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For us, spiritual reading means a communing with the recorded teachings of the Masters of wisdom, whereby we read ourselves into the Master's mind, just as through his music one can enter into the mind and soul of the master musician. FOR US SPIRITUAL READING MEANS A COMMUNING WITH THE RECORDED TEACHINGS OF THE MASTERS OF WISDOM WHEREBY WE READ OURSELVES INTO THE MASTER'S MIND JUST AS THROUGH HIS MUSIC ONE CAN ENTER INTO THE MIND AND SOUL OF THE MASTER MUSICIAN
hose which dwell in the higher vestures. There must be, first, purity; as the blood must be pure, before one can attain to physical health. But absence of impurity is not in itself enough, else would many nerveless ascetics of the cloisters rank as high saints. There is needed, further, a positive fire of the will; a keen vital vigour for the physical powers, and something finer, purer, stronger, but of kindred essence, for the higher powers. The fire of genius is something more than a phrase, for there can be no genius without the celestial fire of the awakened spiritual will. 44. Through spiritual reading, the disciple gains communion with the divine Power on which his heart is set. Spiritual reading meant, for ancient India, something more than it does with us. It meant, first, the recital of sacred texts, which, in their very sounds, had mystical potencies; and it meant a recital of texts which were divinely emanated, and held in themselves the living, potent essence of the divine. SICAL POWERS AND OF THOSE WHICH DWELL IN THE HIGHER VESTURES THERE MUST BE FIRST PURITY AS THE BLOOD MUST BE PURE BEFORE ONE CAN ATTAIN TO PHYSICAL HEALTH BUT THE ABSENCE OF IMPURITY IS NOT IN ITSELF ENOUGH ELSE WOULD MANY NERVELESS ASCETICS OF THE CLOISTERS RANK AS HIGH SAINTS THERE IS NEEDED FURTHER A POSITIVE FIRE OF THE WILL A KEEN VITAL VIGOR FOR THE PHYSICAL POWERS AND SOMETHING FINER PURER STRONGER BUT OF KINDRED ESSENCE FOR THE HIGHER POWERS THE FIRE OF GENIUS IS SOMETHING MORE THAN A PHRASE FOR THERE CAN BE NO GENIUS WITHOUT THE CELESTIAL FIRE OF THE AWAKENED SPIRITUAL WILL SUTRA FORTY FOUR THROUGH SPIRITUAL READING THE DISCIPLE GAINS COMMUNION WITH THE DIVINE POWER ON WHICH HIS HEART IS SET SPIRITUAL READING MEANT FOR ANCIENT INDIA SOMETHING MORE THAN IT DOES WITH US IT MEANT FIRST THE RECITAL OF SACRED TEXTS WHICH IN THEIR VERY SOUNDS HAD MYSTICAL POTENCIES AND IT MEANT A RECITAL OF TEXTS WHICH WERE DIVINELY EMANATED HELD IN THEMSELVES THE LIVING POTENT ESSENCE OF THE DIVINE
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