Theos-Talk Archives (December 2004 Message tt00022)

"....seek not for thy Guru in those Mayavic regions." 
THE VOICE OF THE SILENCE

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Three Halls, O weary pilgrim, lead to the end of 
toils. Three Halls, O conqueror of Mara, will bring 
thee through three states into the fourth and 
thence into the seven worlds, the worlds of Rest Eternal. 

If thou would'st learn their names, then hearken, 
and remember. 

The name of the first Hall is IGNORANCE -- Avidya. 

It is the Hall in which thou saw'st the light, 
in which thou livest and shalt die. 

If thou would'st cross the first Hall safely, 
let not thy mind mistake the fires of lust 
that burn therein for the Sunlight of life. 

The WISE ONES tarry not in pleasure-grounds 
of senses. 

This earth, O ignorant Disciple, is but the dismal entrance leading 
to the twilight that precedes the valley of true light -- that light 
which no wind can extinguish, that light which burns without a wick 
or fuel. 

Shun ignorance, and likewise shun illusion. Avert thy face from world 
deceptions; mistrust thy senses, they are false. But within thy body -
- the shrine of thy sensations -- seek in the Impersonal for 
the "eternal man"; and having sought him out, look inward: thou art 
Buddha. 

Thy shadows live and vanish; that which in thee shall live for ever, 
that which in thee knows, for it is knowledge, is not of fleeing 
life: it is the man that was, that is, and will be, for whom the hour 
shall never strike. 

The name of Hall the second is the Hall of Learning. In it thy Soul 
will find the blossoms of life, but under every flower a serpent 
coiled. 

If thou would'st cross the second safely, stop not the fragrance of 
its stupefying blossoms to inhale. If freed thou would'st be from the 
Karmic chains, seek not for thy Guru in those Mayavic regions. 

The WISE ONES heed not the sweet-tongued voices of illusion. 

And having learnt thine own Agnyana, flee from the Hall of Learning. 
This Hall is dangerous in its perfidious beauty, is needed but for 
thy probation. Beware, Lanoo, lest dazzled by illusive radiance thy 
Soul should linger and be caught in its deceptive light. 

This light shines from the jewel of the Great Ensnarer, (Mara). The 
senses it bewitches, blinds the mind, and leaves the unwary an 
abandoned wreck. 

The name of the third Hall is Wisdom, beyond which stretch the 
shoreless waters of AKSHARA, the indestructible Fount of Omniscience. 

Seek for him who is to give thee birth, in the Hall of Wisdom, the 
Hall which lies beyond, wherein all shadows are unknown, and where 
the light of truth shines with unfading glory. 

That which is uncreate abides in thee, Disciple, as it abides in that 
Hall. If thou would'st reach it and blend the two, thou must divest 
thyself of thy dark garments of illusion. Stifle the voice of flesh, 
allow no image of the senses to get between its light and thine that 
thus the twain may blend in one. 

If through the Hall of Wisdom, thou would'st reach the Vale of Bliss, 
Disciple, close fast thy senses against the great dire heresy of 
separateness that weans thee from the rest.