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the student how lightly the world is apt to regard such power as compared
to what it calls “power,” but which worldly power is but as the power of the
lunatic who, sitting on a soap-box throne, with a pasteboard crown and a
toy sceptre, imagines that he is Lord of All. Let the world amuse itself—it
concerns you not—seek ye the real power of the Spirit, no matter how you
“appear” to men.
“Desire peace fervently.” But that peace is the peace which comes from
within, and which you may enjoy even though you be in the midst of the
battle of life—though you be commander-in-chief of the worldly army, or
its humblest soldier (all one, at the last). This peace of the awakened and
conscious soul is indeed “that sacred peace which nothing can disturb, and
in which the soul grows as does the holy flower upon the still lagoons.” This
peace comes only to one who has awakened to the consciousness of his
real spiritual existence. This state once attained enables a man to set aside
a part of his nature into which he may retire when the troubles and strife
of the outer life disturb him, and which immediately surrounds him with a
peace “that passeth understanding,” because it is beyond the realms of the
understanding of the intellect. Such a sanctuary of the soul is a “haven of
rest,” for the troubled mind, and in which it may seek shelter from the storms
which are howling without. When one becomes conscious of what he really
is, and is able to see the world of illusions for what they are, he finds this
place of peace. And, although, the necessities of his life have placed him in
a position in which he must be in the thick of the fight, he really is merely in
it, and not of it. For while one part of his nature plays out the part allotted
to him, his higher self rises above the tumult, and serenely smiles at it all.
Establish for yourself a sanctuary of the soul, in which Silence reigns, and
into which your tired soul may creep to rest, and recuperate. It is this peace
to which the Yogis refer, when they say: “Peace be with Thee.” And may it be
with you all! And abide with you.
“Desire possessions above all.” This sounds like queer teaching along
spiritual lines, but read on. “But those possessions must belong to the