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THE WRITINGS OF TRUTH*
The seeker after Wisdom, whose Bliss is non-existence, the Devotee of the
Most Excellent Bhâvani,† the Wanderer in the Samsâra Câkkra, the Insect that
crawls on Earth, on Seb beneath Nuit, the Purusha beyond Ishwara: He taketh
up the Pen of the Ready Writer, to record those Mysterious Happenings which
came unto Him in His search for Himself. And the beginning is of Spells, and
of Conjurations, and of Evocations of the Evil Ones; Things Unlawful to write
of, dangerous even to think of; wherefore they are not here written. But he
beginneth with his sojourning in the Isle of Lanka:‡ the time of his dwelling
with Mâitrânanda Swâmi.§ Wherefore, O Bhâvani, bring Thou all unto the Proper
End! To Thee be Glory—OM.
On the 6th of August P. landed in Colombo, and on the
following day he went to see his old friend Frater I.A. who
was now studying Buddhism with the view of becoming a
Buddhist monk. On this very day he commenced, or rather
continued his meditation practices: for we find him trying
with Mâitrânanda the result of speech as a disturbing factor
in Dhâranâ (meditation). The experiment was as follows:
P. sat and meditated for five minutes on a white Tau (T)
during which Mâitrânanda spoke six times with the object of
* No rough working is given in this volume; it is only a compendium of
Results.
† The goddess Isis, Deir, Kali, Sakti, etc, in her aspect as the patroness of
Meditation. There are five principal meditations. Metta-Bhâvanâ, on love;
Karunâ-Bhâvanâ, on pity; Muditâ-Bhâvanâ, on joy; Asubha-Bhâvanâ, on
impunity; and Upekshâ-Bhâvanâ, on serenity. But see 777, col. xxiii, p. 9.
‡ Old native name for Ceylon.
§ Frater I.A.’s Eastern name, afterwards changed to Ânanda Metteya.