The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

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. 53