Earlier I told you that disease originated in the four following causes:

1. It is the result of blocking the free life of the soul.
2. It is caused by three influences or sources of contamination:
   1. Ancient mistakes, so-called sins and errors of the individual concerned, committed in this life or another earlier incarnation.
   2. Human taints and predispositions, inherited in common with all the rest of humanity.
   3. Planetary evil, incident to the point achieved by the planetary Logos and conditioned by planetary Karma.
3. It is conditioned by the forces emanating from the plane upon which the man's consciousness is primarily focused. [115]
4. The five major types of disease, with their allied and subsidiary effects, can and do produce results where the disciple is concerned; he is not immune until after the third initiation.