The spiritual life

The Future that AwaitsUs.^279

opportunities upon that plane to-day, foreven

now comfortmaybebrought tothe souls that

gothitherhelpless,hurried into that regionfull

of fear; their terrors may be soothed, their

mindsenlightened,andinthefuturethisblessed

work will lie open to mankind for all who

reachthesehigherpossibilitiesofmanalongthe

Imeofcompassion.

Anotherblessingthatwillcometotheworld,

workingdown from the astral to the physial

plane,willbealongthelineoftheeducationof

thechildren. Howwill education bechanged

whentheastralsensesareawakened,when the

mindsofchildrenlieopenbeforetheirparentsand

teachers,whentheircharactersareplainlylimned

incolourand form astheyareto astralvision,

whenalltheir eviltendenciesarerecognised in

the germ in childhood and are starved, while

all the good are helped andstrengthened, en-

couragedtotheblossoming! Theeducationof

childrenin thefuture-which,afterall,isnotso

faraway-willbeonethatwillmaketheirpro-

gress a thousandfold swifter thanit is to-day.

What might not be done for the children of

thepresent, if theywere trained bythose who

possess astralvision-if all seeds of vice were

starved,if all seeds of good were encouraged

intoblossoming? Insteadofseeingthemgrow