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<p class="paracenter">THIS MYSTERY OF EXISTENCE
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Have you ever asked yourself why there is this universe at all, at least 
this earth with which we are so much concerned and which seems to us so real, so 
authentic? It would perhaps be very wise on your part if you did not! I have 
often spoken to you of Theon. He was truly a sage in his own way. People used to 
come to him and ask questions. Many asked why there was an universe. He would 
answer, &quot;But what is that to you?&quot; Some would ask, &quot;Why is the universe like 
this?&quot; To that he would say, &quot;It is what it is, how does it matter?&quot; Others 
again would remark, &quot;I do not consider the world a satisfactory affair.&quot; There, 
we begin to come more to the point. To those who find the world unsatisfactory I 
would say, &quot;Get to work, try to change it. Find a way that it may be otherwise, 
that it may be made better. Things are what they are, it is no use speculating 
over that and getting worried. Seek for the means of remedy, so that things may 
be made what they should be. Why are things what they are? Not that one cannot 
know the reason, although one may not always be sure of it. The best thing to do 
is to take whatever is as it is and try to change it towards that which it 
should be. Now the wonder of it is that if you are sincere, if you want to know 
sincerely and work sincerely, you will come to know why things are what they 
are—the cause, the origin</p>
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<p class="para">and the process, for they are all 
one. There is one truth at the base of things; if that were not there, nothing 
would be. If you seize that truth, you seize at the same time the origin of the 
creation and the means of changing it as well. In other words, if you are in 
contact with the Divine—for the Divine is that base—you are in possession of the 
key to all things, you know the why, the how and the process for change. One 
thing to do then is to start doing the thing. But you might say, it is too much, 
too difficult, too big for you—to work in the world or for the world. Well then, 
start with yourself. You are a little mass of substance, a symbol or 
representative of the universe. Let your work then be to form and fashion that 
particle. Concentrate upon it, go within—even within that little person of 
yourself you will find the long looked-for key.&quot;
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<br><p class="pageno">Page-18</p>
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