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The teaching of the East is, that all these are true powers overlaid by false desires; that though in manifestation psychical, they are in essence spiritual; that the psychical man is the veil and prophecy of the spiritual man. THE TEACHING OF THE EAST IS THAT ALL THESE ARE TRUE POWERS OVERLAID BY FALSE DESIRES THAT THOUGH IN MANIFESTATION PSYCHICAL THEY ARE IN ESSENCE THAT THE PSYCHICAL MAN IS THE VEIL AND PROPHECY OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN
ial bodies of ours. In reality, we have gone far indeed from pure physical life; for ages, our life has been psychical, we have been centred and immersed in the psychic nature. Some of the schools of India say that the psychic nature is, as it were, a looking-glass, wherein are mirrored the things seen by the physical eyes, and heard by the physical ears. But this is a magic mirror; the images remain, and take a certain life of their own. Thus within the psychic realm of our life there grows up an imaged world wherein we dwell; a world of the images of things seen and heard, and therefore a world of memories; a world also of hopes and desires, of fears and regrets. Mental life grows up among these images, built on a measuring and comparing, on the massing of images together into general ideas; on the abstraction of new notions and images from these; till a new world is built up within, full of desires and hates, ambition, envy, longing, speculation, curiosity, self-will, self-interest. ELY PHYSICAL LIFE IN THESE MATERIAL BODIES OF OURS IN REALITY WE HAVE GONE FAR INDEED FROM PURE PHYSICAL LIFE FOR AGES OUR LIFE HAS BEEN PSYCHICAL WE HAVE BEEN CENTRED AND IMMERSED IN THE PSYCHIC NATURE SOME OF THE SCHOOLS OF INDIA SAY THAT THE PSYCHIC NATURE IS AS IT WERE A LOOKING GLASS WHEREIN ARE MIRRORED THE THINGS SEEN BY THE PHYSICAL EYES AND HEARD BY THE PHYSICAL EARS BUT THIS IS A MAGIC MIRROR THE IMAGES REMAIN AND TAKE A CERTAIN LIFE OF THEIR OWN THUS WITHIN THE PSYCHIC REALM OF OUR LIFE THERE GROWS UP AN IMAGED WORLD WHEREIN WE DWELL A WORLD OF THE IMAGES OF THINGS SEEN AND HEARD AND THEREFORE A WORLD OF MEMORIES A WORLD ALSO OF HOPES AND DESIRES OF FEARS AND REGRETS MENTAL LIFE GROWS UP AMONG THESE IMAGES BUILT ON A MEASURING AND COMPARING ON THE MASSING OF IMAGES TOGETHER INTO GENERAL IDEAS ON THE ABSTRACTION OF NEW NOTIONS AND IMAGES FROM THESE TILL A NEW WORLD IS BUILT UP WITHIN FULL OF DESIRES AND HATES AMBITION ENVY LONGING SPECULATION CURIOSITY SELF WILL SELF INTEREST
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