Book Title: Light on Path and Karma Author(s): M C Publisher: Theosophical Publishing Society View full book textPage 5
________________ LIGHT ON THE PATH 19 1 httained the power of helping others; to have conquered desire is to have learned how to use and control the self; to have attained to selfknowledge is to have treated to the inner fortress whence the personal man can be viewed with impartiality; to have seen the soul in its bloom is to have obtained a momentary glimpse In thyself of the transfiguration which shall eventually make thee more than man; to ecognize is to achieve the great task of gazing pon the blazing light without dropping the eyes And not falling back in terror, as though before ome ghastly phantom. This happens to some, nd so when the victory is all but won it is lost. To hear the Voice of the Silence is to understand that from within comes the only true guidance: to go to the Hall of Learning is to enter the state in which learning becomes possible. Then vill, many words be written there for thee, and written in fiery letters for thee easily to reac For when the disciple is ready, the Master ready also. 1. Stand aside in the coming battle,.. und though thou fightest be not thou the varrior. 2. Look for the Warrior, and let him ght in thee. 3. Take his orders for battle, and obey em. 66356Page Navigation
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