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one Life. Thatone Life exertsceaselesslyan
upward drawingforce,likethe visafronteof
thebafHedbotanist. ItsembryonicSelfineach
answersto the Father-self andblindly reaches
out, groping after the One within the many,
theOne that isitself. Thusexternalcontacts
arise; by the inward urging of the Self the
formsmeet,thenclingorclash. Theattractive
force is the one Self in all; the variety, the
pleasureorthepain,isintheforms.
Further,it isthelifethatseeks the life, but
inthesearch itisthe form thatfindstheform,
thusbafflingtheseeker. Theformsarebarriers
between life and life, cannot intermingle, are
mutuallyexclusive. Lifecould mixwithlifeas
tworiversmixtheirwaters,butasriverscannot
joinwhile eachisrunningwithinitsownbanks,
so lives cannot unite while forms lock each
withmitsownenclosure.
Letusgatherupour threadsandtwistthem
together into an Ariadne-clue to guide us
through the Cretan labyrinth of life that we
mayfindandslaythe Minotaurcalledsorrow.
Thereis athirst for separated lifenecessary
tothebuildingoftheonewhoendures
;
Thereisapersistentseekingforhappiness
;
The essence of happiness liesin union with
theobjectofdesire
;
