Theos-Talk Archives (September 2006 Message tt00112)

Hi Jake,

What a wonderful quote, entirely applicable to our discussion. I 
think HPB pretty much says it all, as usual. 

Thanks,

Adelasie

>  "As mankind multiplies, and 
> with it suffering - which is the natural 
> result of an increasing number of units 
> that generate it - sorrow and pain are 
> intensified.  We live in an atmosphere 
> of gloom and despair, but this is because 
> our eyes are downcast and rivetted to 
> the earth, with all its physical and 
> grossly material manifestations. If, 
> instead of that, man proceeding on his 
> life-journey looked - not heavenward, 
> which is but a figure of speech - but 
> within himself and centered his point 
> of observation on the inner man, he would 
> soon escape from the coils of the great 
> serpent of illusion.  From the cradle 
> to the grave, his life would then become 
> supportable and worth living, even in 
> its worst phases.... "
>      (from "The Origin 
> of Evil",  Lucifer, October, 1887) 
>   
>                 - jake j.