The Mahdi Times The Mahdi Times Issue #26 January 2015 | Page 136

The majority of people are
more or less the slaves of
heredity, environment etc and
manifest very little Freedom.
They are swayed by the
opinions, customs and
thoughts of the outside world
and also by their emotions,
feelings, moods, etc.
They manifest no Mastery,
worthy of the name.
They indignantly repudiate
this assertion saying, "Why, I
certainly am free to act and do
as I please, I do just what I
want to do", but they fail to
explain whence arise the "want
to" and "as I please."
What makes them "want to" do
one thing in preference to
another, what makes them
"please" to do this and not do
that? Is there no "because" to
their "pleasing" and
"Wanting"?
The Master can change these
"pleases" and "wants" into
others at the opposite end of
the mental pole. He is able to
"Will to will," instead of to will
because some feeling, mood,
emotion, or environmental
suggestion arouses a tendency
or desire within him so to do.
The majority of people are
carried along like the falling

stone, obedient to
environment, outside
influences and internal moods,
desires etc, not to speak of the
desires and wills of others
stronger than themselves,
heredity, environment and
suggestion, carrying them
along without resistance on
their part, or the exercise of
the Will. Moved like the pawns
on the checkerboard of life,
they play their parts and are
laid aside after the game is
over. But the Masters, knowing
the rules of the game, rise
above the plane of material
life and placing themselves in
touch with the higher powers
of their nature, dominate their
own moods, characters,
qualities and polarity, as well
as the environment
surrounding them and thus
become Movers in the game,
instead of Pawns-Causes
instead of Effects.
The Masters do not escape the
Causation of the higher
planes, but fall in with the
higher laws and thus master
circumstances on the lower
plane. They thus form a
conscious part of the Law,
instead of being mere blind
instruments.