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PREFACE

BATHE, O disciple, thy thirsty

dew

soul in the

says Faust.

How

dawn,"
are we, beof

nighted, struggling through the

dank rushes of miasmic swamps,

or treading the dead leaves in
the dark forest

bathe

we

in

the

how are we

dew

of

dawn

have reached the

to

until

"open"

where the dawn can penetrate ?

Or how, ere that dawn begins to
5

whiten, can

by the

we

guide our steps

from the

light that shines

mountain-tops where the beacon

fires

were

andasons

lighted, ages

ago, by the elder brothers of the

race

We
al

have caught an occasion-

gleam from those rare heights

when our

scanned the

sight has

where

distant horizon

earth and

heaven seem to meet, but anon

we

let

soil

beneath our

our eyes

fall

to the

feet,

muddy

and are de-

terred either by cowardice or in-

dolence from pressing forward to

scale those sun-kissed mountain-

tops

we

fall

back

notonous, vegetative
resigning

ourselves
6

into a

mo-

existence,
to

it

even

we

though

scornfully consider

it

to be only " a series of rhythmic

waves of the commonplace."

Is
spirit

it

seem so

in this

cal "

because the things of the

unreal, illusionary,

conventional and

we do

age that

not live the life?

not because

we

'

spiritual

spiritual,

practi-

not or can-

Rather

will

is

it

not permit

the natural in us to raise

to the

and so

itself

up

let

the

be seen again as the

natural?

It

not that

is

not know, that

we

we do

have not been

taught u the way, the

truth,

the life," but because

we

and

have

only analyzed metaphysical truths

intellectually,

gard them

as

have come to retheoretical

7

only,

and have

lost faith in their prac-

ticability as

nary

affairs

applied to the ordiof

The mind

life.

alone can never discern the in-

ner truths

it

can perceive them

only by the light that shines from

There comes a dark

the heart.

cloud of unfaith over the soul

that has
that

is,

taught

itself

has converted

to
its

think,

mind

into an intellectual semi-paradise

wherein

it

sits

supreme, analyz-

ing and classifying the fragments

cast

of
it

upon

human

its

life.

shores by the sea

Calm and serene

sits there, passionless

and cold

as the surgeon's scalpel seeking

amidst the quivering nerves for

the source of

human
8

pain.

But,

sooner or

pain seizes even

later,

that stoical soul in

its

grasp and holds

there until in

all

it

relentless

man sees
nothing, knows

the great universe the

nothing,

feels

nothing,

but

the

grinding tor-

ment of the hell of suffering into

which he has plunged. What
then has

become

of the stoicism,

the analytical research, the calm

security of his self-fashioned par-

adise

The archangel

has

come

and driven that soul forth from

the

garden

of

Eden,

and the

flaming sword suffers no

go

man

to

Nothing
is left him but whatever amount
of endurance he has gained. He
has cast from him as worthless
in

and out

at will.

the only sceptre that could dispel the illusionary and evoke the

Faith

real,

that in the

Faith,

midst of torture could cry out,

"Not my
done"
ly

will,

Faith,

but

thine,

be

that could plain-

see amidst the lurid flames of

hell the

True

beckoning finger of God.

faith is

first faint

the premonition, the

perception, of spiritual

wisdom, and
into

that

it

is

transformed

wisdom when

the soul

has learned to feel as well as to

think.

To

those who, rejecting the

cold materialism that views only

the outer husk of existence, cling
to

the inner

life,

seek for the

hidden causes of things

visible,

and long to enter " the small old

path that leads to immortality,"
this little

book

offered in the

is

hope that they may find help and

encouragement in its pages. The
writer has done little more than
edit

it,

taking the material from

a note-book in

which were

re-

corded from memory a few of

the

of

utterances

known

many

to

Those who

as

have

writings of his

Teacher

Hilarion.

read

may

feel

terest in his personality,

other

an

in-

and for

such the following pen-picture

given.

Imagine a

tall,

built, athletic figure,

manly face
that

large,

is

powerfully

with a frank,

dark eyes,

from their depths seem to

emit sparks of

fire

mouth rather

large, with lips finely chiselled,

and having

in

repose a gentle,
dark

almost feminine expression

auburn

just a

touch

of gold in the

strong,
firm

wavy, with

hair,

shapely

clasp

sunlight

whose

hands,

conveys a sense of

and power; a deep,

throated voice, that yet can

purity

full-

sof-

ten to tones of tenderest pathos.

Such

is

strong
sole

the personality of this

and

great

purpose

generation

in

"common
their rights,

life

of the

championing the

soul,

the re-

is

human
cause

people,"

edy existing abuses

race,

of the

asserting

and seeking
12

whose

to

rem-

yet ever,

as a true mystic, trying to bring

all

to the recognition of the re-

alities

God

of the inner

life,

and the

within each man.

B. S.

13

CONTENTS
PAGE

Preface
i

ii

The Turning-Point of

Civilization

Learning to Live

40

in

Sensation and Contact.

iv

The Eternal Love

Pain and Sacrifice

vi

17

55

,67

....

The Power of Little Things

*5

80

.91

THE TURNING-POINT OF
CIVILIZATION

growth and developTHE

ment
our modern
of

zation

civili-

may be considered

distinct cycle,

ginnings

in

from

its

as a

first

be-

the chaotic and dis-

cordant elements of the Middle

Ages

in

Europe

now

to the culminat-

reached,

when

ing

point

the

added elements called

into

existence during centuries of in2

17

tense activity and

tireless

pro-

gress

are

passing beyond con-

trol,

and

threaten

themselves

into

resolve

to

chaos even

darker than that from which our

was evolved.

civilization

This

been the history of each

great race in the past for, hand
in hand with every effort made
has

toward so-called
gone a train of
powerful enough

civilization

that

evils

has

was

to counterbal-

ance any good, and which sooner

or later has

swamped

receiving those

the nation

benefits.

Hu-

manity, the humanity of the nine-

teenth

itury,

stands

on the

edge of an abyss which, as the

cycle draws to a close, percep18

yawns

tibly

receive

to

forces that have led

to

its

it

the

mankind

in-

present dangerous position

are coalescing and combining for

Many of

its

ultimate overthrow.

its

units are in the position of a

cripple without a crutch, blind-

folded, and

compelled to cross

over a raging torrent on a single

unstable

plank.

search has been

Scientific

the

re-

principal

factor in upbuilding the present

civilization
in

and, having begun

a revolt against the senile the-

ologies, with their nature-hating

creeds,
ing

it

trend

took an ever increas-

toward

materialism.

Science rejected the creeds of

priestcraft, but

absorbed
19

its

cant,

intellectual tyranny,

and

selfish-

Materialistic science has

ness.

done

its

work, and has done

it

well from the standpoint of those

self-interested

ones who, under

the guise of devotion to science

and humanity, have achieved

tinction,

and

laid

exclusive use

all

up for

their

dis-

own

the treasures of

earth their capacious hands could

In their arrogance they

grasp.

have unhesitatingly attacked the

very foundations of the Universe,

have

made

Faith,

Love,

and

Trust, the golden apples on the

tree

of

subjects

of wide-

ridicule

and

contempt.

the masses

who

have minis-

spread

And

life,

tered to their caprice, through

20

ignorance of their actual standing

or

motives,

real

reaping the results

and

nihilism,

God

in

atheism,
against

rebellion

man.

Promise

promise remains

unfulfilled

and

now

are

after

for

these poor, deluded enemies of

human race cannot see that

when they had reached the midthe

dle

point

of investigation they

had thrown away the very armor

and weapons necessary to

their

further advancement, the Shield

of Faith, the

Helmet of Peace,

the Breastplate of Righteousness

and the

Without

Sword
these,

demon can

of the

Spirit.

no man, angel, or

enter the

domain and wrest from

21

spiritual
its

guar-

knowledge and power,

for these weapons are far more
real, serviceable and lasting than
their prototypes on earth.
Occultism has no quarrel with
dians true

real scientific research.

pure

in heart,

fish

seeker,

To

the

the honest, unsel-

Nature opens her

wonderful eyes and permits him

to

look

touch,

into
taste

handle

to

with

organs her vast treas-

spiritual

ures of

depths,

their

and

wisdom and knowledge.

He may

not always be able to

bring them forth

for

the scorn

and scoffing of the world, but

he has seen and is satisfied. To
such and

to

those

who

have

bridged the chasm between

life

and death, between death and

and permitted many footsore

life,

pilgrims to pass over, Occultism

opens wide

But

arms.

its

would be be remiss
false

to

to

to

humanity,

pass unnoticed

and

the

were

traitors

uncounted millions

have been led by

foully inspired

false

who

promises,

ambition, into a

worship of the Golden Calf,

exceeding

in

it

the murderers of

to the cause,

souls of

duty,

ideals of truth

its

devotion

in

it

far

refinement of cru-

elty the idolatrous sacrifices dur-

ing the

literal

epoch of

Biblical

history.

Here and there

these

masses

are
23

throughout
those

who

have not permitted the

light

the spirit to be quenched,

of

who

have bravely stood the imputaof mental

tion

degeneracy,

of

extraneous growth, of a morbid

and other

intellectualism
thets of scorn,

could offer and rejected the

tists
;

and

to

double and
to

have taken

best these so-called scien-

the

rest

who

like epi-

these has fallen a

triple duty, the

duty

God, themselves and

These know

their

neighbors.

the river of

life,

that

fed by streams

of true Occultism and Christianity,

flows underneath the

still

crust of superficial

and
units

if

knowledge

they can arouse the other

to

realization
24

of

their

own

blindness

there

is

closes to

lameness,

combine forces

the

sisting

and

yet time ere the cycle

final

attacks

for re-

of the

enemies of the race, and sweep

around

the

downward

arc

of

the cycle into the serene waters

of the Golden Age.

There can

be no question but friend and

foe will be locked together in a

deadly embrace
is

its

when

the

sweep

made, but the possibility of

accomplishment and its glo-

rious

results

should inspire the

true warrior to courage

uncon-

For the real warrior

querable.
now fighting the same battle on
the

spiritual

knows

for

plane

he
25

is

of

being

Knowledge

 that
this

he can and must win

battle

of

in

or the earth

life,

be dashed into fragments that

upon other worlds piece

by piece for ages to come.

will

fall

The

separation of intuition and

virtue, of

mind and conscience of

the scientific aristocracy from the

so-called

herd,

calamity that
nation.

the

is

greatest

can overwhelm a

Justice,

mercy and love

are ignored, or are forgotten in

the turmoil of great international

struggles

worldly

the

result of

education

of

called cultured classes

a loss of sensation

perfectly indifferent

the
is

so-

simply

they

become

to

the fate

of nation or people, and so

26

the

we

must count them out

Here and

gle.

in

the strug-

there one will

cast the skin of self-gratification

aside and

come

of the people
of them

moral

filth

out on the side

but the majority

wallow

will

their

in

they are taken

until

out by the neck, or succumb to

when

they

the

inevitable

that

they can no longer defeat

find

the will of the people.

The

lives of nearly all

are, as a usual thing,

of us

concerned

with events very different from

the bloody outrages, the carnage,

rapine and feuds, of the

and

middle

centuries

present racial cycle

of

early

the

our natures

have become more self-repressed.

27

We

do not laugh

laughed
silent,

we once

our tears have become

almost

heartache

as

is

Our

spiritual.

not discernible by

more
deeply graven on our faces. As
compared to a knight of the

the casual observer, but

Middle Ages,
a

man

we now

is

think of

seated upon an office stool,

poring over a ledger, balancing

accounts, with lines of care, anxiety,

self-repressed passion, run-

ning from

angle to

soul-starved face;

an unconscious

angle of a

lending only

ear to

eternal

laws, submitting without protest

to the destiny

he

feels

creeping

upon him: paresis, paralysis, mayhap, for him charity, the streets,
;

28

the

poor-house, for

loved

his

depends upon the

efforts made by that one struggling soul in a partially developed
ones

and

all

body.

We
how

hear
of

limity

much

tradition

superficial

of the
;

but

subalas

and material be-

side the silent tragedies of the

nineteenth century, with

slums,
ing

its

city

great cathedrals, tower-

tenements

contrasts

that

may well make the angels weep.

The mysterious song of Infinite
ominous silence of the
Universal Soul, the low murLife, the

mur of

the eternities past, pres-

ent and future, roll over us in

waves

as

we

attempt to associ29

own and

ate our

the lives around

us with the eternal verities.

The heinous
perpetrated
ries

crimes that were

during past centu-

under the guise of Christi-

anity,

name

and the black magic

of

Jesus,

nearly

in the
all

of

which has been primarily caused

by the misuse of the power commonly understood as the power
of the Holy Ghost, caused a
great reaction

in

the minds of

thinking

men and women. Dur-

ing the

era of

great
race,

danger
a

that

danger which

has been averted.

wave

reaction a

confronted

happily

This was the

of materialism, which

one time seemed

30

the

liable to

at

sweep

away

Many

all faith in divinity.

minds were tainted with the poi-

and

son of unbelief,

was

Christ

the

real

under

hidden

mountain of dogma and creed.

But many choice gems were

interred from

dis-

buried past,

the

dug out of the treasures of the

ages
a

and

with

these

tremendous power;

power

that led to

of these

gems

came

and the

the discovery

of philosophy held

and
when the scale tipped once
more, another factor appeared
and this, as the future years will
the

balances

in

its

hand,

show,

will unite

two extremes

the idealism of the East and the

utilitarianism

of the
31

West.

As

North and South, united

common

cause

Spain, forgot

in

all

the

in

war with

old differences

of opinion, so the truth of the

past ages and the truth of Jesus
will

be united

cause,

Dogma

is

will

Scientific

will replace

too,

on

well as material lines.

and creed

and

common

research

scientific

spiritual as

wall,

by

them,

go

to the

Philosophy

until its time,

ended, and another,

greater, takes

Already the

its

place.

conditions

have

changed so greatly that a new

order of things must follow politically, industrially and socially.
There has come a war-cry from
the inner spheres, and it be32

hooves every soldier

in

the ranks

of humanity to gird himself for

coming

the

the great

prophesied

battle.

That

battle

that

for

ages,

this is

has been

no

real

war bethe war

thinker can doubt, the

tween black and white,

It
between good and evil.
means the overthrow of present
conditions
first

in

all

over the world,

America, then

older countries, what

them.

is

in
left

the
of

In the United States the

proportion of citizens

who

are

imbued with the ideas of reform

is sufficiently large to ensure them
a sweeping victory at the polls
if they can be united on a com-

mon
3

platform,

irrespective
33

of

minor differences of opinion. If

this can be done, and well done,
it
means that when the time
comes the man will appear who

helm and guide the

ship of state into the haven of

will take the

clear waters.

the

in

It

means an Adept

Presidential

the

chair,

downfall of capitalists, an equal

distribution of the necessaries of
life,

of

and the governmental control

great industries.

all

the equality of

It

means

man and woman,

and an equal chance for every

man,

woman

and child

ica,

and, later on,

in

new

possessions

that

added

to the

matters

not

Amerthe many
in

will

be

United States.

It

that
34

no man

suffi-

ciently great has

to the

people

appeared

yet

not

till

the hour

he appear and dem-

strikes could

wisdom and greatreality, no man is ever

onstrate his
ness.

In

great or wise of himself.

only so by comparison.
great in

the minds of

He
He

men

their

the

is

be-

cause of the combined will

those

is

of

men whose recognition of

own extremity has given

great soul his opportunity.

nation, by

opment of
ditions,

its

growth and develunits, creates

prepares the

con-

soil for

the

germination of true spiritual seed,

and thus demands of the

Law
man.

Good

a leader, a king or states-

This

spiritual seed,
35

which

is

a great soul seeking experi-

ence,

is

planted by the law with-

in that soil

created by the great

need of those lesser souls

while the soul

itself

great because of

its

the Infinite, there

and

was always

oneness with

were

certain

correlations on the physical and

mental planes that could not be

made without

raising

of those

stance

sub-

the

out of

planes

which its vehicles for manifestation must be created, and this is

accomplished by raising the keynote of

its

vibrations.

There has never been a time

in

the history of the world

each

separate

whole stood

in

nation

when

of

the

such an attitude
36

of

attention

and

expectation.

France, Russia, Germany, Eng-

and America

land
lessly

one

watching

breath-

are

another,

each well aware of the fact that

when
in his

erty

the true Warrior, clothed

armor of

and

truth, light, lib-

into the

equality, steps

arena of his own, or the Capitol

of another of these several nations,
will

of
will

the

history of the

be changed
an

eye.

sound

moment be

in the

For

"To

world

twinkling

the

trumpet

arms/' and the

struck

when

the long

prophesied universal war will be

The

declared.

hanging
hair's

in

the

nations are

all

balance, and a

breadth will turn the scale

37

Such momentous epochs have been seized by

in either direction.

the great souls of the past ages.

An opportunity is
own advance on

given for their

true evolution-

them
the nation that has given them
the opportunity by
preparing
conditions and demanding of
the law of compensation its fulary lines, and they take with

filment.
tion,

When

all

the

desola-

the sacrifice and suffering

that follow in the train of

war

are focussed on the physical and

downward

arc

passed, and

on

mental planes, the

of the cycle

is

the real plane of

that suffering
to manifest,

life

and

the fruits of

sacrifice begin

and these will return

38

with added
the

in

ing of
long,

power and potency

new cycle for the

the new humanity.
throbbing sigh

evolv-

The

from

the

heart of the great World-Mother

will then

have awakened a

new

vibration, the last expulsive pain

of her travail will have changed

the

moan

of the sufferer into a

cry of joy that a child

a

new Race,

is

born,

that will join with

the angels of heaven in singing,

" Glory to

God

in

the highest,

peace on earth, good-will to-

ward men.'

39

II

LEARNING TO LIVE

THE

eyes of this humanity are

closed as yet.

It is

only a

now

now

there,

glimmer,

here,

of the torch of truth that reaches

These glimpses

the outer world.

are priceless, and the fact that

who

there are those

catch them

shows the great advance of the

whole.
that

Once

there

having learned

are

in

the

world

teachers of Occultism, Masters

40

of

Wisdom,

there springs up in

the breast of the

man who hun-

gers for spiritual

knowledge a

fervent

come under

longing to

their personal notice, to receive

But many such

their teachings.

aspirants mistake the force gen-

erated

by the longing for the

recognition of spiritual teachers

for worthiness to
ciple.

to

become

Some have

attain

spiritual

a dis-

fancied that

wisdom

it

is

necessary to forsake the world,

renounce

all

outer activity, be-

coming

like the

Orient,

immured
his mind

forest,

mystic of
in

the

some dark

absorbed

in

vague reveries, ever seeking absorption into the Supreme.

41

Such

dreamy mysticism
of

life,

the

Western
and

in

tremes

activity

can

the

The

path

be

character of the

with

his

constant

himself

lose

whole, must

lie

in

the

wind and receive the

action,

two ex-

East, vast, imagina-

loving,
to

true

of

other

civilization the

Yogi of the
effort

one extreme

neither of these

found.

tive,

is

feverish

in

the

Westcall

to

devotion to that whole

most microscopical porThe two characters, that

of the East and that of the West,
must be fused, and the dross
burned from each.
If we are
in

its

tion.

to give a form, either to govern-

ment,

ethics

or
42

religion,

we

must become

Masters of that

form and not

trembling slaves,

its

we

fearing that

We

wrong.

doing

are

must

be

transmute and absorb

own

it

it

able

a
to

into our

essence, lay the lines and

send the force over these lines

to

and

fro

in

other words, be-

come one with it. Outer work,

work for this tortured, tried humanity, is necessary
more nefor it
cessary than many know

must

give

the

impulse

to

the

great current that on the physical

plane

is

lifting

the

world as

it

sweeps around the lowest arc of

But outer work is
the cycle.
selfish

and

useless

torch of love and

43

unless

wisdom

in

the

the

heart of each has been lighted

from the great flame, the flame

wick or oil.
The watchers of that flame blow
that burns without

it

in

certain

catch

it

whose

Many

who

directions;

those

can, that

those

torches
of us

is,

trimmed.

are

are children

yet,

grasping at imaginary flame, but

woe be

to those to

whom

it

has

been given to pass on the fire

and who may have kept it
for their

own

special

purpose,

whether they call that purpose

work for humanity or self-aggrandizement.
with those
to

become

path their

Thus

who

it

has ever been

seek ambitiously

leaders, guides

own

feet
44

on the

have never

trod, teachers of the science of

life

before they have learned the

first

elements

of right

Playing upon the

selfish

cies of their followers,

touches of

living.

tenden-

by subtile

they

flattery,

bring

them at last into abject servitude.

Even the sincere and worthy student

may become

such

false

the prey

teachers,

of

following

them until he finds, as inevitably

he must, that his aspirations have
been travestied, his inner life
desecrated.

Do

not put the treasures

of

your inmost heart into the keeping of

another

human

being,

however high they will come

back to you freighted with the
:

45

tears of those

who

you too have

as

der to

have suffered,

suffered, in

learn there

sure refuge, your

is

own

or-

only one
soul.

Yet every failure has a lesson

to teach
and even mistaken ef;

forts are

not fruitless

motive actuates
usually

happens

when

that in

a true

But

them.

any mis-

guided attempt one injures

fellows

and

to hate those

Now, one
of true

we
we

his

naturally learn

have wronged.

of the strongest tests

advance

spiritual

know one

it

is

to

loves the persons one

has injured most.

Jesus of Nazareth solved the

great riddle of spiritual progress
for

the world

in
46

his

words:

61

Her

sins

are forgiven, for she

He

loved much."

derstood

that

perfectly un-

woman who

the

had sinned through love held in

her soul the germs of a spiritual

would render absolute

love that

power

self-sacrifice, the
still in

was

to stand

the furnace until the dross

all

No
wasted.

burned away.
effort
It

view, but

good

for

is

ever

disappears from your

only to

world of causes,

fall

into

the

into the soil of

wisdom, to be watered by love

and again brought forth to bloom.
Religion

is

with the fate of

and concerns

much occupied
man after death,

too

itself

our immediate life

47

too

little

with

Learn to live

trust

God

The

for dying.

his business, the first

is

To

and

eat, drink

merry or sad,

is

not

is

latter

yours.

be

sleep, to
life.

Life

is

the intense, pulsating, vibratory

acme of knowledge, truth, love,

beauty and faith. Reach out and
breathe

your

into

it

own

soul

as a famishing

man reaches

bread to sustain

his fainting

for

body.

Self-abasement, false humility,

is

erroneously supposed by some

to

be an essentially religious

at-

Learn to merge

titude of mind.

yourself in the whole, and from

the standpoint of that whole judge

your

own

personality.

You

will

then find that personality to be

no

better,

no worse than those

48

whom

you are closely associated the varnish is spread more

thickly on the parts that seem
with

than your associates,

better

it

has not been well done on the

where you seem worse.

Could you see beneath the surface, you would find but little difference.
The Good, the Godparts

like, lies in

that

is

the law, the power,

raising the

Son of

God

from the tomb.

Do

not look too far for the

thing you are seeking most earnestly.

it

You

will generally find

The

close to you.

ing has brought

to the

very long-

This

is

due

law of supply and demand.

Uncover the
4

it.

crust of theperson49

ality

who

nearest you, the one

loves you most unselfishly, and

you will generally find it.
There are sterile bits of bleak

wilderness

almost

in

lives.

all

Sometimes we pass them in

youth, sometimes later in life
but pass them at one time or
another we all must, and with
parched lips and weary limbs.
But thanks be to God for the
oasis on the other side of each
barren stretch, and for the waters
of

life

that

for another

renew our
trial.

hour of our mortal

To
life

strength

the
the

last

mem-

ories of those terrible struggles,

battles with the

powers of dark-

ness, remain with us and pass on

50

with us into the

We

Silence.

look back on those hours with an

involuntary shiver of the heart,

we

as

think of the

sombre desunap-

olation, the isolation, the

proachable loneliness of those

where man

first

to face with his

own

great altitudes

comes face

soul and in his

mad, unreason-

ing terror of

own

its

turns about to flee

that

for

he cannot

he

is

greatness,

away and

flee

finds

from himself,

everywhere.

Material existence

is

one of

darkness, bleak darkness, thick

and cold, and shrouded by a

pall

of loneliness unutterable, through

which the
ling,

soul, the tender nurs-

blind,

helpless
51

as

little

on and on

child, totters

in

once has

of that sweet voice

it

heard

can

and

never

search

forget.

mys-

Hell, aye, hell indeed, thou

tery of

life

The

body's anguish

is

a hell, but beside the anguish

in

the hell of

the

starving

body's hell
aye, pass

it

undying as
the furnace

and there

won,

is

it

own

its

soul

'Twill pass,

must,

or the soul,

is,

would wither

of that outer

in

fire

peace, hard-

peace of the

brotherhood of souls.
fore, learn

the

joy.

will fall a

the

longing that
creates,

to wait.

great

There-

Life holds

no harder lesson.

The

soul of

man

is

like

the

soul in a tree, awaiting the death

52

that

is

to give

swaying

in

it life

branches

its

the wind,

towards heaven,

its

head

its

roots in miry

clay.

Steadily through the long

years

it

bearing

stands,

storms that sweep over

it,

the

bend-

ing toward the earth but never

breaking, waiting, always waiting the

woodman's
the

ing-lathe,

the

human

axe, the turn-

hands of

careful

in

Mas-

creator and the

ter-hand that will bring

it

to

life

harmonious rhythm; low and

passionate,

loud and inspiring,

tones

cause

nation

to

weep and arouse an army

to

that

earth-life, per-

patriotism.

In

forming

natural functions in

its

own

its

its

could the

place,
53

tree

dream of its inherent possibilities ? Are we any wiser as a rule ?

The hand of the Creator is upon
us, the loose

man

strings of our hu-

nature are being stretched

and tuned.

Now

there, in the great

here,

now

workshop we

catch a few notes from a nearly

finished instrument
ly

occasional-

an octave of melody sweeps

around

the world from

strings that

a few

have been attuned;

and the Leader of the great orchestra, the Master,

is still

ing, waiting, for the full

wait-

number

with which the paean of universal

praise

may be sounded.

54

Ill

SENSATION AND CONTACT

ONE

of the most important

rules of

Occultism

To

out sensation."

man

this is

most

is

"Kill

the ordinary

difficult

of

com-

prehension, for as a rule he rec-

ognizes the fact that to

sensation
for

all

and
there

life

means
is

kill

primarily

out

out

life,

contact

without which

sensation,

could

to

kill

be
55

no conscious-

But

ness.

in

the

above

rule,

means that identical

same motion which
connects and holds mankind to
that one rate of vibration, and
sensation

mode

of the

will not

man

let

unexplored

motion where
but

compels

tiety to

pass to those

regions
real

him

of higher
exists,

life

through

sa-

return again and again

along the same well-worn paths

he has traveled since the

nal impulse

origi-

was given by which

the vibration of his single differentiated life was started, until it

was exhausted, and the personality

sinks like a

sodden

the bottom of the stream.

leaf to

Sen-

sation should be used for devel56

opment, not abused for degenerEvery sensation should

ation.

be studied and

from

observed

an impersonal standpoint, that

man must compel

his

is,

conscious-

ness to stand aside from his or-

gans

sensation

of

each of
might

his

own

and look

at

sensations as he

those of another, had

at

he the power of such analysis.

All that

man

holds dear of plea-

sure or enjoyment has

terpart

or

its

coun-

correspondence

on

other planes of being. These are

gradually refined and purified from

the dross that

is

always associated

with the lower planes of manifestation;

and when

man

has

reached an equilibrium, an im57

personal point, the

he

lessons

has learned from his observation

of those lower forms of sensation

will

with the
rate

serve to connect him

new

radiance, the

of vibration,

new

by which a

realization of himself as

one of

the conscious creative agents or

powers of the Universe will

dawn upon him.
No weakling, no one satiated
with these lower orders of sensation,

may

lift

the veil of

and take from her hands the

to the

Temple Gates.

must take an epicure,

sis

Key

Yet

it

in

the high-

est sense of the term,

even to

realize

that

there

are

heights

beyond, ready for him to scale

58

when he shall have attained

power to make the attempt.
Many students of Mysticism
have taken

rule as a guide

this

and have only

to development,

succeeded

own

their

damming up

in

nature

currents

force that will break

when

daries
curs,

in

of

boun-

all

a severe testing oc-

and sweep them away

mad

a whirlpool of

into

passion, or

destroy the organs of sensation

in their

physical bodies.

dinary

man

or

No

woman

present day can follow

or-

of the
this rule

without grave danger, though

spirit is

Re-

possible and right.

member,

am

no license

giving

to vice in saying this

59

its

but

am

Here

pleading for natural

life.

and there,

Obelisks of

like the

the East, the Pyramids of Egypt,

stand out the

have

names of men who

the

scaled

great heights

gained through sore

paradoxical as

ure

is

it

travail

may seem,

and

great

Souls

vice

pleas-

These

versa.

have

for,

through

attainable only

pain,

for our

left,

guidance, milestones along the

path they have climbed

and on

one of these milestones

scribed, in letters of

lessness."

As long

fire,

is

in-

" Fear-

as fear can

paralyze the soul of man, struggling for higher development, so

long that soul can

ther

make no

When

progress.
60

he

furfirst

the

realizes

of those vast

fact

heights beyond,

which are strewn

with the ashes of those

vainly attempted to

who

have

scale them,

a sense of deadly fear descends

upon him
he turns

like

an avalanche, and

like a

hunted deer, and

back to those lower levels

upon which he has browsed so
flies

long that they have

become

ren to the gaze of his soul

else

he stands

on the
its

like the

or

pine tree

side of a bluff, striking

roots deeper

though

bar;

its

into

the

soil,

trunk bends and shiv-

ers with every blast of the storm.

But as he stands alone yet confident in

finds the

his

own

strength, he

storm lessening
61

little

by

little,

and peace

deep-flow-

like a

ing river will one day

his soul, filling

sciousness of

He

roll

over

him with the concreated things.

all

has taken only one step up

the ladder of

but that step

life,

has placed him

advance

far in

of his fellow-men

they can no

longer comprehend his language

or actions, and he
apart.

The

is

like

one

set

sensation of fear no

longer exists for him

its

vibra-

changed and has

" Fearlessness. "
He

tory tone has

become

has seen another of those mile-

on which is inscribed
" Action," and flinging his cloak

stones,

of purity over his shoulders, he

steps out of the

shadow

62

into the

shine of

His eyes are no

life.

longer held, he sees the light

the eyes of the

woman

and knows that

he loves,

shines from

it

the pure soul within;

ting behind

in

and put-

him the passion that

has hitherto

hindered

both

of

them, he takes her by the hand

and

says,

"We

will

next step together/

take the

The

sen-

been changed
pure love, and he has come

sation of lust has

to

face to face with his

own

soul.

For love alone can lead to the

shrine where dwells the soul of
Love seizes Contact, and
man.
knocks
verse.

at the

doors of the Uni-

Sensation responds and

throws open these doors.

63

Many would-be
deemed

it

occultists

have

incumbent upon them-

selves to decry

all

sensation,

all

emotionalism, making apparently

no

distinction

therefore

who

and they have

misled

could

many

not reconcile

such

own

intui-

teachings with their

tional
is life.

students

knowledge

that sensation

In the very effort to fol-

low where such presume to lead

incalculable harm has resulted;
for either the organs of sensation

have been temporarily atrophied,

or

an

inertia,

from

which no

ordinary sense-perception could

arouse them beyond a very limited degree,

natural

man

has ensued.
will find
64

The

a drop of

"
;

poison

the second cup of any

in

pleasure to which he

been attracted; but

may have

in that poi-

by careful search, he

son,

antidote,

find

its

the

fulfilment

sure with

" Ho,

its
all

will

and the key

of a higher plea-

corresponding pain.
ye that

suffer,

know

ye that ye suffer from yourselves

Do away
your pain

The

inner

to

with the fallacy that

is

caused by another.

self,

the ruler of each

being, recognizes the truth that

pain and weariness are as essential

to

sites

growth as are
it

their

oppo-

reaches out and strikes

a note of the great instrument

that
it

must respond discordantly

flashes out a color that cannot

5

65

harmonize

in vibration

with the

others in the aura, and a sombre

faded
a

tint is

word

apparent.

It

speaks

or gives a look to

other fragment of

itself,

some

and only

too often turns around on that

other with a false accusation, for
it

cannot always see that only

own

its

is

the

primary cause and effect of

its

own

longing for sensation

experiment.

66

IV

THE ETERNAL LOVE

THERE

may come

to us a

day when, with head pillowed upon the breast of one

we love, one that loves us, the
eyes of the soul are opened for
a

moment and we

brief

catch

a glimpse of the Eternal Love.

We

are

again.

never quite the same

We have touched a string

of the harp of love, and there

discord

in all else.

67

Perhaps

is

that

one

brief glimpse

vouchsafed us
that

enough

is

all

one

in

to

is

draw

that

life,

is

but

us out of

the beaten track of lower levels,

and

our feet on the upward

set

path that

leads to

eternal

life.

That one glimpse into the pure

and serene region of the soul
leaves us thenceforth like a child

crying
child
its

in

the wilderness

who knows

that

it

but a
has seen

Father's face, and that some-

time,

somewhere, there

is

home

and peace.

Oh,

the pity of

it

That man,

seeking,

struggling, fighting for

what he

believes to be the reali-

ties

of

life,

should close the only

door that leads

to soul-perception
68

 Imagination;

he should

that

and

grasp the soiled garments

cling to

them with

frantic energy,

entirely forgetting that the

self

is

not the garment,

unseen.

The

true

always

is

heart of the

one
you

you love best is unknown to

you take it at your own valua;

tion, attributing to

it

your high-

est perceptions of beauty, truth,

When

steadfastness and purity.

the outer form, the body,

away, the inner

self

is

laid

remains and

has suffered no change

you do

not cease loving your ideal, the

which is and always shall

be.
That soul has never declared itself to you through the
senses
still, it is the most vivid
soul,

69

of

existing

all

to

realities

the

lonely one watching the deserted

The torn and soiled

garment was not the soul, was
casket.

only the outer covering

The

loneliest, saddest

will

ever pass

some

are

mistaken

it

wore.

hours you

when, from

motive^

some

doubt, distrust, or suspicion that

you have
qualities

attributed to that soul

it

did not possess, that

you have loved only an unreal

creation of your own fancy, you
will yourself
close the door
through which you caught the
first glimpse of the one eternal
reality
true and perfect being

and

find

escaped

something has

that

from

your
70

own

soul

which you cannot regain

the

power

power

of idealizing, the

of loving.

Beauty, strength, purity, courage,

all

the qualities that inspire

love, are but symbols of the realities

of the indwelling soul

merely

sensuous

emotional

or

recognition of them, the cold

tellectual

them,

is

aspires

the

in-

appreciation accorded

Whoever

but idolatry.
to

know

their

meaning

must read with the eyes of the

imagination.
to

We

are

more apt

be misled by the glamour of

outer appearances, the semblance

of the Real, than by those
often

regard

imaginary, as

with
unreal
71

distrust

we
as

phantoms

called into being by the image-

making faculty of the soul. Love

may seem but a glamour yet,
while love may be esteemed
;

blind in this world,

light

making

it is

illumines

that
all

things

itself

all

the

worlds,

clear to the

inner sight.

A man
he

who

more

is

truly that

the eyes of the

is in

which

woman

loves him, than that which

He

he believes himself to be.

has

never deceived

mystery
spite of
in

is

that she loves

all

him, and

Father

her

the

him

in

she finds unlovable

is

therefore like the

who may

grieve over the

prodigal son, but runs to meet

him with

a kiss on
72

his

return


from
a

wanderings.

his

woman who

It is

only

can smile up into

the face of the dreaded Future

but

still

the Father's face

sublime unconcern.
insignificant

as

we

And

with

yet how

womankind appear

see them toiling and delv-

ing about their homes.

egotism
of

man

woman

love of

In

his

forgets that the love

points the

way

to the

God. For the feminine

God-head is soul.

side of the

A woman

never forgets the

path that leads to the centre of

her Being,
but

if

has truly

come

depths of his

how

man

often does;

he but whisper a word that

far

she

forth

from the

no

matter

may have

strayed

soul,

73

from the true

life,

she will re-

trace her steps along that mysterious path she has not forgotten,

and bring out of an inexhaustible

store of love a word or look as
pure as

his

own.

her soul stands, as

For
it

all

time

were, on

the threshold, awaiting the call

of another soul.

No

single action of the prin-

Love or Desire has created more discussion or been the

cause of more curiosity and imagciple of

ination, than that of the kiss be-

tween mortals. It is supposed

to be purely a human function,
but that

is

a great mistake.

indescribable
ates

the

thrill

that

whole nature
74

The

permeat

the

touch of the
is

the

first

of a loved one

lips

action of the Divine

No

Spirit-substance on matter.

physiological description, or dis-

gives
this

is it

a function of pas-

Passion seizes upon and

sion.

uses the

power

other

can grasp

it

purpose

but

it

as

is

does every

it

for

in

an attribute of passion.
esis

is

tians

use,

in

reason for

satisfactory

nor

organs

of the

section

its

own

no sense
Its

gen-

of the purest, and Chris-

should be the

last to

decry

or desecrate the term, as their

Bible

The

is

kiss

full

of allusions to

of the

first

it.

two pure

emanations begot the first-born

Son, Light; the kiss of Love and
75

Hope

begot Faith; the kiss of

Faith and
for

Hope

begot Action;

was through

it

the kiss that

Creative Fire brought

into manifestation.

and

is

all

matter

feminine,

It is

Through

of the sdul.

degeneration and desecration

has
sion

ated

it

become a function of pasbut when pure it is gener-

in the soul,

not

in

the body,

of man.

For, after
ity

the

all,

love

energizing

in real-

is

of

the uni-

versal creative force, the subtle

fire

that lurks in every

manifested
that

atom of

As an element

life.

consumes, destroys,

comes

it

be-

the fiery serpent, the de-

vouring monster of
76

human

pas-

sion.

Viewed

phase of

its

only in this lower

workings,

thing abhorrent;

but

is

it

those

let

beware who, shrinking from the

pollution of animal lust, seal their

hearts against love and

friend-

ship also, seeking refuge in cold

asceticism and selfishness

sooner or

lust.

become

Love,

This

force

itself,

who

til

turns

serpent-like,

rashly seeks to

it

attraction,

it

to

fiery formative

draws to
struggling soul by

escape

leads

stifled,

to passion.

about him

the prey of

purified,

true asceticism

coils

repressed

the

later,

nature will

for,

its
its

and holds

it

centre the

power

there un-

the soul recognizes

77

of

its

own

divinity,

and by the force of

divinity

transforms

into

compassion.

killed

as

word.

we

It is

to glory

that

the passion

Desire

is

understand

not
the

changed from glory

that

is,

from the height

of self-indulgence to the height

of self-abnegation.

The importance

of purity of

mind and body should never be

underestimated
yet one should
;

use

all

care lest

in

attempting to

purify his nature he should

it

or destroy

tion

is

ter rely

Fine discrimina-

it.

often needed, and

cannot employ

mar

this,

if

one

he had bet-

upon the spontaneous,

normal processes of evolution.

The

soul of the

man who
78

leads

a natural

by

his

life is

but

affected

little

baser passions,

never

is

The golden
Tree of Life, whose roots rest
in
Hades and whose crown
defiled

by them.

sweeps the heavens, puts

its

gem-like buds

tempest.

Its

trunk

in
is

forth

storm and
not swayed

by the storms that beat upon

but

stands

grandeur.
first

upright

in

it,

lonely

Those buds are the

manifestations of the soul's

essence, awaiting the resurrection

morn, when a single gleam

of spiritual

fire will

close-set

petals,

their supernal

expand

their

unfolding

in

beauty these ca-

lyxes of transcendent purity and

power.
79

V
PAIN

AND SACRIFICE

every union there

INmystery
divine

Initiator, the

priest

who

mony

of unification.

holds good
star,

in

the cere-

This law

the molecule, the

If

brother, there are

and

a great

Master, the

performs

the universe.

myself,

is

the mystery of the

the

my

thrill

kiss

my

brother,

of

love

which sweeps through us both,

which is not passion, but, ac80

cording to the degree of greatness

brother and myself,

in that

but a divine law

simply love

comes

operation

into

parently simple
kiss, that

one

thrill

of love

ap-

in

the

is

sac-

him again, it
not be the same kiss nor the

rificed.

will

same

If

kiss

vibration of that force.

old Eastern axiom

pleasure

This
not

in this

action

is

and

true to

literally

has

it

An
that

pain

are

some

extent, but

equal.

for while pain

may

be raised into joy or pleasure,

joy
is

it

itself

cannot be made pain,

only the effects of joy that

can become pain.

Joy

positive, pain the negative.

is

the

Joy

the natural state, pain the un-

is

81

natural.

It is

planes

of

only on the lower

existence

But on

are necessary.

planes pain

is

the

both

that

more

those

needful,

for pain creates conditions for joy

to

manifest.

fever,

and

raises
in

Pain causes heat,

the

those

temperature,

heat

vibrations

coarser

molecules

the

lower,

are

destroyed by

fires

the

or, rather they are

into another,

matter, from

a critical

creative

changed
state of

whence comes

into

being on another plane by coalition with

fire,

another force, also a

a different state of matter

one of the

states that enter largely

into the formation of the matter

cognizable by the senses.

82

This

one of the mysteries of pain,

and only one
but this brings in
is

coadjutor, sacrifice.

its

There can be no
life

differentiated

The

without sacrifice.

must die
in-one

The

in

may come

into existence.

so-called heathen,

fering

sacrifices

understood

one

order that the two-

this

to

when

the

law.

of-

Gods,

Pain and

spoken of
as two aspects of the one reality.
This is true on the higher planes,
but conveys no adequate conception of the truth on the outer
sacrifice are frequently

planes of differentiation
spiritual will

for the

converts the lower

aspect of pain into sacrifice by

commingling with the pain,

83

that

by becoming one with

is,

ing to

it

and receiving from

element which
called into
this

giv-

it,

has

action

this

existence

and

the sweet savour

an

it

it

that

is
is

the real sacrifice, not the thing

sacrificed, the sacrificial stone or

the sacrifice.

A
made

mistake

great

in interpreting

teaching.

has

been

the Eastern

Many of the

so-called

teachers of Occultism have taken

a flying leap from the

lower

dif-

ferentiated planes of existence to

homogeneous state of the

Infinite One.
While it is neces-

the

and

sary to state

this

bring a true

conception of the

ultimate state of

all

84

truth,

to

matter to the

finite

conception,

necessary

for

is still

it

the

more

intermediate

degrees to be accentuated, for

it

on these gradations or planes

that the whole of our existence is
is

passed.
is

When

reached,

merged

all

the ultimate state

individualities are

into the

One

on the lower planes

sacrificial

and

that

all

it is

the

are performed.

rites

The eternal Son is sacrificed

when it enters the womb of the
eternal Mother, the sacrifice of

God

be "the first-born

may
among many

other brethren."

Without

to himself that this son

sacrifice

be

this

of himself there could

no further creation.

This,

taking place on the highest spir85

beginning of

plane at the

itual

every world-period,

is

repeated

on every plane of existence.

extends from the

Infinite to the

Geometri-

son of the ./Eon.

last

cally,

and

the oblong equilateral,

it is

the true stone of sacrifice,

is

on

for

It

every

is

it

laid,

each

burnt-offering,

in

turn,

that

is,

every sacrifice of the true seed

of

life

which
the

by the
is

last

The

on

fires

separate

fires,

the

first

of

kindled on the spiritual,

the

animal plane.

referred

fires,

but

to

are

different

not
as-

one fire, Love.

God is Love, and he is also a
The spiritual
consuming fire.

pects

of

the

symbolism of the old phallic

86

rites

was

correct.

ancients

The

the

of

sin

lay in the materializa-

tion of those symbolic rites un-

der conditions that

unnatural and
to the

made them

evil, for

they led

lowest sensual acts,

to

unspeakable crimes against nature.

It

is

in

this

way

that

all

great spiritual truths have been

and

degraded
filth

dragged

man

has

become

culated creature he

We
and

associate the

as

the emas-

now

is.

word

sacri-

almost invariably with pain

suffering,

believing

order to sacrifice
fer.

the

of animal passion, and as a

result

fice

in

This

much

is

we

not true.

that in

must

suf-

There

is

sacrifice of pain to joy

87

as of joy to pain, and the savour

of the sacrifice
just as holy.

is

just as precious,

The

trouble

is,

we

devoted to our pains

are very

and sufferings

we hug them

them go,
many cases they would

close and will not

let

when in
fall away from us.
When we
have made what we call a sacsome good work, we

for

rifice

unconsciously assume the position

of martyrs

we

selves with a great pity

in

to

effect,

see what

what

the

in

we

say,

Gods: "Just

have given up, see

am doing

when

pity our-

for

your sakes,"

nine cases out of ten

the truth

is

throwing

aside

that

88

we
some

are really
rubbish,

some impediment

growth

the

to

Then

of either soul or body.

when we

great reward

ourselves
out,

as

have convinced

we

deserve,

is futile.

cry

shall give

up and lead as pleasant a

possible/' and never

we

sacrifice

by giving up the

life

had made the true

had sacrificed oneself

Joy, true divine

peace, comes

never

it

realize

that then

giver

the

"I am not recognized, my

sacrifice
all

we

we

receive

to

fail

from

false,

to oneself.

bliss,

which

is

by

giving,

receiving,

unless

only

and receiver are equals

for with the majority of people

comes a
of the power

there

selfish realization

to
89

give,

which

degrades

or

materializes

and

darkens the divine right to give

until

it

becomes
and that

ceive,

a desire to re-

insatiable

be

can

never

with

every gratification

demon
For

satisfied.

of that

desire the originally pure impulse

is

further distorted, until finally

whole nature is turned,

twisted and warped, the power

the

to give righteously

and grasping,
the result,

is

lost forever,

selfish

whose

egotism

forces,

is

con-

tracting like the twining coils of

a cobra, leave the

wretch

in

the

human being
no share

in

in

man

outer

a soulless

world, a

form, yet having

the spiritual heritage

of humanitv.
9o

VI

THE POWER OF LITTLE THINGS

ONLY

a soul that

is

capable

of apprehending and using

the minutiae, the small details so

unbearable to one class of humanity, and utilizing them as a

chess-player uses his knights and

pawns

for

the

winning

game, can

by

any

of

possibility

reach for and grasp the true Infinite

is

Potency

power over

for, first
little

91

of

all,

it

things that

power over

leads in the end to

To

the great.
tual plane

live

means

to

on the spirikeep oneself

constantly in touch with

ness,

all

purity,

The man

all

or

all

sweet-

love.

woman who

is

discourteous, unkind and selfish

toward the least of the little

ones of Christ, is obstructing
the very Christ-currents

own

aura and making

sible for the

manifest

No

his

impos-

potency therein to

itself.

truer estimate of a great

soul can be

ing

it

in

its

made

toward the small

attitude

vexations of daily

expected
capable

trivial

of

than by watch-

things

tearing
92

those un-

life,

that are

down

the

we may

walls

have made about

ourselves and leaving the soul

naked in the silence that falls
upon it after the stress and storm

of those battering, disintegrating

little

up

worries and cares that pile

a

like

thickly

mountain

pathless

covered

brambles

with

and briers that sting and tear

the mind grows desperate in

till

We

contemplation.

man who goes

fight bravely

of his

own

think of a

into the desert to

with the wild beasts

soul, as of a

hero

who

worthy of the power he hopes

But he never will or
can win unless he has first over-

is

to win.

come

the daily

feet like a

trials that

stay his

quagmire while
93

his

life

is

environed by a community of

fellow-creatures.
find

nothing

in his
it

is

own

in

For he will
them that is not

individual nature,

and

only the clashing of causes

one against the other that profriction between himself and his fellows.
The natural tendency of the

duces the

human race

to look for

ject of worship,

ple," and the

its

ob-

its

"holy tem-

fulfilling

of its sense

of duty, either to the heavens or

to

some

point

individual

not

distant

point

easily

from the

of vantage,

understood.

is

It

is

brought over from forgotten past

ages

when

separation,

there was a wider

when man had

94

lost

and the scales of

heritage

his

evolution

But

had not
true

all

proclaims the
ity,

the

spiritual

God

teaching

within

the

duties to

turned.

yet

neighbor and friend.

human-

brother,

One

finds outside of himself

never

what

is

not within, and as long as there

is

wrong

ferer to

be righted, a

to

suf-

be healed and comforted,

a child to be taught, or, in wider

terms, any string of the harp of

brotherly love to be attuned to
the vibrations of universal love,
lying right at

your door,

midst of your

own

own
duty
life,

social circle,
lies

right

in

the

family or your

your individual

there.

If

your

your strength, your influence,

95

were needed elsewhere, you

would have found yourself elsewhere, or your circumstances so
adjusted as to leave no

room

for

doubt as to when and to whom

your influence and devotion were
due.
the

All

great

epics,

records, whether

all

the

written

upon

parchment and piled away

in the

archives of ruined, deserted temples, or

graven on the walls of

subterranean chambers of
tion,

Initia-

bear witness to the great

wars war between

angels and

demons, war between elements,

and war between
ter

unceasing,

eternal

war

spirit

and
96

and mat-

exterminating,

whether he

will or nay,
in

sides

man must

warfare,

this

and

take part

must choose

fight to the bitter

in

each of

he

is

end

his incarnations.

If

inclined to shirk, he gains

nothing

for

Nature herself

will

force him to a bare fight for existence on the physical plane,

he has been
self

false to his

if

higher

and wasted those oppor-

tunities for development which

would have given him power

over her forces,

his place in the

spheres

if

he has

lost

army of the upper

and to have

lost

power and place means

porary separation

that

a tem-

between the

Warrior, the real self within, and

the lower personality.
7

97

There

is

no

inactivity,

no cowardice, no

selfishness, in the nature of the

Warrior, there
desire that he

To

win, with the

must stand

lower

he cannot

personality

an attitude of

in

On

tention.

that

look for the Warrior

the

within,

this is

only the great

knowledge

certain
fail.

is

may

at-

the physical plane

sometimes a very weari-

some manoeuvre and none

less trying, when applied to
;

plane

of

hours

of alertness,

soul,

are

the
the

these long

when

the

mind and body begin to

long for the shallows and undulating meadows of life. But these
are mirages most deceptive in
their beauty and seeming peace
tired

98

no peace

them for
the soul, the true Warrior, and
by taking off his armor and lyfor there

is

down

ing

in

to enjoy the narcotic

stupor of ease, the soldier misses

whom he
whom he has

the true Warrior to

has called and for

For

waited long.
not

fall

on

that listening ear un-

less the lines of true

have been
ish

cry will

his

laid

and

knowledge
in

the fever-

hurry of the coming fight his

senses will reel and

fall,

confu-

sion of friends and foes will ensue,

his

and when the day

is

body be found upon the

tle-field,

devoid of

all

life,

over
bat-

only

an object for the carrion birds of

prey to fight over.

99

But when

he has once found or been found

by the Warrior, has become one
with him, the
stability

will

come a

truth,

last

vestige of in-

will disappear

for then

recognition of eternal

a sure

knowledge of the

cause and purposes of the

finite

Father-love that

beyond the

field

lies

of battle, a

ing faith that no

blow

will

injust
liv-

be

struck amiss, no charge lost, and

on

that

carries will

tory

banner which he
be inscribed, " Vic-

the

Victory

Victory!

IOO

"

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