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LIGHT ON THE PATH 77 we can trace it, shows very plainly that there is neither credit, glory, nor reward to be gained by this first task which is given to the Neophyte. Mystics have always been sneered at, and seers disbelieved; those who have had the added power of intellect have left for posterity their written record, which to most men appears unmeaning and visionary, even when the authors have the advantage of speaking from a far-off past. The disciple who undertakes the task, secretly hoping for fame or success, to appear as a teacher and apostle before the world, fails even before his task is attempted, and his hidden hypocrisy poisons his own soul, and the souls of those He teaches. He is secretly worshipping himself, and this idolatrous' practice must bring its own reward.
The disciple who has the power of en. trance, and is strong enough to pass each barriery will, when the divine nlessage comes to his spirit, forget himself utterly
