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THOUGHT-FORMS
astral and mental matter—not only those ordered
successions of sounds which we call music. Some day,
perhaps, the forms built by those other less euphonious
sounds may be pictured for us, though they are beyond
the scope of this treatise ; meantime, those who feel an
interest in them may read an account of them in the
little book on The Hidden Side of Things}
It is well for us ever to bear in mind that there is a
hidden side to life—that each act and word and thought
has its consequence in the unseen world which is always
so near to us, and that usually these unseen results are
of infinitely greater importance than those which are
visible to all upon the physical plane. The wise man,
knowing this, orders his life accordingly, and takes
account of the whole of the world in which he lives, and
not of the outer husk of it only. Thus he saves himself
an infinity of trouble, and makes his life not only happier
but far more useful to his fellow-men. But to do this
implies knowledge—that knowledge which is power;
and in our Western world such knowledge is practically
obtainable only through the literature of Theosophy.
To exist is not enough ; we desire to live intelligently.
But to live we must know, and to know we must study ;
and here is a vast field open before us, if we will only
enter upon it and gather thence the fruits of enlighten-
ment. Let us, then, waste no more time in the dark
dungeons of ignorance, but come forth boldly into the
glorious sunshine of that divine wisdom which in these
modern days men call Theosophy.
1 By C. W. Leadbeater.
PRINTED BY NEILL AND CO., LTD., EDINBURGH.
THOUGHT-FORMS
astral and mental matter—not only those ordered
successions of sounds which we call music. Some day,
perhaps, the forms built by those other less euphonious
sounds may be pictured for us, though they are beyond
the scope of this treatise ; meantime, those who feel an
interest in them may read an account of them in the
little book on The Hidden Side of Things}
It is well for us ever to bear in mind that there is a
hidden side to life—that each act and word and thought
has its consequence in the unseen world which is always
so near to us, and that usually these unseen results are
of infinitely greater importance than those which are
visible to all upon the physical plane. The wise man,
knowing this, orders his life accordingly, and takes
account of the whole of the world in which he lives, and
not of the outer husk of it only. Thus he saves himself
an infinity of trouble, and makes his life not only happier
but far more useful to his fellow-men. But to do this
implies knowledge—that knowledge which is power;
and in our Western world such knowledge is practically
obtainable only through the literature of Theosophy.
To exist is not enough ; we desire to live intelligently.
But to live we must know, and to know we must study ;
and here is a vast field open before us, if we will only
enter upon it and gather thence the fruits of enlighten-
ment. Let us, then, waste no more time in the dark
dungeons of ignorance, but come forth boldly into the
glorious sunshine of that divine wisdom which in these
modern days men call Theosophy.
1 By C. W. Leadbeater.
PRINTED BY NEILL AND CO., LTD., EDINBURGH.