The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

THE EQUINOX the grades. The Path would indeed be a Treadmill if one always remained in this Salvation Army mood. 99. Thou shalt attain the seventh step and cross the gate of final Knowledge, but only to wed woe—if thou would’ st be Tathagata, follow upon thy predecessor's steps, remain unselfish till the endless end. Thou art enlightened—choose thy way. The anti-climax is now complete. Knowledge is by no means the last step. Knowledge has been finished with even by the Master of the Temple, and all this question of wedding woe, remaining unselfish till the endless end, is but poetic bombast, based upon misconception. It is as puerile as the crude conceptions of many Christian Sects. 100. Behold, the mellow light that floods the Eastern sky. In signs of praise both heaven and earth unite. And from the four-fold manifested Powers a chant of love ariseth, both from the flaming Fire and flowing Water, and from sweet-smelling Earth and rushing Wind. Hark! ... from the deep unfathomable vortex of that golden light in which the Victor bathes, ALL NATURE’S wordless voice in thousand tones ariseth to proclaim! JOY UNTO YE, O MEN OF MYALBA. A PILGRIM HATH RETURNED BACK “FROM THE OTHER SHORE.” A NEW ARHAN IS BORN. Peace to all Beings. Here, however, we get something like real poetry. This, and not the Pi-Jaw, should be taken as the key to this Masterpiece. Love is the law, love under will. 132