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The Eleventh Lesson: Beyond the Border167
The Eleventh Lesson: Beyond the Border
In these lessons we have not attempted to force upon the student any
conception of the truth which did not appeal to him, or which did not
harmonize with his own conception. We grant to all the liberty of their
own convictions, preferring that they should accept only such of the Yogi
teachings as may appeal to them, letting the rest pass by as not being
needed just at that time. We merely state the Yogi’s conception of the matter,
as simply and plainly as we are able, that the student may understand the
theory—whether or not it appeals to him as truth is a matter with which
we have no concern. If it is true, then it is true, no matter what the student
may think of it, and his belief or unbelief does not change matters. But, the
Yogis do not hold to the idea that anyone is to be punished for unbelief, nor
is one to be rewarded for belief—they hold that belief and unbelief are
not matters of the will, but of the growth of understanding, therefore it is
not consistent with Justice to suppose that one is rewarded or punished for
belief or unbelief. The Yogis are the most tolerant of people. They see good,
and truth, in all forms of belief, and conceptions of truth, and never blame
any for not agreeing with them. They have no set creeds, and do not ask their
followers to accept as a matter of course all that they teach. Their advice
to students is: “Take what appeals to you, and leave the rest—tomorrow