Light on the Path
[LEFT]
Out of the silence that is peace, a resonant voice shall
arise. And this voice will say : It is not well; then hast
reaped, now thou must sow. And, knowing this voice to
be the silence itself, thou wilt obey.
The resonant voice that proceeds from " out of the
silence that is peace " is the voice of Spirit forcing its
way into the field of consciousness. The voice is not
as plain as when heard at the moment of illumina-
tion, for the ear is filled with the vibrations of the
lower planes, and cannot sense so clearly the high
vibrations proceeding from the upper regions of the
mind. But the voice is insistent, and if listened to
will make itself heard. It will not be confused with
the thought-waves with which the ether is filled,
for when one thinks of the spiritual plane he is lifted
upward mentally, and the lower vibrations cannot
reach him so plainly. He soon learns to distinguish
the clear pure voice of Spirit from the grosser
thought-waves that are beating upon him. The
voice of Spirit always has an " upward " tendency,
and its influence is always toward higher things*
" And this voice will say: It is not well; thou
hast reaped, now thou must sow/’ This passagepictures the longing which possesses the true occult-
ist, who has experienced the higher consciousness,
and which impels him to carry out in actual life the
truth which he has received—to manifest in action
and association with the world, the thought which
has come to him in the silence.
The soul may wait in solitude until the truth
comes to it—but the truth, when once received and
given a lodgment in the heart, fills the soul with a
divine unrest, and causes it to go forth into the world
and live the life of the Spirit among and with men,
instead of apart and away from them. The man to
whom spiritual illumination has come—even in its
lightest form—is a changed being. He radiates
thought of a different character from that emanat-
ing from the minds of those around him. He has
different ideals and consequently different thoughts.
And his thought-waves have an effect upon the great-
body of thought-waves of the world. They leaven
the mass—they are like the stream of pure water
pouring into the muddy pond, which pure stream
gradually clears the entire pond. His thoughts and
presence are needed in the world’s work, and so the
Spiritual Mind sends him an impulse to go forth and
live the life—to live it among men and women, and
not apart from them. It says to him : " Thou hast
reaped, now thou must sow." And knowing this
voice to be the silence itself he obeys.[/LEFT]