By the third, which is neither ourselves nor the object, do we
recognise it. The third is the celestial light.
It is appalling to reflect that there are enormous masses of human
energy which can find no proper outlet. The consequence is mischief
either through expression in any direction and at any cost, or
through suppression. We want an organisation of energy, one of the
noblest offices of a true church.
The tyranny of the imagination is perhaps that which is most to be
dreaded. By strength of will we can prevent an act, but no strength
of will is able to prevent the invasion of self-created pictures.
The only remedies are health and indifference to them when they
present themselves. If we worry ourselves about them they become
worse. If we let them alone they fade and we forget them.
Thinking much upon insoluble problems is apt to breed superstition
even in the strongest minds. The failure of the reason weakens our
reliance on it, and the difference between the incomprehensible and
the absurd is very fine.
In this howling Bedlam of voices, it is of no use to talk or write--
no man, if he has anything to say, can be heard.
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