ONENESS ? “I AM”
THE VOICE OF SILENCE —1889
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Thou shalt not separate thy being from BEING, and the rest, but merge the Ocean in the drop, the drop within the Ocean.
For know, that the ETERNAL knows no change.
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All is impermanent in man except the pure bright essence of Alaya. Man is its crystal ray; a beam of light immaculate within, a form of clay material upon the lower surface. That beam is thy life-guide and thy true Self, the Watcher and the silent Thinker, the victim of thy lower Self. Thy Soul cannot be hurt but through thy erring body; control and master both, and thou art safe when crossing to the nearing “Gate of Balance.”
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Alas! when once thou hast become like the fix’d star in highest heaven, that bright celestial orb must shine from out the spatial depths for all—save for itself; give light to all, but take from none.
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(38). Every stage of development in Râja Yoga is sym bolised by a geometrical figure. This one is the sacred Triangle and precedes Dhâranâ. The △ is the sign of the high chelas, while another kind of triangle is that of high Initiates. It is the symbol “ I ” discoursed upon by Buddha and used by him as a symbol of the embodied form of Tathâgata when released from the three methods of the Prajñâ.
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(14). Ahankâra—the “I” or feeling of one’s personality, the “I-AM-NESS.”
(15). “One who walks in the steps of his predecessors” or “those who came before him,” is the true meaning of the name Tathâgata.
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(27). These three worlds are the three planes of being, the terrestrial, astral and the spiritual.
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