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He who knows the seed, knows the seed pod or ear it has come from, and the plant that is to come from it. HE WHO KNOWS THE SEED KNOWS THE SEED POD OR EAR HAS COME FROM AND THE PLANT THAT IS TO COME FROM IT
lopment. This but amplifies what has just been said. The first stage is the sapling, the caterpillar, the animal. The second stage is the growing tree, the chrysalis, the man. The third is the splendid pine, the butterfly, the angel. Difference of stage is the cause of difference of development. So it is among men, and among the races of men. 16. Through perfectly concentrated Meditation on the three stages of development comes a knowledge of past and future. We have taken our illustrations from natural science, because, since every true discovery in natural science is a divination of a law in nature, attained through a flash of genius, such discoveries really represent acts of spiritual perception, acts of perception by the spiritual man, even though they are generally not so recognized. So we may once more use the same illustration. Perfectly concentrated Meditation, perfect insight into the chrysalis, reveals the caterpillar that it has been, the butterfly that it is destined to be. IFFERENCE IN DEVELOPMENT THIS BUT AMPLIFIES WHAT HAS JUST BEEN SAID THE FIRST STAGE IS THE SAPLING THE CATERPILLAR THE ANIMAL THE SECOND STAGE IS THE GROWING TREE THE CHRYSALIS THE MAN THE THIRD IS THE SPLENDID PINE THE BUTTERFLY THE ANGEL DIFFERENCE OF STAGE IS THE CAUSE OF DIFFERENCE OF DEVELOPMENT SO IT IS AMONG MEN AND AMONG THE RACES OF MEN PETRA SIXTEEN THROUGH PERFECTLY CONCENTRATED MEDITATION ON THE THREE STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT COMES A KNOWLEDGE OF PAST AND FUTURE WE HAVE TAKEN OUR ILLUSTRATIONS FROM NATURAL SCIENCE BECAUSE SINCE EVERY TRUE DISCOVERY IN NATURAL SCIENCE IS A DIVIDATION OF A LAW IN NATURE ATTAINED THROUGH A FLASH OF GENIUS SUCH DISCOVERIES REALLY REPRESENT ACTS OF SPIRITUAL PERCEPTION ACTS OF PERCEPTION BY THE SPIRITUAL MAN EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE GENERALLY NOT SO RECOGNIZED SO WE MAY ONCE MORE USE THE SAME ILLUSTRATION PERFECTLY CONCENTRATED MEDITATION PERFECT INSIGHT INTO THE CHRYSALIS REVEALS THE CATERPILLAR THAT IT HAS BEEN THE BUTTERFLY THAT IT IS DESTINED TO BE
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