THE VOICE OF THE SILENCE
“remember” might be explained as “will attain to memory.”
Memory is the link between the atoms of consciousness, for
each successive consciousness of Man is a single phenome-
non, and has no connection with any other. A looking-glass
knows nothing of the different people that look into it. It
only reflects one ata time. The brain is however more like
a sensitive plate, and memory is the faculty of bringing up
into consciousness any picture required. As this occurs in
the normal man with his own experiences, so it occurs in the
Adept with all experiences. (This is one more reason for
His identifying Himself with others.)
13. And then to the inner ear will speakR—THE VOICE
OF THE SILENCE, And say:
What follows must be regarded as the device of the poet,
for of course the “Voice of the Silence” cannot be interpreted
in words. What follows is only its utterance in respect of
the Path itself.
14. If thy Soul smiles while bathing in the Sunlight of thy
Life; if thy Soul sings within her chrysalis of flesh and mat-
ter; if thy Soul weeps inside her castle of illusion; if thy Soul
struggles to break the silver thread that binds her to the
MASTER; know, O Disciple, thy Soul is of the earth.
In this verse the Student is exhorted to indifference to
everything but his own progress. It does not mean the in-
difference of the Man to the things around him, as it has
often been so unworthily and wickedly interpreted. The in-
difference spoken of is a kind of inner indifference. Every-
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