When the student can balance his two types of atoms, the white and the black, their powers come under his control, and he can then enter his higher schools. In Eastern terminology this means, “He who has attained the middle of his Path.” He is now under the jurisdiction of neither good nor evil.
Faith to Move Mountains
Here we think a note upon faith should be of interest. Initiates say that its meaning has been misunderstood. Faith, as the world uses it, possesses no spiritual nature; though in the secondary system it means power and energy applied to action. All success in Yoga comes from this application; for the true quality of faith is a Solar force that illumines the mind and attracts to it atoms of power and energy.
More human wrecks have resulted from the misconception of this quality than man realises.
When Jesus used this word in the sentence “If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed,” He meant that one could work miracles if one possessed the atomic energy contained within a mustard seed. But in this world of illusion this is reversed, and the weak man sits still and believes that all will come to him if he has faith. It is not a force that should only be applied to religious belief. It is the power of the Innermost working through the densities of our bodies, and the more we respond to it the greater will be our powers.
Mind Control
The Secret Enemy has so much power in the atmosphere of this world that they can limit our thoughts and imprison our minds. When we strive to hold the mind to one thing it will immediately attempt to disintegrate it. As a teacher once told me: “If you could hold a pristine thought for but three seconds you could become a master of the world.”
You can go the Easy Way or the Hard Way
The kingdoms of hell are easily entered, but the kingdom of heaven can only be entered by force.