Daily Meditation: Monday, May 4, 1998

We must rid ourselves of those philosophies that limit us …

05/04/1998

We must rid ourselves of those philosophies that limit us by encouraging us to develop only a small part of our potential, because such philosophies lead to weakness and inadequacy. The only authentic philosophy for humankind is that which takes the whole being into consideration. Why mutilate human beings? On the physical plane they must be robust, supple, and strong; on the astral plane their hearts must be full of love and goodness; and on the mental plane they must possess a luminous and penetrating intellect to understand the laws of the universe and of life. But this is not all. While the universities hold up to the entire world their ideal of scholarship, erudition, and of becoming a specialist in such-and-such a field, the ideal of initiatic science does not stop there. Its aim is to lead human beings higher still, so they may develop faculties superior to those of the mental body: faculties of the causal body – the higher intellect, the buddhic body – the higher heart, and the atmic body – the higher will, for these will give them extraordinary possibilities for wisdom, love, and power.