Let us watch the two Souls blended into one by the unseen power of the beautiful Circle of Love, start out on their new life, on a new path, each one seeing only greatness in the other, each one thanking the other for the peace and joy that has entered into their lives.
Love - Is there such a thing? Yes, there is, and when found and understood, it is the most wonderful gift given to man and woman by their Creator. A Soul-mind love is something that cannot be spoken - only felt and the feeling is unfathomable. Is it low? No, it is so high that when you have reached high enough to find it there is nothing else in life matters - For this love means everything, yes everything. All other things become so insignificant that you can hardly see them. Seek true love, it is waiting for you somewhere. Do not give up the search until you find it and when you do hold on to it - no matter what comes or goes; as it is a continuous Love. Yes, a Circle made by the Creator, a Love without an end. As I look upon these two, these are the thoughts which flit through my mind. What a beautiful picture!
Soon the Good Bye's were said and they left. May the Silent Voice go with them.
"So we are left alone," as he turned to the Young Master-mind.
There were tears in his eyes, as he said, "She was good to me, so kind and considerate; and the last few years I did not treat her as she deserves. What a failure I have been!"
"No, not a failure but a success. She was with you through it all. She saw and understood and do you not think she managed the party well yesterday? Can you not see how she brought you to light and life once more, and how she showed what you thought you saw for yourself, the clay you had been intermingling with? She, too, is of the Path of Wisdom, and the wise always waits until the right moment before they act in the play we call LIFE. But we will go to the Hotel."
They arrive at the Hotel and settle down for the day, the Master-mind and the young Master-mind to be. The younger was eager to unload his mind so the other sat in silence as the younger started to talk he said, "How can I thank you for what you have done for me in the past?"
"Make your future worthwhile."
"I have been a failure and I feel my position keenly. How blinded I was, how easily I became the victim of flattery, how I misunderstood; but what a lesson! When I first went to the masses, I thought by talking to them I might let them see life as I saw it; and they listened attentively when I gave my mental picture of the things I had seen. My intentions were good, but they surely got me. Yes, I can see it now. They soon deprived me of my life of WANT TO. They would make me talk, they would suggest going here and going there and bring it in in such a way that I would fall in line with them. Then as they did so would I do - Soon my eyes were blinded to the Path of Truth and I was in a fog; yet it suited me at the time. I was satisfied to go with them wherever they suggested. How easy, it was so simple to fall in line from one thing to another until I became one of them. Nay, I became wise, they knew nothing else, I knew and submitted to be one of them. I talked as they did, I listened and laughed at the things they did and even drank wine because I wanted to be a SPORT as they called me.
Each day I would make a resolution to become myself again, but when night came a Voice over the phone or a knock at the door or a toot of a horn and my resolution vanished in the air. Each night they seemed to know just how much money I had with me and they saw that I always left with only enough to get home. How they used to tell me what a man I was! - and I was the victim of myself. I am pleased that I never thought it was the fault of the others. What a picture to look back to, what a lesson in life! Do you think I will get back to the life of a man again?"
"You are still a man and anyone who heard you talk at the party will say, 'Was he not manly the way he spoke and the truth he told? It is well he saw in time for we all saw and wondered why he could not, but we are pleased at the outcome for that young man is too big for us.' "
"Do you think the girl I promised to marry and announced the engagement will put me to any trouble? For the life of me I cannot remember anything I said in regards to marriage. I never thought of such a thing."
"No, she will not cause you any trouble. As soon as she learns that you are not going to set the date, the suspense will be too much for her and after what you told, she will not come near you a while. Just wait and see, you can forget that part of your life. I will say you came through it like a man."
"I will tell you why I never thought of marriage. My first year in the city, we went to a certain place to eat and I saw a young girl there. It was the day after the first party I had been to and looked upon the young lady who has been in my life ever since. It was a place where they feed the hungry and poor. As we entered into the dining-room, as they called it, we were met by a young girl - she looked at me and I at her. I felt something happen to me. I then looked at her dress, it was of a deep grey and of a cheap material. Her eyes spoke to me and said, 'I know you;' but as they did a picture of the beautiful dressed girl of the night before came before me and we passed into the dining room. I have been there many times since but never saw her again. But that face and those eyes follow me; and sometimes they smile and then again they look sad, not just sad but with a deep sympathy as if to say 'Did I just find you to lose you again?' Even the night of the party she came before me; but I saw her not in her dark grey dress but a dress to suit those eyes and beautiful face. That is why I told the truth. She gave me courage. Was that a dream or a drunken vision or can these things be?"
"These things can be. She must be of a higher Soul-mind plane than you are - for the Soul-mind can carry a clear mental vision to anyone who may be receptive and as she sits, wherever she is, and sees you as she saw you that day so does she convey her vision to you. You shall meet her again some day and, as sure as you do, you will both understand. I hope she has been big enough to wait for you."
"Do you mean I will see her and we will get together?"
"As sure as the Circle has no end - so shall you meet and travel years of this life together. You make me happy. No, not me, but the pure love you have for this true Soul-mate."
"Can you tell me how long? I feel I need a companion who is greater than I."
"You will not have long to wait."
The night sped on and when the time came to retire, the one went to sleep but the other to live over his mistakes of the past. Was it a mistake of the past? I say, 'No,' only a little delay from his advancement on the Path of Truth. But a lesson and a victory worthwhile also a glimpse of the lives of the masses. I know he will not look down upon them, he will only sympathize with them in his great mind.
The next morning as they started to the mountain, he, the young master, drove the car. Not much was said. After a day's driving they arrived at his private place of abode. When they got there the sun was just sinking down out of sight in all its glorious sunset, in all its panoramic scenery. As they entered the cottage there were tears in the eyes of the young Master, yes but tears of gladness. He said, "To be away from all the MAKE-BELIEVE and to be back to the REAL once more, how wonderful!"
The next morning they went out for breakfast to a place not far from the mountain home. The young man was full of life and vigor but he had not much to say - so there was no conversation. They ate breakfast and returned to the cottage.
The mysterious man said, "You will spend this day alone. Take a walk and hear the Voice of Creation in its purity and truth. Leave the things of yesterday behind. They are of the past - live today that you may know more tomorrow. Make memories today that you will be proud of tomorrow and then you will live in only the pleasantness of life. REMEMBER the trust the Creator put in you. - Go, then and fulfill that Trust."
As he sets forth he says, "If it be possible, I will."
"You can, if you WANT TO."
He spent the day alone; yet not alone, for he was once more in touch with the Silent Voice. He wandered to one point of the mountain after another, he began to see as he used to see, he felt his strength of mind coming back to him. The birds began to sing. He wondered if he could sing with them. He tried, yes he had not lost that either. How he sang with those birds again! Their song seemed sweeter than ever before. The trees had also a new beauty, even the branches as he trod upon them were sweet music to his ears.
"How glad I am to be alone once more with Truth, yes unbelievable truth. How great is the Voice of nature compared to the babble of the masses." He had had an expensive lesson; but a priceless gift of knowledge. He looked back upon the three years of his life of have to when he became the servant of circumstances. "How easy I, unconsciously, slipped down to the level of the masses. The slipping is made so easy by others when you are slipping and all the time you are sliding down you can make yourself believe you are lifting the others up until you find yourself just as far down as they. Even then you do not realize how far you have gone down until some shot brings you to your feet and causes you to open your eyes. Then and only then can you see how far down you are and at the same time realize you were not bringing them up but you had been going down to them."
As the day went on he kept alone so his mind would see himself as he had been before he went to the masses, the change that came over him while he was one of them and the feeling of freedom that surrounded him at the present time. "It was worth it. It was all me. I should have been big enough to stand firm but I fell and will not condemn anyone else for it."
As he said these words to himself he straightened up and said, "I want to be as my Creator would have me - of my own free will. So again it is I, and, I will not leave the Path of Truth again."
He made this resolution as he was nearing the cottage and was met by the man of Mystery who said, "Well, how have you spent the day?"
"Just as I would have it, I have gone over the past three years and although I have no regrets, yet once in a life time is enough for me."
"I will say again as I have said before - Be sure your foot ahead is secure before you attempt to bring the other one forward."
"I will."
"We will eat supper then we will watch the sunset and the moon rise. It will shine upon the lake of this mountain; then we will be alone with Creation at the most beautiful picture and as the picture is so will our thoughts be."
After supper they once more walked up the side of the mountain until they reached a place where a bench stood. They sat down in silence for just then the sun began to paint its picture. Such a sunset! Each one drank in the beauty of Creation, yes the young Master-mind was filling up to capacity and as this feeling became greater and greater he wanted to speak his thoughts but they would not come. Tears came into his eyes and as the Master-mind saw he spoke thus: "Life, yes Life! Creation. Oh, thou great Creator. How good thou art to man but man can be so indifferent to thee; and thy beautiful manifestation it is beyond me! Time - What is time? There is no Time. Only Eternity. I thank thee for this word and for giving me a mind to understand the meaning of it as thou would have me. My son of the Truth, tonight as I sit with thee, it carries my memories back when I too was growing in the Path of Truth. I remember once I was down and sad because of my position, and could not see the advancement I was making. I felt lonesome among the masses so I left the world below and climbed up a mountain - Just as we did tonight, and sat as I thought alone; but was I, no the Silent Voice was there. The thoughts flowed in. I often sit now and go over that night."
"Will you tell me of it?"
"As I got there, the sun was going toward the horizon. It was beautiful to behold. The sun looked so big and it was the color of crimson. The sky was every shade of color imaginable and as it dipped into the lake the slight ripple of the waves on the surface were more beautiful than man can describe. It looked as though there were two suns, one going into the water and the other coming out. It was the most beautiful sight I ever dreamed of seeing. The inspiration that came from it will go with me as long as I live. I often sit in my quiet moments and recall that scene to my mental vision and say, 'What wonderful things there are in the world to see, but how few see them or look for them! How many have lived and died and could not say they lived.' It is seeing the panorama of the beauties of the Heavens that surpass all other beauties of nature.
We see the lovely flowers, the wonderful animals, the glitter of the sands of the desert, the splendor of the river as they flow on ever on, we see all these things and many others but it is just the sunset in the Heavens that give us that ever changing picture of beauty. The fantastic shape and form of the clouds as the sun goes down, the changing color of the waters as the sun settles more and more upon its surface - It is these things that make man's mind crave for elevation of mind, life and thought - It is things such as these that make you determined to go ahead and get all out of life possible. It must be a joy to the Creator if he can see man, one of His supreme Creation, enjoying and understanding and acknowledging His greatness. I was so full of thanks to Him who Created these wonderful things in life; and that He gave me a brain with a Soul-mind that I might see and understand how wonderful life is if I only seek to live. These were the thoughts that came to me as the sun sank down out of sight. All I could say was, 'Surely this is a gift of the highest treasure for the Creator to create so much beauty and give man the mind and eyes to behold the Heavens in all their glory.' Man's language could never express what he feels; but what a consolation it is to know he can understand the Pathway to a future life if he seeks the Path of Wisdom.
You see, I, too, have been down many times; but I struggled on. It is a man's fight against almost the world - at least my world. I have brought you here to let you see the path you will have to travel. You are out of the first mistake, but that was only a small fight to the fight you have before you. As you grow in Wisdom, and the truth of life becomes more and more understood by you, you will see the principle behind everything. You will have a true picture and know by whom and how that picture was painted. Some will, at the first glance, appear beautiful but as you gaze upon it you will see the true picture for the camouflage will disappear before your vision. The people will listen and then become afraid of you for your tongue will speak truth and truth only - and they have not been brought up in truth so they do not understand truth. You will make many enemies, but only for a time. When they see the truth they will come to you for more truth. Your Wisdom will put you in such a position that you can meet anyone in any stage of life. You will meet many men of great learning - at least what the people call learning, at the present time. They will converse with you upon all stages of what we call education; but you, as they talk, will be able to judge whether it is a master-mind or a mind with a cultivated memory.
If, in their conversation, they keep quoting men of the past and the wonderful thoughts they wrote you will know that you are listening to - not a CONVERSATION but a RECITATION. It is a pity we cannot have men today who knows as much as the men of the past or can even tell us more of the Earth today than they did thousands of years ago. If there are not any men today who know more than the men of yesterday where is our advancement? Is it possible that these years of Evolution have been of no advantage in the line of thought - Yet everything material has gone forward in leaps and bounds? Have we used up all the brain power to this direction material? No, I am thankful that there is one once in a while born who refuses to enter the Wheel of the masses and be molded as the masses are into one part in the machine of industry. Do keep yourself away from the material, if possible.
I do not mean for you to be afraid, but to stand up and say, 'I was born to be a man. I have a Soul-mind STILL, the gift of my Creator in the beginning and I will not betray my Creator's trust. I will live to accumulate knowledge of everything that men know; but I will not be satisfied with men's knowledge. I will find the Book of Creation and will read it diligently and faithfully. I will ever keep my eyes open so they shall hear the words of Wisdom that will be spoken to me. I will find the principle of Creation and use it for the benefit of the masses.' If you keep your goal in mind at all times and keep your naturalness you will some day be a credit to all who know you - for they will be the better for the friendship and kindness and truthfulness you will give them.
My Son of Wisdom, there is nothing you may not know. If any man knows anything about anything, remember, your brain is as big as his, so keep accumulating. There is no LIMIT to MAN'S MIND. This is a big statement; but as time goes on it will be proven to the people who listen and read the Book of the Path of Wisdom and Creation. You too will be able to say 'He who Creates sees the end of all things Mortal; but the continuation of the Soul-mind.' My Son of Wisdom, I have another life I have been watching even as I have watched you - only he has been brought up in the life of HAVE TO. He, too, is an advanced Soul-mind; but so far has been subdued by the material parents' views of life. Soon I want you to meet him. It is getting late and we must rest our bodies as well as the mind, so we will wend our way home. When we meet again, I will have this other young man with me. I will be gone before you arise in the morning - so I will say 'Good Bye' until I see you again. You may stay here until my return."
1 - CREATION is the foundation of ALL
2 - WISDOM is the foundation of ALL
3 - KNOWLEDGE is the foundation of ALL
4 - EDUCATION
Seek Wisdom and ALL things shall be revealed unto thee.