THE VOICE OF THE SILENCE
and refers to the uniting of Shiva with Sakti in the Sahas-
rara. [See THE Equinox.]
38. ’Tis only then thou canst become a “Walker of the
Sky,” who treads the winds above the waves, whose step
touches not the waters.
This partly refers to certain Iddhi, concerning Under-
standing of Devas (gods) etc.; here the word ‘wind’ may be
interpreted as ‘spirit.’ It is comparatively easy to reach
this state, and it has no great importance. The ‘walker of
the sky’ is much superior to the mere reader of the minds
of ants.
39. Before thou seti’st thy foot upon the ladder’s upper
rung, the ladder of the mystic sounds, thou hast to hear the
voice of thy INNER God in seven manners.
The word “seven” is here, as so frequently, rather poetic
than mathematic; for there are many more. The verse also
reads as if it were necessary to hear all the seven, and this is
not the case—some will get one and some another. Some
students may even miss all of them.
(This might happen as the result of his having conquered,
and uprooted them, and ‘fried their seeds’ in a previous
birth.)
40. The first is like the nightingale’s sweet voice chanting
a song of parting to its mate.
The second comes as the sound of a silver cymbal of the
Dhyénis, awakening the twinkling stars.
The next is as the plaint melodious of the ocean-sprite im-
prisoned in its shell.
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