Equinox I (04).pdf
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50 THE EQUINOX Presumably cessation of sense perception. How can we prove our theory? By cutting away every perception, every thought- form as it is born, until nothing thinkable is left, not even the thought of the unknowable. The man of science will often say “I do not know, I really do not know where these bricks came form, or how they were made, or who made them; but here they are; let us build a house and live in it.” Now this indeed is a very sensible view to take, and the result is we have some very fine houses built by these excellent bricklayers; but strange to say, this is the fatalist's point of view, and a fatalistic science is indeed a cruel kind of oxymoron. As a matter of fact he is nothing of the kind; for, when he has exhausted his supply of bricks, he starts to look about for others, and when others cannot be found, he takes one of the old ones and picking it to pieces tries to discover of what it is made so that he may make more. What is small-pox? Really, my friend, I do not know where it came from, or what it is, or how it originated; when a man catches it he either dies or recovers, please go away and don't ask me ridiculous questions! Now this indeed would not be considered a very sensible view to adopt. And why? Simply because small-pox no longer happens to be believed in as a malignant devil, but is, at least partially, known and understood. Similarly, when we have gained as much knowledge of the First Cause as we have of small-pox, we shall no longer believe in a Benevolent God or otherwise, but shall, at least partially, know and understand Him as He is or is-not. “I can't learn this!” is the groan of a schoolboy and not the exclamation of a sage. No doctor who is worth his salt will say: “I can't tackle this disease”; he says: “I will tackle
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING this disease.” So also with the Unknowable, God, à priori, First Cause, etc., etc., this metaphysical sickness can be cured. Not certainly in the same manner as small-pox can be; for physicians have a scientific language wherein to express their ideas and thoughts, whilst a mystic too often has not; but by a series of exercises, or a system of symbolic teaching, which will gradually lead the sufferer from the material to the spiritual, and not leave him gazing and wondering at it, as he would at a star in the night. A fourth dimensional being, outside a few mathematical symbols, would be unable to explain to a third dimensional being a fourth dimensional world, simply because he would be addressing him in a fourth dimensional language. Likewise, in a less degree, would a doctor be unable to explain the theory of inoculation to a savage, but it is quite conceivable that he might be able to teach him how to vaccinate himself or another; which would be after all the chief point gained. Similarly the Yogi says: I have arrived at a state of Superconsciousness (Samâdhi) and you, my friend, are not only blind, deaf and dumb, and a savage, but the son of a pig into the bargain. You are totally immersed in Darkness (Tamas); a child of ignorance (Avidyâ), and the offspring of illusion (Mâyâ); as mad, insane and idiotic as those unfortunates you lock up in your asylums to convince you, as one of you yourselves has very justly remarked, that you are not all raving mad. For you consider not only one thing, which you insult by calling God, but all things, to be real; and anything which has the slightest odour of reality about it you pronounce an illusion. But, as my brother the Magician has told you, “he 51
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50<br />
THE EQUINOX<br />
Presumably cessation of sense perception. How can we prove<br />
our theory? By cutting away every perception, every thought-<br />
form as it is born, until nothing thinkable is left, not even the<br />
thought of the unknowable.<br />
The man of science will often say “I do not know, I really<br />
do not know where these bricks came form, or how they were<br />
made, or who made them; but here they are; let us build a<br />
house and live in it.” Now this indeed is a very sensible view<br />
to take, and the result is we have some very fine houses built<br />
by these excellent bricklayers; but strange to say, this is the<br />
fatalist's point of view, and a fatalistic science is indeed a cruel<br />
kind of oxymoron. As a matter of fact he is nothing of the<br />
kind; for, when he has exhausted his supply of bricks, he starts<br />
to look about for others, and when others cannot be found, he<br />
takes one of the old ones and picking it to pieces tries to<br />
discover of what it is made so that he may make more.<br />
What is small-pox? Really, my friend, I do not know<br />
where it came from, or what it is, or how it originated; when a<br />
man catches it he either dies or recovers, please go away and<br />
don't ask me ridiculous questions! Now this indeed would<br />
not be considered a very sensible view to adopt. And why?<br />
Simply because small-pox no longer happens to be believed in<br />
as a malignant devil, but is, at least partially, known and<br />
understood. Similarly, when we have gained as much knowledge<br />
of the First Cause as we have of small-pox, we shall no<br />
longer believe in a Benevolent God or otherwise, but shall, at<br />
least partially, know and understand Him as He is or is-not.<br />
“I can't learn this!” is the groan of a schoolboy and not the<br />
exclamation of a sage. No doctor who is worth his salt will<br />
say: “I can't tackle this disease”; he says: “I will tackle