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IX. Desire only that which is unattainable.
X. Desire power ardently.
XI. Desire peace fervently.
XII. Desire possessions above all.
XIII. Seek out the way.
XIV. Seek the way by retreating within.
XV. Seek the way by advancing boldly without.
XVI. Stand aside in the coming battle; and though thou fightest, be not thou the warrior.
XVII. Look for the warrior, and let him fight in thee.
XVIII. Take his orders for battle, and obey him.
XIX. Listen to the song of life.
XX. Store in your memory the melody you hear.
XXI. Learn from it the lesson of harmony.
XXII. Regard earnestly all the life that surrounds you.
XXIII. Learn to look intelligently into the hearts of men.
XIX. Regard most earnestly your own heart.
XX. Inquire of the earth, the air, and the water, of the secrets they hold for you.
XXI. Inquire of the holy ones of the earth, of the secrets they hold for you.
XXII. Inquire of the inmost, the one, of its final secret, which it holds for you throughout
the ages.
XXIII. Hold fast to that which has neither substance nor existence.
XXVI. Listen only to the voice which is soundless.
XXV. Look only on that which is invisible alike to the inner and the outer sense.”
These axioms have seven several and distinct meanings, superimposed
one upon the other, and which are uncovered only by the unveiling of the
eyes of the soul as it unfolds. Blessed is he who is able to comprehend even
the first set of meanings, for he is on The Way.
The commentor upon these axioms, in the little manual, gives the following
valuable advice to those who seek out the Way of Liberation and Peace: