Theosophy (translated) #862942

The purpose of this book is to give a description of certain parts of the supersensible world. Those who wish to admit only the sensible world will consider such a description a vacuous product of the imagination. But those who wish to seek the paths that lead out of the world of the senses will soon come to understand that human life only acquires value and meaning if they penetrate with their gaze into another world. This penetration does not distract man, as many fear, from 'real' life. For only by this path does he learn to stand firm and secure in life. He learns to know its causes, while, if he ignores them, he gropes like a blind man through the effects. Only through knowledge of the supersensible world does sensible 'reality' acquire meaning. Therefore, this knowledge enhances, not diminishes, our capacity for life. Only he who understands life can become a truly 'practical' man.