Thus do we lift veil after veil before, thus do we drop veil after veil behind, Onward, ever onward, do all who are born progress, none from this wheel break free, none can this law control. Born of endless rounds, from sphere to sphere we climb, through countless suns of systems, through countless terms of years. Systems of worlds we leave, whilst approaching unknown suns, with colors of nameless hues, for which no tongue a name hath found. ON THOSE HEAVENS THE SUNSETS REST, AND THE TINTS OF THE MORNING SKIES. 53 Ah, questioning Friend, what is it you would know, from whence Existence came, and how Existence stays? This is the Cross you'll carry, as long as you will cast the RUBY of the PRESENT in the DUST HEAP OF THE PAST. It was not BORN, nor does it ever DIE; it from no place came, nor of anything was it; UNBORN, ETERNAL, EVERLASTING, DEATHLESS, IT WILL REMAIN, though all should PASS AWAY. This is the Secret that the Wise alone can solve, how EXISTENCE the thread doth cut, which perchance divides those FOUR. THE FINITE FROM THE INFINITE, AND THE FALSE FROM EVERY TRUE. 54 Could you right here this problem solve of what is false and true, no more would heaven yonder be, no more would erring thought heaven's truths obscure, For at last the false is here out grown, and the Finite Mind ceases to reflect the evils of the past, which are forever lost in forgetfulness; And only the Infinite Thoughts (which are life's pearls) are then reflected in that Mind Supreme. So whilst in this home of clay we live, could we for a moment grasp this CAUSE SUPREME in its entirety, which moveth all, that life doth know, to GOOD, TO BETTER, THEN TO BEST; God will here and there alike be known, and of that SUPREME PEACE we will stand on earth possessed. So seek within this TREASURE HOUSE, for the KEY you'll surely find, which will unlock the Palace Gates and all mysteries there contained. And seated there, all pure and white, that KING OF KINGS who reigns supreme is known of all celestial hosts, as THOU, OH SOUL, DIVINE. 55 A secret here I have to tell which I'll write between these lines, how one may find [28]the SERPENT COILED within the HUMAN SPINE. Deep in the Breath of the Senses its secret presence you will find, running divided, yet united, it is the BREATH OF LIFE DIVINE. It brings to name and form all thought, and though these change and pass from sight, it ever here remains to bring that WISDOM OF THE GODS TO MEN. [28] This means the seat of all functional activity. 56