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88 LIGHT ON THE PATH
In realising this a man surrenders his imagined individual rights, of whatever sort. That takes away one keen sting which is common to all ordinary men.
When the disciple has fully recognized that the very thought of individual rights is only the outcome of the venomous quality in himself, that it is the hiss of the snake of self which poisons vith its sting his own life and the lives of those about him, then he is ready to take part in a yearly ceremonys which is open to all Neophytes who are prepared for it. All weapons of defence and offence are given up; all weapons of wind and heart and brain and spirit. Never again can another man be regarded as a person who can be criticized or condemned; never again can the Neophyte raise his voice ir self-defence or excuse. From that cere mony he returns into the world as help less, as vnprotected as a new-born child That, indeed, is what he is. He ha
