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15. Difference in stage is the cause of difference 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. SUTRA FIFTEEN DIFFERENCE IN STAGE IS THE CAUSE OF DIFFERENCE 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
pecies, the family to which it belongs, with its relation to all plants, to all life, to Life itself. So in any day, we see events and circumstances; we also see in it the lesson set for the soul by the Eternal. 14. Every object has its characteristics which are already quiescent, those which are active, and those which are not yet definable. Every object has characteristics belonging to its past, its present and its future. In a fir tree, for example, there are the stumps or scars of dead branches, which once represented its foremost growth; there are the branches with their needles spread out to the air; there are the buds at the end of each branch and twig, which carry the still closely packed needles which are the promise of the future. In like manner, the chrysalis has, as its past, the caterpillar; as its future, the butterfly. The man has, in his past, the animal; in his future, the angel. Both are visible even now in his face. So with all things, for all things change and grow. E ALSO SEE IN IT THE SPECIES THE FAMILY TO WHICH IT BELONGS WITH ITS RELATION TO ALL PLANTS TO ALL LIFE TO LIFE ITSELF SO IN ANY DAY WE SEE EVENTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES WE ALSO SEE IN IT THE LESSONS SET FOR THE SOUL BY THE ETERNAL SUTRA FOURTEEN EVERY OBJECT HAS ITS CHARACTERISTICS WHICH ARE ALREADY QUIESCENT THOSE WHICH ARE ACTIVE AND THOSE WHICH ARE NOT YET DEFINABLE EVERY OBJECT HAS CHARACTERISTICS BELONGING TO ITS PAST ITS PRESENT AND ITS FUTURE IN A FIR TREE FOR EXAMPLE THERE ARE THE STUMPS OR SCARS OF DEAD BRANCHES WHICH ONCE REPRESENTED ITS FOREMOST GROWTH THERE ARE THE BRANCHES WITH THEIR NEEDLES SPREAD OUT TO THE AIR THERE ARE THE BUDS AT THE END OF EACH BRANCH AND TWIG WHICH CARRY THE STILL CLOSELY PACKED NEEDLES WHICH ARE THE PROMISE OF THE FUTURE IN LIKE MANNER THE CHRYSALIS HAS AS ITS PAST THE CATERPILLAR AS ITS FUTURE THE BUTTERFLY THE MAN HAS IN HIS PAST THE ANIMAL IN HIS FUTURE THE ANGEL BOTH ARE VISIBLE EVEN NOW IN HIS FACE SO WITH ALL THINGS FOR ALL THINGS CHANGE AND GROW
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