On Some Difficulties of the
Inner Life.
r*TheosophicalT^ev/eu',"JHCayandJune, 1899.)EVERY one whosetshimself inearnestto
the living of the Inner Life encounters
certain obstacles at the verybeginning of the
pathwaythereto,obstacles which repeat them-
selves in the experience of each,having their
basisinthe common natureof men. Toeach
wayfarertheyseemnewandpeculiartohimself,
andhencegiverisetoafeelingof personaldis-
couragement which undermines the strength
neededfortheirsurmounting. Ifitwereunder-
stood that they form part of the common
experience of aspirants, that they are always