THE EQUINOX
is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at
all,” so it is better to be a madman than an idiot. There is
always a chance of putting wrong right. As, however, the
disease of the age is intellectualism, this lesson is well to
teach. Numerous sermons on this point will be found in
many of the writings of Frater Perdurabo.
11. The seeds of Wisdom cannot sprout and grow in air-
less space. To live and reap experience, the mind needs
breadth and depth and points to draw it towards the Dia-
mond Soul. Seek not those points in Maya's realm; but soar
beyond illusions, search the eternal and the changeless SAT,
mistrusting fancy’s false suggestions.
Compare what is said in Book 4, Part II, about the Sword.
In the last part of the verse the adjuration is somewhat obvi-
ous, and it must be remembered that with progress the
realm of Maya constantly expands as that of Sat diminishes.
In orthodox Buddhism this process continues indefinitely.
There is also the resolution SAT= ASAT.
12. For mind is like a mirror; it gathers dust while it re-
flects. It needs the gentle breezes of Soul-wisdom to brush
away the dust of our illusions. Seek, O Beginner, to blend
thy Mind and Soul.
The charge is to eliminate rubbish from the Mind, and
teaches that Soul-wisdom is the selective agent. But these
Fragments will be most shamefully misinterpreted if a trace
of sentimentality is allowed to creep in. “Soul-wisdom”
does not mean ‘piety’ and ‘nobility’ and similar conceptions,
which only flourish where truth is permanently lost, as in
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