Use your discrimination always. But the Western mind, for all its boasted progressiveness, is generally unable to know what is behind a wall unless a hole is cut through it. Others, however, can guess what is hidden when they perceive signs and sounds that are quite plain and made on purpose. That done, we may proceed to see ourselves in the way that shall bring about the best result. In consequence of the modern, Western system of education, we are apt constantly to forget the existence of the great force and value belonging to our super-sensuous consciousness.
Every act proceeds from the mind.
Beyond the mind there is no action, and therefore no Karma. The basis of every act is desire. The plane of desire, or egotism, is itself action and the matrix of every act. Karma will therefore be manifested only in harmony with the plane of desire. A person can have no attachment for what he does not think about, therefore the first step must be to fix the thought on the highest ideal.