r esi dent wi t hi n the physi cal body, l i vi ng on t he physi cal
pl ane f or a pur pose. The r eal i t i es of exi st ence are not l i mi t ed to the
mat er i al - - t he mat er i al , a r eal mpl anned to gi ve scope to the soul s
act i vi t i es. And t hese act i vi t i es of mi nd and char act er come as r i gi dl y
under l aw as mat t er .
A l aw under l i es t he unf ol di ng of t he rose bud i nt o f ul l f l ower ; we r ec
ogni ze t hat . A wor mwi t hi n i t s f ol d pr event s i t s per f ect devel opment ;
we know t hat . Cruel ty, , weakness of any descr i pt i on i n t he mor al f i br e
mar t he beaut y and har moni ous devel opment of the soul . That i s equal l y
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t he l av. Nat ur e s l aw on psychi cal and spi r i t ual hei ght s i s uncompr o
mi si ng and cl ear l y poi nt s the way to God s pl an f or the evol ut i on of
Hi s human f ami l y.
The r ace evol ves onl y t hr u the advance of the i ndi vi dual . Wi t hout your
assi st ance the wor l d cannot pr ogr ess. You- - even you- - have t he power to
hol d, back f or a moment t he Di vi ne Pl an f or human evol ut i on. Your dut y
i s a doubl e oneto your sel f and to the ot her member s of soci et y. Your
f i r st r esponsi bi l i t y i s to bui l d up the one human bei ng f or whomyou
are r esponsi bl eyour sel f . You are the onl y human bei ng who can keep
your body i n t une f or i t s hi gher dut i es, who can di schar ge your i nt el
l ect ual , mor al , and spi r i t ual obl i gat i ons. I f you ar e to cooper at e
wi t h God s pi an- - i f you ar e to use your t i me, your t hought s, your ef
f or t s to f ul f i l l Hi s pur pose f or you, you wi l l of f er al l t hat you are,
dedi cat e your l i f e, consecr at e your soul to the achi evement s of Hi s
wi l l .
Cooper at i on wi t h God s pl an f or Hi s human f ami l y r equi r es t he use of
al l the f acul t i es and power s wi t h whi ch man i s endowed above t he ani mal .
Each human bei ng i s a necessar y uni t - ~si nce the pr ogr ess of the r ace i s
bui l t up f r omthe gr owt h of t he i ndi vi dual man, woman, and chi l d.
Cooper at i on i s man s part i The Pl an i s God' s.
I f- we coul d but under st and! What the Al l - Wi se want s f or us i s act ual l y
what we want f or our sel ves. I f we but knew! I f we coul d but compr e
hend how smal l the pr i ce. We ar e l ur ed i nt o by- pat hs, t hi nki ng we see
gr eat er ease and easi er pl easur es by a shor t er and l ess di f f i cul t route.
And we f i nd what we t ook f or ease- - st agnat i on or i nsi di ous r et r ogr es
si on; what we t ook f or pl easur e- - bi t t er ness. Man may vol unt ar i l y gi ve
hi s l ove or he may wi t hhol d i t. A f r eel y gi ven l ove i s t he onl y ki nd
concei vabl y val ued by our Di vi ne Fat her . I f we r ef use, we cut our
sel ves of f f r omt he r ewar ds and suf f er f r ombr oken l aw. And i n the
end we are f or ced to r et ur n to the mai n way. Ther e i s but one way
t he r oad upon whi ch we conf or mto t he Law of Gr owt h.
"The hi ghest pr oduct , man, i s the r esul t of the spi r i t wor ki ng i nt el
l i gent l y wi t hi n. But man at t ai ns hi s hi ghest , and becomes per f ect onl y
t hr u hi s own vol unt ar y cooper at i on wi t h t he Spi r i t . "
Al l t hi s book cont ai ns up to now l eads to one quest i on. We may wel l
shut our sel ves away i n the si l ence of t he cl oset to pr ay f or gui dance,
f or upon our answer r est s our f ut ur e- - our happi ness- - our wel l - bei ng.
Upon our answer r est s t he degr ee of our gr owt h and of our evol ut i on
as human bei ngs.
Shal l we or shal l we not vol unt ar i l y cooper at e wi t h God f or the evol u
t i on of t he human r ace?
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