THE EQUINOX
words, “Soul” means Neshamah, and it is important for
Neshamah to fix its attention on Chiah, rather than on
Ruach.
67. Beware of change! For change is thy great foe.
This.change will fight thee off, and throw thee back, out of
the Patch thou threadest, deep into viscous swamps of doubt.
The only. difficulty in this verse is the word “change.”
People who are meditating often get thrown off by the cir-
cumstances of their lives, and these circumstances must be
controlled absolutely. It should, however, also be taken
to refer to any change in one’s methods of meditation. You
should make up your mind thoroughly to a given scheme of
action, and be bound by it. A man is perfectly hopeless if,
on finding one Mantra unsuccessful, he tries another.
There is cumulative effect in all mystic and magical work;
and the Mantra you have been doing, however bad, is the
best one to go on with.
68. Prepare, and be forewarned in time. If thou hast
tried and failed, O dauntless fighter, yet lose not courage:
fight on and to the charge return again, and yet again.
Verse 68 confirms our interpretation of these verses.
69. The fearless warrior, his precious life-blood ooging
from his wide and gaping wounds, will still attack the foe,
drive him from out his stronghold, vanquish him, ere he
himself expires. Act then, all ye who fail and suffer, act
like him; and from the stronghold of your Soul chase all
your foes away—ambition, anger, hatred, e’en to the shadow
of desire—when
even you have failed.
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