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Therefore ponder well the earlier rules, and lay a firm foundation of courage, sacrifice, selflessness, holiness. THEREFORE PONDER WELL THE EARLIER RULES AND LAY A FIRM FOUNDATION OF COURAGE SACRIFICE SELFLESSNESS HOLINESS
and moral attainment already detailed, and can in no wise dispense with these or curtail them. Let no one imagine that the true life, the true powers of the spiritual man, can be attained by any way except the hard way of sacrifice, of trial, of renunciation, of selfless self-conquest and genuine devotion to the weal of all others. Only thus can the golden gates be reached and entered. Only thus can we attain to that pure world wherein the spiritual man lives, and moves, and has his being. Nothing impure, nothing unholy can ever cross that threshold, least of all impure motives or self seeking desires. These must be burnt away before an entrance to that world can be gained. But where there is light, there is shadow; and the lofty light of the soul casts upon the clouds of the mid-world the shadow of the spiritual man and of his powers; the bastard vesture and the bastard powers of psychism are easily attained; yet, even when attained, they are a delusion, the very essence of unreality. N DEPENDS ON THE PURIFICATION AND MORAL ATTAINMENT ALREADY DETAILED AND CAN IN NO WISE DISPENSE WITH OR CURTAIL THEM LET NO ONE IMAGINE THAT THE TRUE LIFE THE TRUE POWERS OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN CAN BE ATTAINED BY ANY WAY EXCEPT THE HARD WAY OF SACRIFICE OF TRIAL OF RENUNCIATION OF SELFLESS SELF CONQUEST AND GENUINE DEVOTION TO THE WEAL OF ALL OTHERS ONLY THUS CAN THE GOLDEN GATES BE REACHED AND ENTERED ONLY THUS CAN WE ATTAIN TO THAT PURE WORLD WHEREIN THE SPIRITUAL MAN LIVES AND MOVES AND HAS HIS BEING NOTHING IMPURE NOTHING UNHOLY CAN EVER CROSS THAT THRESHOLD LEAST OF ALL IMPURE MOTIVES OR SELF SEEKING DESIRES THESE MUST BE BURNT AWAY BEFORE AN ENTRANCE TO THAT WORLD CAN BE GAINED BUT WHERE THERE IS LIGHT THERE IS SHADOW AND THE LOFTY LIGHT OF THE SOUL CASTS UPON THE CLOUDS OF THE MID WORLD THE SHADOW OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN AND OF HIS POWERS THE BASTARD VESTURE AND THE BASTARD POWERS OF PSYCHISM ARE EASILY ATTAINED YET EVEN WHEN ATTAINED THEY ARE A DELUSION THE VERY ESSENCE OF UNREALITY
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