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Supplementary Monograph PRINYCO INU IN U. S. S. A. The subject matter of this monograph must be understood by the reader or student of same, not to be the offic official ial Rosicru cian teachings. These m onographs constitute a series of supplementary studies provided by the Rosicrucian Order, AMORC, both to members and nonmembers, because they are not the secret, prívate teachings of the Order. The object of these supplementary monographs is to broaden the mind of the student by presenting him with the writings, opinions, and dissertations of authorities in various fíelas of human enterprise and endeavor. The refo re, it is quite probable that the reader will will note at times in these supplementary monographs statements made which are inconsistent with the Ros icrucian teachings or viewpoint. Rut with the the realization that they are meremerely supplementary and that the Rosicrucian Organization is not endorsing or condoning them, one must take them merely for theirir prima facie valué. Througho ut the supplementary series the authors or transíators of the subject will be given due credit whenever we have knowledge of their identity.
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APPLYI NG ROSI CRUCI AN PRI NCI PI ES TO DAI LY LI VI NG By Thor Ki i mal eht o, Past Gr and Mast er, AMORC Your l i f e can be i mmensel y si mpl i f i ed i f you ut i l i ze ever y pr i nci pi e at ever y oppor t uni t y t hat pr esent s i t sel f . For exampl e, l et us say t hat some gr eat want exi st s i n your l i f e. Suppose t hat par t of your unhappi ness i s due to r esent ment and a t endency t o sel f - pi t y. I f you woul d take t he poi nt of vi ew t hat your ef f or t s must event ual l y be cr owned wi t h success, and t hat t her e ar e good and suf f i ci ent r easons f or t he del ay, much of t he pai n woul d di sappear . Thi s change i n at t i t ude raakes t he si t uat i on easi er to endur e and the pr obl em easi er to handl e. I f you can er ase the r esent ment and t he sel f - pi t y, you wi l l become mor e cheer f ul and mor e agr eeabl e. Peopl e, t her eupon, wi l l f eel mor e comf or t abl e i n your pr esence. I f you suf f er f r equent l y f r om acci dent s and mi shaps, you have set goi ng a negat i ve, des t r uct i ve wave of i nf l uence. The onl y way to combat t hi s i s t hr ough concent r at i ng on har mony f or a f ew days. Vr i t e t he wor d on a car d. Pl ace i t i n your pur se. Pl ace i t on your desk. Pl ace i t on your dr essi ng mi r r or or where you can see i t. Let t he t hought si nk i nt o your i nner most consci ousness and become par t of your nat ur al f eel i ng and awar eness; t he negat i ve vi br at i ons wi l l be t r ansmut ed i nt o posi t i ve, and t he mi shaps wi l l cease. I f you suf f er f r equent l y f r om col ds, f ever s, and i l l ness, be pat i ent . Fi r st , you must not be al ar med. Fear i nt ensi f i es a condi t i on. Second, you must know t hat nat ur e heal s . Nat ure can t ake car e of most of our ai l ment s pr ovi ded we do not put obst acl es i n her pat h. Anal yze your habi t s. Do you obser ve t he mi ni mum essent i al s of heal t h? Ar e you r egul ar i n your physi cal habi t s? Do you have a r easonabl e amount of f r esh ai r , sunshi ne, exer ci se, r aw f ood, veget a bl es, and wat er ? Do you have suf f i ci ent r el axat i on and sl eep? I s your syst em cl ean? I s your bl ood st r eam pur é? I f you can answer i n t he af f i r mat i ve, you have not hi ng to f ear f r om any condi t i on. You can t hr ow pr act i cal l y ever yt hi ng of f pr ovi ded you go t o bed when you f eel i l l so t hat the heal i ng f or ces of t he body can concént r at e on t hei r t ask. Ever yt hi ng i n nat ur e i s r el at i vo t o cause and ef f ect , and we ver y of t en suf f er f r om negat i ve ef f ect s of whi ch we our sel ves have cr eat ed t he cause. My exper i ence i s t hat he who si ncer el y t r i es t o l i ve the Rosi cr uci an l i f e, who tr i es to do hi s dut y to t he best of hi s abi l i t y, and who tr i es to be a channel f or cosmi c f or ces i s gi ven t he vi t al i t y he needs to do hi s work. Unai ded nat ur e can never gi ve a man t he amount of st r engt h that t he Cosmi c awakens i n hi m t hr ough the Rosi cr u ci an t r ai ni ng and t he Rosi cr uci an l i f e. Ther e ar e hi dden st or es of ener gy i n ever y human bei ng. I t may t ake sever al year s bef or e t he r esul t s ar e appar ent . These r esul t s, however , ar e an absol ut e, demonst r abl e f act. Anyone who i s pat i ent and per si st ent , who endur es t he t est s and t r i ái s of l i f e t hat accompany ever y st ep of t he way, wi l l
f i nd when he reaches t he hi gher Degr ees t hat r egener at i on i s an absol ut e f act. Even bef or e t hi s degr ee of devel opment i s at t ai ned, t he exer ci ses and pr i nci pi es wi l l st r engt hen t he vi si ón, over come f at i gue and headaches, hel p thr ow of f col ds, and g. ener al l y st r engt hen the body. Appl yi ng Rosi cr uci an pr i nci pi es, however , does not mean negl ect i ng or i gnor i ng the human needs of t he body, whi ch i s t he Templ e of t he Soul . I t does not mean i gnor i ng r est per i ods or vacat i ons. Rest i s bot h a di vi ne pr i nci pi e and a pr i nci pi e of nat ur e. The syst ol e and t he di as t ol e of t he hear t ar e al t er nat i ng per i ods of act i vi t y and r est . The Bi bl e t el l s us t hat t he sevent h day of t he per i od of cr eat i on was a r est per i od. I n emer genci es st r ange t hi ngs do happen, but t he l aw of emer genci es must not r epl ace t he or der l y movement of l i f e. Anot her r esul t of t he exer ci ses i s a r emar kabl e st r engt heni ng of the abi l i t y to concént r at e. One sor or wr i t es t hat she has been abl e to become ut t er l y obl i vi ous of noi se and di st r act i ons. No mat t er how many guest s she may have to ent er t ai n, she can ment al l y make her pl ans f or t he day and t he week. I n a noi sy l unchr oom, wi t h t he r adi o goi ng f ul l bl ast , she can peacef ul l y r ead a book or an ar t i cl e. Anot her sor or t el l s t hat even as a young gi r l i t was di f f i cul t f or her to si t up l at e. I f she want ed to f eel t hor oughl y r est ed i n the morni ng, she had to go to bed at ni ne o' cl ock. Af t er sever al year s of t he Rosi cr uci an wor k she f i nds t hat t he des i ré to go to sl eep at ni ne has l ef t her . Consequent l y, her day i s l onger and more enj oyabl e. At ni ne o ’ cl ock she can r el ax, r ead or st udy, or do what ever el se she wi shes. Onl y peopl e who have suf f er ed f r om l i mi t ed vi t al i t y know what a boon i t i s to be abl e to at t end a l ee t ur e or to go t o a concer t . She al so st at es t hat her movement s have become much mor e r api d so t hat she i s abl e t o accompl i sh mor e i n t he same amount of t i me. She i s abl e to compl et e her househol d t asks bef or e noon so t hat t her e i s pl ent y of t i me and ener gy f or communi t y and soci al act i vi t i es, and st udy. Previ ousl y, af t er a st r enuous mor ni ng of housewor k, she had to r est sever al hour s i n t he af t er noon. Now her st r engt h i s undi mi ni shed, and when her home dut i es are compl et ed, she can st ar t a new eyel e of act i vi t y. I s i t not unusual f or a woman of f or t y to f i nd her body f unct i oni ng mor e smoot hl y and her physi cal movement s becomi ng mor e r api d? To l i ve t he Rosi cr uci an l i f e, to become a channel f or cosmi c f or ces and pur poses, i s t o put onesel f i n al i gnment wi t h t he gr eat cosmi c st r eams of ener gy and power. As t he years go by, as t he Rosi cr uci an l i f e becomes habi t ual , one achi eves a sense of per f ect secur i ty, a f eel i ng of bei ng at home i n the worl d. Tasks come whi ch you can do. Peopl e come who need what you have to gi ve. Oppor t uni t i es come such as you r equi r e. Changes occur , the pur pose of whi ch i s to i ni t i at e one i nt o a new t ype or f i el d of act i vi t y. To t he aver age i ndi vi dual , changes ar e per pl exi ng and conf usi ng. The myst i c st udent knows t hat t hey ar e pur posef ul and to be wel comed. The Rosi cr uci an st udent l i ves i n t he NOW and concent r at es on t he t ask near est at hand. He r eal i zes t he i mport ance of TODAY as no aver age i ndi vi dual poss i bl y can, and he r eal i zes the si gni f i cance of even t he most t r i vi al dut y of hi s dai l y l i f e. He t her ef or e does not wast e hi s ener gy or scat t er hi s
i nt er est s. He has f ound hi s cent er , and ever y t ask, ever y i nt er est t akes i t s pl ace ar ound t hat cent er . Most peopl e wast e t i me and ener gy wor r yi ng about whet her t hey have t aken t he r i ght cour se of act i on and whet her some ot her cour se mi ght not have pr oved mor e successf ul . The Rosi cr uci an st udent knows t hat ever y bi t of exper i ence i s val uabl e. What ever he l ear ns about l i f e, about peopl e, and about condi t i ons i s bound to pr ove val uabl e and hel pf ul . The smal l est j ob has i t s pur pose and can pr ove t o be a st eppi ng- st one to somet hi ng bet t er. No j ob i s i nsi gni f i cant . Any cór ner may pr ove to be a f ul cr um to move the worl d. Wal t Whi t man st udi ed l i f e i n t he busses and on t he br i dges of New Yor k. J ohn Masef i el d, t he poet l aur eat e of Engl and, di d not scor n to sweep a barr oom i n Yonker s. Eugene O’Nei l l , t he wel l - known dr amat i st , was a hand on a t r amp st eamer . Anot her sour ce of i r r i t at i on i n dai l y l i f e i s our emot i onal r eact i on t o t he t act l ess r emar ks and act i ons of peopl e. As Rosi cr uci ans, we l ear n to l ook upon peopl e as chi l dr en of a l arger growt h. We r eal i ze t hat i noppor t une r emar ks and cl umsy act i ons are the r esul t s of a l i mi t ed under st andi ng and emot i onal i nadequaci es. We no l onger t ake per sonal of f ense. We r eal i ze t hat i t i s chi l dr en who speak, who know no bet t er . We ar e no l onger hurt . Rat her , we must t r y t o hel p t hem and f or gi ve them. I n a qui et and pl easant way, wi t hout r ancor or compl ai nt , we can hel p t hem change t hei r vi ewpoi nt , or over come a prej udi ce, or become l ess per sonal i n out l ook. We must wal k among men as t eacher s and hel pers, but unobt r usi vel y and sympat het i cal l y. Peopl e must open t hei r hear t s to us nat ur al l y. They must f eel t he uni ver sal l ove i n our hear t s. I n a wor l d of suf f er i ng and bl i ndness, we can br i ng under st andi ng and enl i ght enment . So many human bei ngs ar e passi ng t hr ough the Dar k Ni ght of t he Soul t hat we can have no mor e bl ess ed t ask t han to l end a hel pi ng hand to those peopl e bei ng t r i ed i n t he cr uci bl e of f i r é. We can sust ai n t hei r cour age wi t h our assi st ance. Thi nk how exhi l ar at i ng l i f e becomes when you have conquer ed worr y, when you no l onger f eel r esent ment or sel f - pi t y, when you know t hat your most i mpor t ant concer n i s the t ask near est at hand, when you know t hat t he t i me and st r engt h f or your t ask wi l l be gi ven to you, t hat what you need f or your wor k wi l l come at t he r i ght moment , t hat t he pr omi ses of t he Bi bl e ar e l i t er al l y t r ue. Thi nk how f ar your i ncome can be st r et ched, even t hough not one dol l ar woul d be added, when t hr oughout a year onl y a mi ni mum, or not hi ng at al l , has to be spent f or i l l ness. One member sai d t hat f or t he f i r st t i me i n hi s l i f e he di d not have to spend one dol l ar f or t he dent i st or doct or . The Cosmi c sust ai ns hi m who l i ves f or ot her s. Thi nk how much mor e pl easur e you can get out of l i f e when you know t hat you have a r i ght to enj oy the good t hi ngs of l i f e; t hat ascet i ci sm i s a f al se doct r i ne; t hat nat ur e, musi c, l aught er , and ar t ar e to be enj oyed. We t ake our pl ace i n t he br ot her hood of men. We of f er our ser vi ces and our t al ent s, but our per sonal l i ves ar e not meant t o be bar r en, cheer l ess, and unador ned. Nat ur e mani f est s not onl y Wi sdom but gr eat Beaut y. The mor e hi ghl y devel oped we ar e, t he mor e sensi t i ve we ar e
to t he i nspi r at i on of beaut y. We becomemore appr eci at i ve of what i s nobl e, i nspi r i ng, and beaut i f ul . The undevel oped human bei ng has l i t t l e pl easur e out si de of t he sat i sf act i on of hi s appet i t es, sees l i t t l e beaut y i n l i f e or nat ur e, and has appr eci at i on of onl y the cr udest vi r t ues i n human charact er. The devel oped human bei ng sees beaut y ever ywher e and appr eci at es a wi der ange of human qual i t i es and t ypes of per sonal i t i es. Onl y t he myst i c can appr eci at e hoi ^ beaut i f ul l i f e i s and how good G-od i s . Nat ur e becomes a l i vi ng mant l e of t he l i vi ng God. Ever y bl ossom, ever y i nsect , becomes a symbol of Di vi ne Wi sdom and Li f e Ever l ast i ng. What ever the Pat her has i s f or hi s chi l dr en i f t hey woul d f ul f i l the si mpl e r equi r ement s- - t o l i ve j oyousl y, to l ove, and to serve. What a sad spect acl e t he human r ace must make i n t he eyes of i t s Fat her - - huggi ng sel f i shl y what i t t hi nks bel ongs to i t, per mi t t i ng no one el se to get a shar e, and pi t i f ul l y cr yi ng f or mor e. The most wonder f ul gi f t t hat l i f e can gi ve one i s a gr eat cause to ser ve, nobl e al t r ui st i c soul s t o wor k wi t h and t o i nspi r e one, and a phi l osophy of l i f e t hat makes ever y day event f ul and ever y i nci dent meani ngf ul . When one has t ast ed t he j oy of servi ce, how r es t r i et ed i s t he aver age l i f e conf i ned to one l i t t l e home, and f r equent l y t o but one i ndi vi dual ! Such a l i f e i s t he seedl i ng f r om whi ch t he l ar ger l i f e i n t ur n must bl ossom. We can t r ul y say t hat onl y t he myst i c under st ands l i f e, appr eci at es what l i f e and t hi s wor l d have to of f er, and l mows what t r ue j oy i s . - - - - 0 0 0 O0 0 0 - - - I t has been a pl easur e to br i ng t hi s message to you. I si ncer el y hope t hat I wi l l have oppor t uni t y t o cont i nué your i nst r uct i on and to gui de you i nt o and t hr ough t he hi gher esot eri c t eachi ngs of t he Or der . Knowl edge i s unl i mi t ed, and whi l e you have had many of t he f unda ment al pr i nci pi es whi ch ser ve as t he f oundat i on of t he Rosi cr uci an phi l osophy, t her e i s sti l l an unl i mi t ed f i eI d of esot er i c knowl edge and appl i cat i on of t he pr i nci pi es whi ch you may have t he oppor t uni t y t o gai n. Ther ef ore, al l ow me to suggest at t hi s t i me t hat you r enew your af f i l i at i on wi t h t he Or der . Si gn your ñame, key number , and pr esent addr ess i n t he space pr ovi ded on the next page and send i t wi t h one mont h’s dues, whi ch wi l l be al l t hat i s necessar y f or you to f or war d to have f ul l pr i vi l eges of member shi p resumed i mmedi at el y. Not onl y wi l l you r ecei ve t hese hi gher i nst r uct i ons i n t he f or m of weekl y monogr aphs, but al l of t he ot her pr i vi l eges of member shi p wi l l be avai l abl e t o you f r om al l of t he depar t ment s of t he or gani zat i on, as wel l as t he mont hl y magazi ne, the Rosi cr uci an Di gest . I-lay I hear f r om you soon? Si ncer el y and f r at er nal l y, YOUR CLASS MASTER
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