You are not your body. You are the sum of all your actions, and they live on after your body dies. You may be mortal, but your brand is eternal.

We must not listen to those who advise us 'being men to think human thoughts, and being mortal to think mortal thoughts' but must put on immortality as much as possible and strain every nerve to live according to that best part of us, which, being small in bulk, yet much more in its power and honour surpasses all else.

practice saying to every harsh appearance,1 You are an appearance, and in no manner what you appear to be.

Do not see yourself as a body of clay, see yourself as a mirror reflecting the divine beauty.

You are still yourself in everything except your appearance. You've still got your own mind and your own brain and your own voice, and thank goodness for that.

YOU ARE SUCH
THAT BESIDES THIS (PHYSICAL) BODY
YOU HAVE ANOTHER (ASTRAL) BODY.
DO NOT THEREFORE BE AFRAID
OF GETTING OUT
OF THE MORTAL FRAME.

This is to be mortal, And seek the things beyond mortality.

Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.

Be that self that one is

But man is a person in the unity of his body and his spirit. The body can never be reduced to mere matter…The

Remember that every man is a variation of yourself

Continually remind yourself that you are a mortal being, and someday will die.

You are but an appearance, and not absolutely the thing you appear to be.

Know then that the body is merely a garment. Go seek the wearer, not the cloak.