THE EQUINOX
enlightened, he does everything with a wise purpose, in the full knowledge of
what he is doing, and what he will accomplish. He wastes no drachm of energy,
but does everything with calm directness of purpose, and with penetrating
intelligence. This is the stage of Masterly Power in which effort is freed from
strife and error, and perfect tranquillity of mind is maintained under all circum-
stances. He who has reached it, accomplishes everything upon which he sets
his mind.*
VII. Right Thought.
So filled with Understanding is he now that he becomes,
as it were, the actual mind of the Universe, nothing remains
uncomprehended; he comes face to face with his goal, he sees
HIMSELF as one who gazes into a mirror.
VIII. Right Meditation, or the Right State of a Peaceful
Mind.
The glass vanishes and with it the reflection, the illusion
of Mara or of Maya. He is Reality! He is Truth! He is
Atman! He is God. Then Reality vanishes. Truth vanishes.
Atman vanishes. God vanishes. He himself vanishes. He is
past; he is present; he is future. He is here, he is there.
He is everything. He is nowhere. He is nothing. He is
blessed, he has attained to the Great Deliverance. He IS; he
IS NOT. He is one with Nibbana.+
* Tbid., p. 216.
+ Another and perhaps a more comprehensive way of attributing the Noble
Eightfold Path to the Tree of Life is as follows: The first and second steps—
Right Comprehension and Right Resolution, may from their purging nature
fitly be compared to Yama and Niyama and also to the Earthy and Lunar
natures of Malkuth and Yesod. The third and fourth—Right Speech and Right
Action, in their yearning and striving are by nature as unbalanced as Hod and
Netzach which are represented by Fire and Water and by Mercury and Venus
respectively. Then comes the fifth stage of poise—Right Livelihood; this is
also a stage of exemption from worldly motion, and a stage which brings all
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