Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

464 IN PATIF.NCJo: \V AlT. [April
and from his great and pure nature realm, forming out of it
their own thoughts, emotions, and desires, they at·e lost, and
some go to one extreme and some to another. Many fall a
prey to the vicious elemental that seems to claim the right to
possess this-entire country.
Therefore it is not safe for anyone to come ht>re who has not
individualized himself by having obtaine-d the thit·d degree to
considerable fulnes11. Then he is able to stand against the tide
of the thought anJ Rympathy of those by whom he is surrounded,
to think his own thoughts, and to traverse his own independent
way, in obedience to the guidance of the spirit, mind, and
will of God. But every one, no matter to what extent he is
individualized, who comes here from the olde-r parts of the land,
will greatly miss something to which he has been accustomed:
and it will take him at least three months to adjust himself to
the surroundings and conditions.
IN PATIENCE WAIT.
On highways desolate
\V e pause, and question Fate,
While foes, in ambush. wait
To str·ike us down.
\Ve move, with doubtful tt·ead,
By cautious Reason lt>d
Where hidden snares are spread,
And dangers frown.
In thought, we question still,
The source of good and ill,
And vague conjectures fill
Our musings det>p.
We glimpse senescent beams,
Or lambent lightning gleams,
That flash athwart our drt>ams,
And trouble sleep.
From mystery we came,­
A realm without a name,­
And wonders we proclaim
In Soul and Sense.
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