June 2010 THE MASTERS AND THE PATH by C. W. Leadbeater CHAPTER III The Way to the Master: The Master's Work   The common course of life, The daily round we plod, The tasks that seem so wearisome May all be done for God.   All may of Him partake; Nothing can be so mean Which, with this tincture, for His sake, Will not grow bright and clean.   A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine. Who sweeps a room, as for His laws Makes that small action fine. *** Rev. George Herbert 1593   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------   C.W. Leadbeater was an “eminent seer and occultist, [who] writes in this book of the Perfect Men, the Masters, the ‘Men beyond mankind’, whose existence ‘is one of the most important of the many facts which Theosophy puts before us’. Drawing on his personal experiences, the experiences of others, and the teachings of the religions, the mystics and the saints, he writes about the personalities of the Masters, their homes, their work, their nature and their powers. He also describes the various stages of the Path the aspirant has to tread to reach them, from probation to acceptance as their disciples, and beyond…Leadbeater was the author of some thirty books, many pamphlets and articles.