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tion. To be able to read means Iraving obtuinedf the power in a small degree of gratifying that hunger. When the disciple is ready to learn, then he is accepted, acknowledged, recognized. It must be so, for he has lit his lamp, and it cannot be hidden. But to learn is impossiblc until the first great battle has been won. The mind may recognize truth, but the spiri cannot receive it. Once having passed through the storm and attained the peace, it is the nlways possible to leann, even though the discipld vaver, hesitate, and turn aside. The Voiel of the Silence remaitis withit: him, and though se leave thé •Path utterly, vet one day it wil resound, and rend him asunder and separati his passions from his divine possibilities. Then with pain and desperate cries from the desertei lower self, he will return.
Therefore I say, Peace be with you, "M peace I give unto you," can only be said by the Master to the beloved disciples who are as hin self. There are some cven among those i ho ai ignorant of the Eastern wis lon, to whain th can be said, and to whom it can Guily be sa 'with more completeness.
A Regard the three truths. They are equal.
These written above are the first of t' rules which are, written on the walls the Hall of Learning. Those that a
