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of rebirth, of the continuity of life, how Life is
all one, that a .spark of Divine Fire reigns in
each one of us.

I questioned the problems of life, why one
appears to have all suffering and a ct hard lot"
and another a soft bed and everything apparent-
ly made easy for him. The Divine Wisdom
knows no injustice, only inevitable, unchanging
law, the same for all, no favourites, no good or
bad chance, no (t luck," good or ill, just a law—
as a man sows so shall he reap—no getting
away from it, no bribes at the gate, no tipping
will evade the law; as he has sown so he must
reap, a, sure and certain consequence not to be
carried out in one life but possibly in many; a law
which can never be evaded, for the hour must
strike when the debt of Karma must be paid,

In the early part of his life when man had
just individualised, he did not know these laws
and he heaped up many debts almost, if not
wholly, unconsciously, as a young man may be
foolish in his youth on the physical plane and
waste his youth in frivolous or riotous living
and even pile up debts in more ways than one.
In one sense, it is the same and payment must
be made in either case. It is a good law, we
are all under it, no need for the questionings of
why ill-health? Why deformed bodies ? Why