440 ROSICRUCIANCOSMO-CONCEPTION
there are always truths ahead of him that he knows to be
truths, but which he is not yet advanced sufficiently to
investigate.
The pupil will do well to remember that nothing that is
not logical can exist in the universe and that logic is the
surest guide in all the Worlds, but he must not forget that his
faculties are limited and that more than his own powers of
logical reasoning may be needed to solve a given problem,
although it may, nevertheless, be susceptible of full
explanation, but by lines of reasoning which are beyond the
capacity of the pupil at that stage of his development.
Another point that must be borne in mind is that unwavering
confidence in the teacher is absolutely necessary.
The foregoing is recommended to the particular
consideration of all who intend taking the first steps toward
the higher knowledge. If the directions given are followed at
all, they must be given full credence as an efficacious means
to accomplish their purpose. To follow them in a half-
hearted manner would be of no avail whatever. Unbelief will
kill the fairest flower ever produced by the spirit.
Work on the different bodies of man is carried on
synchronously. One body cannot be influenced without
affecting the others, but the principal work may be done on
any one of them.
If strict attention is paid to hygiene and diet, the dense
body is the one principally affected, but at the same time
there is also an effect on the vital body and the desire body
for, as purer and better materials are built into the dense
body, the particles are enveloped in purer planetary ether
and desire-stuff also, therefore the planetary parts of the
vital and desire bodies become purer. If attention is paid to
food and hygiene only, the personal vital and desire bodies