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probably disguised as workmen,and stole the picture under the very eye
of the guardian; very likely got him to help them.
It is only necessary to believe that a thing must be to bring it about.
This belief must not be an emotional or an intellectual one.
It resides
in a deeper portion of the mind, yet a portion not so deep but that
most men, probably all successful men, will understand these words,
having experience of their own with which they can compare it.
The most important factor in Dhyana is, however, the
annihilation of the Ego.
Our conception of the universe must be
completely overturned if we are to admit this as valid; and it is time
that we considered what is really happening.
It will be conceded that we have given a very rational explanation of
the greatness of great men.
They had an experience so overwhelming,
so out of proportion to the rest of things, that they were freed from all
the petty hindrances which prevent the normal man from carrying out
his projects.
Worrying about clothes, food, money, what people may think, how
and why, and above all the fear of consequences, clog nearly every one.
Nothing is easier, theoretically, than for an anarchist to kill a king.
He
has only to buy a rifle, make himself a first-class shot, and shoot the
king from a quarter of a mile away. And yet, although there are plenty
of anarchists, outragesare very few. At the same time, the police would