Those who seek to advance themselves through the science and art which Soul development offers must of necessity familiarize themselves thoroughly with the laws underlying and governing the method of procedure. Vibrations operate in every department of life and on every plane of the universe. There can be neither life nor manifestation of any kind without the activity of vibrations. At the moment we are concerned more especially with the laws which govern thought vibration in its relation to Soul development and all that this embraces.

Every thought, every desire, every act creates or sets into motion certain vibrations. Mind is the creator of thought. The body manifests that thought by means of action. The manifestation naturally harmonizes with the ideal or spirit of the thought, be this good or bad; that is, constructive or destructive.

The laws governing here, like the laws of nature and those of the spirit or Soul, are impartial, impersonal and absolute in their operation. These laws cannot be catalogued as either good or bad, but their functioning admits of two distinct phases of manifestation: their expression is in one or the other of two opposites. To state the idea differently, these laws are directed in one or the other of two channels governed by the spirit or nature of thought or desire.

Man designates these active manifestations of vibrations as good or evil, beneficent or destructive, in accordance with the effect both on the thinker and in the world of action. The direction of the channel through which the vibrations manifest determines the result of the activity, whether constructive or the reverse.

In reality, there are only two avenues through which life manifests itself. On all planes of being, life is limited to the two channels of expression, each of which admits of an almost infinite variety of shade and tint, of tone and color degree and type.

Thus is wisely provided relief from monotony and room for stimulus. When all shades and gradations of thought and feeling are subjected to analysis, they are found to represent one of two phases - either love and good will or hatred and maliciousness.

Love and her handmaiden, service, reflect the general attitude of mind back of all healthful, constructive, positive, stimulating, cheering, hopeful types of mental action. Malice and the "dog-in-the-manger" attitude in some shade of degree pervades all negative, destructive, poisonous, gloomy, despondent, heavy, foreboding types of thought. To the one class belong optimism and good cheer; to the other, pessimism and gloom, with its depressing influence. The one is constructive and upbuilding; the other, destructive and disintegrating.

The type of thought determines the character of its vibration. All vibration indicates action by means of a wave-like circulatory movement. The vibratory law necessitates a return wave to the source whence the impetus originated. The outgoing wave and return wave are features of every vibration, regardless of character. The return wave is the reactionary influence of thought or deed.

Vibrations vary in both quality and rapidity. Some are light, pure, refined, ethereal in their nature and rapid of movement, while others are coarse, heavy, dull and somber, and sluggish, clogging, tortuous movement.

Those characterized by refinement, brightness, lightness and rapidity originate in love and kindness. The heavy, sluggish, clogging, poisonous vibrations are the result of thoughts of hate and malice.

Vibratory forces are dual in their effects: First, they profoundly influence the individual in whose mind the thoughts or feelings originate. Secondly, they may leave permanent impressions upon others.

In a general way, those who are reached by the thought wave or vibratory force may (we again use that term) be affected by this thought atmosphere or aura, but only if: (a) they entertain the same type of thoughts or feelings, or (b) if they are negative and therefore open to such influences. It is possible for such persons to be affected in a very positive manner.

The remedy against this evil influence is: (a) to be free from such tendencies, and (b) close the mind, by an effort of the Will (strongly Willing), against any such forces or influences; thus they will not find lodgment in the mind and being.

The most marked impression of such thoughts and the resultant vibrations are upon the person who originates and harbors them.

Upon the creator of the evil thought, or the originator of equally undesirable desires, the influence is twofold: he is immediately impressed by the thought or desire as it enters the mind, and, again, by the return or reaction of these thoughts and desires. Biblically stated:

"Man reaps as he sows."

It is comparable to holding a most poisonous snake to your own bosom.

The thoughts man thinks, the desires to which he gives birth, always return to him heavily laden with fruits of their own nature. In common parlance:

"Chickens come home to roost."

No greater truth was ever written or spoken.

Here is a more or less crude illustration of this Law. If we are actuated by thoughts and motives (feelings) of love and kindness, such an attitude will automatically and without personal effort create vibrations in harmony with the original thoughts. These vibrations will immediately permeate the entire being, enveloping it with an aura of light and life.

These positive vibrations will elevate the inner spiritual self to the level of the original vibrations. They will distribute health and strength radiations throughout the entire being and raise its activities to a higher state of life.

These vibratory waves also leave the body, and, traveling through space, contact other vibrations (form others of like nature), the contact adding to their strength, yet drawing away from them in an effort to fulfill their original mission. In the course of their existence the cycle of their activity is completed by returning to their creator. The positive, helpful vibrations return to their creators laden with life-giving, health-giving, success and happiness-bringing power. The Law being dual, it is equally true that evil thoughts and desires will act in like manner, but conversely.

If an individual directs evil thoughts toward any particular person, the vibrations set into motion will seek out and reach that individual. If the mind is receptive, if the thoughts and desires he entertains are of like nature, then he will automatically and unconsciously receive these thoughts sent to him. They will reinforce his own thoughts, doing greater evil, and the combined vibrations of evil will then return to the one first sending them out.

On the contrary, thought waves of love, kindness, hope, courage and good will create vibrations of like forces. When these vibrations leave their creator they depart on a mission of love and kindness, the nature of the original thought. On reaching those open to these thoughts, the vibrations will awaken them and be a stimulus to healthful, successful, optimistic ideas, helping them to well-being, happiness and success; then, to complete the cycle, return to their creator, bringing with them accumulated forces for good.

Vibrations created by gloomy feelings, fears, suspicions, malice and the like will be depressive and lower the health and success vibrations. The positive mind, by constructive and ennobling thoughts, can so raise its vibrations that it will dissipate and eliminate all disease and failure-producing vibrations.

It is not really necessary to specifically direct your thoughts to another. Your mental attitude, if habitual and intense, whether of good will and benevolence or resentful and malevolent toward another, creates and sets into motion vibratory waves which will find their way to the object of the thought. If such a person is of like mental attitude, these waves will find lodgment; otherwise they will return to the creator or sender heavily laden with creative or destructive power, as the case may be.

Telegraphy is patterned after man's mental activity. A generator creates the current, the operator transmitting the message. Man is within himself a complete transmitter. The mind, including the thoughts and desires, is the generator which creates the vibrations or wave currents. The desires and feelings act as the operator and send forth or release the waves. Man is at one and the same time the generator, transmitter and receiver, though this is something he seldom realizes. He sends forth, frequently unconsciously, releases - the vibrations created by his mental attitude. He receives, on there return, these vibrations, plus those released by others to which he is attuned.

The great PROTECTING LAW IS: Nothing can reach man to which he is not attuned by his own thoughts, feelings and desires. If man's mental attitude is negative, passive, indifferent or despondent, his whole being is in a perfect state to receive heavy, sluggish, depressing vibrations from others and be governed by them. If man is mentally positive, alert and optimistic, he will receive only invigorating, refined, elevating thought vibrations. These will be registered on his entire being and be an incentive to action in harmony with these positive vibratory forces received.

All this is comparable to the radio, which is only able to receive waves to which it is properly attuned. The radio receives these waves whether they be harmonious, as, for instance, a great opera; or inharmonious, such as a crime report.

An understanding of the Laws of Vibration in relation to thought, desire, and more especially, feeling, will do much toward developing an incentive toward the cultivation of normal, wholesome, elevating thought habits. This understanding becomes an urge and stimulus toward making every effort to strengthen the Will power to resist giving way to low thoughts which create low or disease and failure-creating vibrations. Once you understand the cycles or vibrations, you will quickly recognize that the thought attitude is largely a matter of habit, which in turn may become Will power, or desire, crystallized into a definite tendency.

If Will power has unconsciously lapsed into a negative, indifferent attitude concerning the affairs of life and action, with the thoughts drifting into undesirable and depressing channels, there is every reason for exerting strenuous, positive, persistent effort to improve this mental laxity, which really amounts to an illness or disease.

The development of a correct, wholesome, creative, constructive thought activity is a factor of the utmost importance in the study and practice of the Arcane; in the effort toward Soul development and the attainment of Soul Consciousness. Even a mediocre understanding of the Laws of vibration will readily explain why so much stress is laid on the necessity of cultivating healthy thinking and a masterful Will.

It will also be recognized by such a study that the legitimate function of Will power is so to control and guide the thought avenues of activity to attract only good to oneself and others.

It must be recognized that while our kindly thought forces have a wholesome effect upon others, their reaction doubly benefits us. Au contraire, if out mental activity is harmful to others, it is thrice destructive to us if we are guilty of such activity.

If we are thoroughly convinced of the harmfulness of all undesirable thoughts, first upon oneself and then upon others, then we have taken a long step toward self-mastery. This leads us to a comprehension of the absolute necessity of consciously making every effort to cultivate only habits of positive, healthful, elevating and constructive thoughts.

The absolute fact that the greatest force and influence of all thought is felt by the thinker himself cannot be too often repeated. The thinker experiences, perhaps unconsciously, both the immediate effect and the reactionary results. The entire system of the thinker is at all times permeated by the vibratory forces of his mental attitude. Sooner or later he REAPS THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIS THINKING AS THESE THOUGHT WAVES RETURN TO THEIR ORIGINATOR. "The sower of wheat shall [WILL] reap a harvest of wheat, while he who sows tares will reap as he has sown.

Those who are governed by the strong habit of unwholesome thoughts and mental impressions must awaken to this fact and call a halt to the destructive habits. They must become convinced of the harmful influence their destructive thoughts and feelings have on their physical health, and in their reaction on the mental alertness, and consequently, on all affairs of life, irrespective of what these may be. Unkind thoughts, even though justified, ill-will, censure of the acts of others; prejudgment, depressive moods, a sense of self-injury and self-condemnation, even though this last be justified, fill the individual with heavy vibrations and depress the entire being to an unhealthy condition, which, if continued, brings illness and failure. Physical vitality is lowered, normal functioning of the body becomes impossible; mental vision is beclouded and wise judgment is interfered with. In truth and fact, the entire organism - mind, body spirit and the Soul itself - is literally poisoned by such a negative, non-constructive mental attitude. The immediate influence is always harmful; the reactionary effects - the return wave of the vibratory forces created - are doubly injurious and destructive.

A knowledge and understanding of the harmfulness of unconstructive thinking should arouse everyone to a determined and persistent effort to overcome the habit itself and all tendency toward negative thoughts.

A full understanding of the Laws of Vibration places and almost unlimited power into your hands and offers you a multitude of new opportunities for good. Such a power is a two-edged sword. To pervert this knowledge to unholy or selfish use, regardless of the welfare of others, is often a great temptation and must be rigorously avoided.

The mere knowledge of the penalty brought about by the reaction of such selfishness should prevent us from any attempt to misuse this or any other Godly or Spiritual power.

To insure our safety against danger, it is necessary to establish in our consciousness the conviction that all life is interwoven and interdependent. Mankind is one family. There is a link that binds together all the members of the household. What truly uplifts and benefits one tends to do likewise for all others.

Whatever has a tendency to work detriment or injury to another will surely reflect harmfully upon the one originating and harboring the evil. To establish a desire for the well-being of all, a longing for the highest good of the mass, will insure discretion in making definite use of thought power. Our intention or motive is the feature that gives color and character to the thought and determines its effect. In cultivating the qualities of a powerful Soul we must recognize the unity and the solidarity(1) of life, and also have supreme regard for the Law of Love and Service to all mankind. Each must do his duty in every respect and render just compensation for every benefit which the vibratory laws grant.
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(1) See FAMA of Dr. Savoire, vol. 3, Book of Rosicruciæ, p. 269
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The Law of vibration has led many astray and these in turn have taught erroneous ideas. Too many have foolishly concluded that sheer mental force and power of Will alone could be so directed to do one's bidding, regardless of personal effort which must be in harmony with the creative law and irrespective of the price of attainment.

In the first bright flashes of a new view of truth it is natural to form hasty conclusions. Many have fancied that by simply directing mental energy and by setting thought waves into vibration they could obtain whatever they desired, even without making full and just returns for value received(2). It may be possible in a few instances to do this, but it is by no means advisable. Such feats call for abnormal training and an unfair and illegitimate use of the Law of Attraction. Such an endeavor is a violation of nature's law of justice, which demands giving in order to receive, and none can defy the law without suffering the full penalty.
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(2) The Law of Life is: Exchange. We must give in order to receive. If we accept, we must return in like value, whether this be in substance or service.
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The reactionary effect of thought identifies itself with the Law of Justice, frequently termed the Law of Compensation. It is nature's method of equalizing her forces and maintaining equilibrium(3).
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(3) Throughout the ages almost every man's effort has been an attempt to sidestep this Law, with the result that many have succeded only in being destroyed by it.
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The rebound of our thoughts and deeds is the impartial, impersonal functioning of nature's Law may be directed by man to bring temporal personal advantage to himself and resultant harm to others. The automatic and unpreventable reactionary operation of the law itself rebounds to the injury of him who by his foolish or malicious intent determined the channel in which the law should function.

The principle, "As a man soweth, so shall he reap,"(4) applies here as in every department of life. No one, irrespective of his shrewdness, can escape, for, by the automatic, impersonal functioning of her own laws, nature keeps strict account and renders justice according to man's desserts. Many of the things that come to man as misfortunes and disasters are to be accounted for in this light.
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(4) This is the LAW OF ALL LAWS. Thought, desire and feeling are governed by it. That which we send out returns laden with itself.
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It is wiser to allow our attention to dwell upon the happier aspect of the law. It should be remembered that there are likewise reactionary effects of good thoughts, noble desires and worthy deeds. This is evidence of the impersonal functioning of this same Law of Justice or Law of Compensation. Many of the fortunate surprises in life, as well as the desirable conditions frequently termed "good luck," are to be attributed to the unerring operation of the impartial law of "cause and effect."

It is wholesome, legitimate and God-ordained to desire success, congenial surroundings and the beautiful, refining influences of life. Such longings are in themselves neither harmful nor selfish; they are commendable and elevating. If an individual's motives and purposes are to seek advantages for the betterment and the enjoyment of others as well as himself, if he seeks self-improvement for the sake of enabling him to render better service to other, then he may justly expect the vibratory power of thought to work in his favor.

To this end man must cultivate habits of constructiveness: wholesome, positive, cheerful thoughts. He must seek to establish in his nature the inclination to think kindly of others; judging the acts of his fellow man with compassion and humility. Wholesome thought and qualities of goodness and kindness become a power in his character, lasting and accumulative.

His own ennobled thought atmosphere generates a "wall of fire" which serves as a protection against all evil; against all vibrations of a negative and malicious nature not found within himself. Vibrations of hope, courage, good will and kindness permeate his own organism and are success-inspiring and health-creating.

These tend to attract and to accumulate other vibrations of like character. They become a magnetic and inspiring influence in the lives of others; while they return to him, freighted with many blessings.

Thus by forming habits of wholesome, constructive thinking, which is intensified continually by return waves of similar vibrations, an accumulation of constructive forces becomes centered in his being. His mind a mighty generator that instinctively, spontaneously creates and transmits messages of health and strength to others. His receiving instrument is attuned to register only healthful, constructive, creative radiations from the universal storehouse of force and energy.

A Soul powerful in the radiation of positive thought and the performance of noble, though possibly unknown, deeds, instinctively attracts within its radius Souls of like character. A combination, or an accumulation, of constructive forces naturally results; such is the coterie of those composing the Circle who have contracted a relationship with the Hierarchies.

These Souls in their unity become so potent that they will draw all needful things within their radius, though they would not, except in extreme emergencies, and for the moment only, attempt to do this without returning full and overflowing measure for all they had received.

Thoughts, powerful in constructive tendencies, and at the same time light, fine, ethereal, penetrating in quality, and of a high rate of vibration, compel slow, heavy, destructive forces to give way. They dissipate and dispel these influences. They transmute the undesirable into the exalted and constructive. Crimes and malicious tendencies decrease. Under the impetus of such thoughts, general interest is aroused in elevating and universally profitable pursuits.

A period in which such thoughts dominate becomes known as an age of reconstruction. It constitutes a revolution toward higher and better things. It is a process of evolution to a higher plane. Happily, we are rapidly approaching such a period.

In such manner and in such times, the Hierarchies are enabled to perform their work. Thus, after a period of general stagnation and lack of individual honor, does the world advance to higher stages of development. Constructive forces always labor for righteousness, though their influence is often retarded for long periods. Steadily, however, and very slowly, through the ages, are the powers of darkness and negation forced to give way.

Destructive and deteriorating conditions will diminish in proportion as constructive forces operate through the channels of wisdom, love and goodness of heart. Cooperation will take the place of strife, bloodshed and warfare. Labor under safe and sanitary conditions will become general and the laborer on his part will return full value for compensation received.

Physical health, strength and vigor will become prevalent. Wholesome pleasures and stimulating recreation, widely practiced, will relieve lethargy and the strain of health-giving toil. Exalting music will again become the rule; replacing the discordant, passion-stirring jazz.

The theaters and moving picture shows will no longer serve as vehicles for the mind and Soul-degrading filth of the present but will become centers for wholesome and constructive entertainment. Not only will men refuse to be slaves to others who hold temporal power and authority over them, but they will cease to be slaves to themselves and their passions and desires, and as a result, gain freedom from all undesirable things.

The desires of the carnal, sensual self, will be transmuted into that which furnishes the necessary strength and energy to pursue worthwhile endeavors. Peace and self-satisfaction will follow the surrender of self-aggrandizement and the exploitation of others. These and other desirable conditions will prevail as the multitudes become acquainted with the power of constructive thought, and become imbued with a desire to live in harmony with the laws of vibration and their beneficial manifestations.

These considerations should stimulate an incentive in everyone to become master of his or her own thought kingdom, and to identify the self with the mighty wave of constructive forces so readily at hand. The Infinite, in creating man in His own image, endowed him with power to hold supremacy over his own domain and over potencies and creatures destined to be subject to him. Untold possibilities are open to those who are determined to cooperate with the vibratory law of enlightened construction and who express that determination in ACTION.

ALL THAT IS, BEGAN IN THOUGHT. ALL THAT IS TO BE, WILL BE THE RESULT OF THOUGHT, IF THOUGHT IS FOLLOWED BY DESIRE; THE DESIRE GIVING BIRTH TO THE NECESSARY CONSTRUCTIVE ACTION.
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