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know that others have gone on that road. It is possible that they have been lost in the abyss; no matter, they have had the courage to enter it. Why I say that it is possible that they have been lost in the abyss is because of this fact, that one who has passed through is unrecognizable until the other and altogether new condition is attained by both. It is unneces sary to enter upon the subject of what that condition is at present. I only say this, that in the early state in which man is entering upon the silence, , he loses knowledge of his friends, of his lovers, of all who have been near and dear to him; and also loses sight of his Teachers and of those who have preceded him on his way. I explain this because scarce, one passes through without bitter complaint. Could but the mind grasp beforehand that the silence most be complete, surely this complaint need not arise as a hirdrance on the. Path. Your Teacher or your pre
