To exchange a present seeming advantage to the physical environment, for a
future and permanent satisfaction of the soul is the prerogative of the
wise--the soul that has discovered itself and its mission.
In all organisms below the scale of the human, there is a constant growth
in complexity of organism, with specialization of functions.
When we come to this last-mentioned stage of human development, we find
that there is no more specialization in the way of development of the
physical functions. Instead, there is a determined effort at perfecting
the higher functions, through the gradations of consciousness, until the
spiritual consciousness of the individual entity has been awakened.
Then, indeed, has been awakened the "divine man" and the path to
immortality is henceforth comparatively short, although by no means strewn
with roses, judged from the limited standard of Relativity.
A man's karma simply and mathematically, proves the direction of his former
desires. Karma does not punish or reward, as is frequently imagined.
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