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.
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