All things

in the universe move

from the subtle to the manifest

and back again. Whether the form

is that of a star or a person,

the process is

the same.

First, the subtle energy exists. Next,

it becomes manifest and takes on life.

After a time, the life passes away,

but the subtle energy goes on,

either returning to the subtle realm,

where it remains, or once again

attaching to manifest things.

The character

of your existence

is determined by the energies

to which you connect yourself. If

you attach yourself to gross energies—

loving this person, hating that clan,

rejecting one experience or

habitually indulging in another—

then you will lead a series of

heavy, attached lives.

This can go on for

a very long and

tedious time.

The way of

the integral being

is to join with higher things.

By holding to that which is refined

and subtle, she traverses refined and

subtle realms. If she enters the

world, she does so lightly,

without attachment.