How To Use the Master-Key 51Dresser wrote prophetically: ;<
The law of theChrist is the law of organic perfection, the
Christspirit made social is the supreme triumph of allthe powers of
evolution."Spiritual thought must descend as a balm tocleanse and
to heal the wounds of crime. Notthe common vulgar crimes of
ignorance or of ungovernablepassion which education combats; butthe
far more dangerous ones more heinous inthe sight of God, more fatal
to the soul ! thedeliberate, cold-blooded crimes of Satanically
immoralintellects which have sacrificed all humanwelfare and
National prosperity to selfish personalgreed and ambition. All
human moralitiesPage 28The Law of the Rhythmic Breath - E. A.
Fletcher.txtmelt away before such aims. But they can neitheraffect
nor withstand the force of the stupendousmoral wave circling round
our sphere.It is man himself who must ameliorate the
presentdeplorable conditions ; he created them createdall
wickedness, all crime and misery, throughwrong thinking prompting
evil doing. There isno wickedness in the lower kingdoms ; and
throughthe power of right-thinking man must lift the racefrom its
present state of wretchedness and suffering.He must change
conditions. Every humanbeing, no matter how isolated the life, can
aid thecause by right thinking. It is the quality of ourthinking
that through the Tattvas we draw tous makes us what we are, and
upon which all52 The Law of the Rhythmic Breathour influence
depends. Dedicate your daily lifeto high ideals, and in this
training of self-controland self-knowledge your soul will increase
in sensitiveintuition to all promptings from the creativeresources
of the Spirit which are infinite.Horatio Dresser, than whom none
has aidedmore in the cult of spiritual thought, says:" Deep within
every human soul there is a dormantintuition which, if it be
quickened, will guideus as unerringly as the instinct of the dove,
to ourhome in God " (Power of Silence) . That " quickening" can be
obtained only when we listenfor our soul's commands. This is
difficult in thehurly-burly of life till we have made our
mindssensitive to the soul's lightest whisper by wooing itin silent
concentration.Remember that we thus raise the Tattvas to asubtle
plane, which means increasing activity,vastly increased velocity.
This higher rate of vibrationsincreases the power of the soul to
manifestits control over the mind, in fact, puts the twoen rapport
as nothing else can. The strengthwhich the mind thus gains is
shared by every nerveand externalized in the increased vigor and
vitalityof the body. Existence should be made a joy.Only thus can
any soul manifest its highest powers.And to this end the daily life
as far as it is underpersonal control, should be ordered with
harmonyand restraint. Moderation in eating is importantHow To Use
the Master-Key 53and the purer the foods the substances
furnished
