When success comes...

When all thoughts are extinguished;

when even the thought of the quest itself vanishes;

when even the final thought of seeking to control thoughts also subsides,

then the great battle with the ego can take place.

But the last scene of this invisible drama is always played by the Overself.

For only when its Grace shoots forth and strikes down this final thought, does success come.



-- Notebooks Category 23: Advanced Contemplation > Chapter 8: The Void As Contemplative Experience > # 152
-- Perspectives > Chapter 23: Advanced Contemplation > # 79
Paul Brunton