THE TWO PATHS
The Candidate is exhorted to patience and one-pointed-
ness, and, further, to an indifference to the result which
comes of true confidence that that result will follow. Cf.
Liber CCXX.I. “For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, de-
livered from the lust of result, is every way perfect.”
35. Have perseverance as one who doth for evermore en-
dure. Thy shadows live and vanish; that which in thee shall
live for ever, that which in thee knows, for it is knowledge, is
not of fleeting life: it is the Man that was, that is, and will be,
for whom the hour shall never strike.
Compare Levi’s aphorism, “The Magician should work as
though he had omnipotence at his command and eternity at
his disposal.” Do not imagine that it matters whether you
finish the task in this life or not. Go on quietly and steadily,
unmoved by anything whatever.
36. If thou wouldst reap sweet peace and rest, Disciple,
sow with the seeds of merit the fields of future harvests. Ac-
cept the woes of birth.
Accept the Laws of Nature and work with them. Do not
be always trying to take short cuts. Do not complain, and
do not be afraid of the length of the Path. This treatise
being for beginners, reward is offered. And—it is really
worth while. One may find oneself in the Office of a Buddha.
“Yea, cried the Holy One, and from Thy spark will I the
Lord kindle a great light; I will burn through the grey city
in the old and desolate land; I will cleanse it from its great
impurity.
“And thou, O prophet, shalt see these things, and thou
shalt heed them not.
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