conceive of the glories that are prepared for those who love the Lord (Law). The higher Law of Understanding is always a lamp to his feet, the wonderful senses of our physical body are linked with the wisdom of the universe; and through these, the higher consciousness leads, directs and inspires the human heart.
Sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell,–these together form the life line for the whole human race. Blest indeed is he who, turning inward for his light, finds that intensified union of all these senses which can lead him fearlessly along the sharpest precipices of life. Then thrice blessed is he when, turning into the world around him, he can use these to help humanity on to higher mastery of its environment and itself.
This consciousness attained by taking the Short Cut–makes for physical, mental, and emotional everlasting efficiency. Those who bring it to bear upon human conditions heal themselves and others, they change their environment and turn a lamp to the feet of the struggling, they help all to get health, wealth, love and success, not tomorrow nor next year but here and now. These are the real magicians, but men unthinkingly call them financiers, builders, promoters, et cetera. Their thoughts, wished out into form, make a fit place for the weaker multitude to live in and they are always the humanitarians, giving their life for the world.
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