[14] There is one exceptional case where the Guru’s goal is seen, and then the Guru has to die, for there can be no two _equals_. [15] There is no contradiction between this and the preceding paragraph where it is said “To see the Guru’s goal is impossible.” During the initiation ceremony, there is no separateness between those engaged in it. They all become one whole, and therefore, even the High Hierophant, while engaged in an initiation, is no more his separate self, but is only a part of the whole, of which the candidate is also a part, and then, for the time being, having as much power and knowledge as the very highest present. [ED.] [16] Rig Veda, IV, VII, 9. [17] Divine science. [18] “The knowledge of Yoga, which is, joining with your higher self.” [19] See _Zanoni_, Book IV, c. iii. [20] Highest soul. [21] Fifth principle. [22] See Vol. 1, _Theosophist_. [23] Taubaya uddito lókó; jaráya pari vârato: Maccuna pihito loko; Dukkhe Loko patitthito. [24] Kammam vijjà dhammóca; Silam jivita muttamam; Etena maccá sujjhanti: Na-gottêna dhanenavá. [25] Code of laws. [26] Restraining thoughts from being dispersed. [27] Effecting complete reconciliation and composure of mind. [28] Worldly. [29] Superhuman. [30] This means the particular kind which each man, because of heredity, education and class, exercises. It is also known as using the path pertaining to the Lodge or Ray, to which the one meditating, belongs.—[ED.] [31] See Bagavad-Gita, c. 14.—[ED.] [32] See No. 68 (May, 1886) _Theosophist_. [33] _Gnyanam_ is translated “higher knowledge,” which does not merely mean acquirement of greater so-called mortal or ordinary knowledge, but that kind of knowledge which is only attained by rising to higher spiritual planes, and which transcends the highest of ordinary knowledge of the greatest literati or scientist. [34] This was written then to various persons in Paris, London, New York, and India. [35] By D. M. Tredwell. Published by Fred Tredwell, 78 Nassau St., New York, 1886. [36] _The Life of Apollonius_, &c., Hist. of Chr. Church, Vol. I, p. 348. _The Life of Apollonius, of Tyana_, by Philostrates, tr. by Rev. Edward Berwick, Ireland (1809). AUM The departure of the soul atom from the bosom of Divinity, is a radiation from the life of the great All, who expends his strength in order that he may grow again and live by its return. God thereby acquires a new vital force provided by all the transformations that the soul atom has undergone. Its return is the final reward. Such is the secret of the evolution of the great Being and of the Supreme Soul.—_Book of Pitris._