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[[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] · pp. 1-7 | [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] · pp. 1-7 | ||
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Occultism is not the acquirement of powers, whether psychic or intellectual, though both are its servants. Neither is occultism the pursuit of happiness, as men understand the word; for the first step is sacrifice, the second, renunciation.}} | |||
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{{Style P-Title small caps|level=3|1=[[Collins M. - Comments on Light on the Path|Comments on “Light on the Path”]]}} | {{Style P-Title small caps|level=3|1=[[Collins M. - Comments on Light on the Path|Comments on “Light on the Path”]]}} | ||
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[[Keightley, Archibald|A. Keightley]] · pp. 97-101 | [[Keightley, Archibald|A. Keightley]] · pp. 97-101 | ||
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[[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] · pp. 109-119 | [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] · pp. 109-119 | ||
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[[Collins, Mabel|Mabel Collins]] · pp. 123-133 | [[Collins, Mabel|Mabel Collins]] · pp. 123-133 | ||
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{{Style P-Title small caps|level=3|plain=yes|1=Desire Made Pure}} | |||
When desire is for the purely abstract – when it has lost all trace or tinge of “self” – then it has become pure. | |||
The first step towards this purity is to kill out the desire for the things of matter, since these ''can'' only be enjoyed by the separated personality. | |||
The second is to cease from desiring for oneself even such abstractions as power, knowledge, love, happiness, or fame; for they are but selfishness after all. | |||
Life itself teaches these lessons; for all such objects of desire are found Dead Sea fruit in the moment of attainment. This much we learn from experience. Intuitive perception seizes on the ''positive'' truth that satisfaction is attainable only in the infinite; the will makes that conviction an actual fact of consciousness, till at last all desire is centred on the Eternal. | |||
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[[Massey, Gerald|G. Massey]] · pp. 135-138 | [[Massey, Gerald|G. Massey]] · pp. 135-138 | ||
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In ''Light'', for September 10th, there is a letter from Dr. Wyld, who writes as follows: | |||
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