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Trancrib"d byHARRIET AUGUSTA CURTISS

andF. HOMER CURTISS, 13.S., M.D.

Se.cretarij of th» Order

THE CURTISS BOOK COMPANYPUBLISHERS.LOS ANGELES.191 1

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F. HOMER CURTISS, M.D.1911

PR!SS O BROWNE & CARTWRIGHTHIGHLAND PARK LOS ANGELES

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DedicationHE VOICEhas spoken.To thosewho canhear andin whose

hearts an echo of theSoundless Sound hasthrilled, this little book-let is dedicated.

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"Out of the silence that ispeace a resonant voiceshall arise. . . Lien tothe song of life. Store inyour memory the melodyyou hear. Learn from itthe lesson of harmony."

Light on. the Path, ii.

"God thundereth marvel-ously with His voice; greatthings doeth He, which wecannot comprehend."

Job æxxvii:5.

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HIS little book comes toyou, dear reader, as a mes-senger winged with thelove of the Mater Whowould gather His children

from the four winds.til To all who are yearning for loveand underIanding, who are wearyof waiting for the eventide when theMater shall walk in His garden inthe cool of the day to meet His dis-ciples, this little booklet is sent.Ç1 It comes as a cooling breeze at twi-light after the heat and toil of the day.It comes as the song of birds piping

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their good night to the toil-worn. Itcomes as a messenger of Peace, speak-ing to such hearts as can hear, bring-ing to them the assurance that in themidt of the toil tnd disappointmentsand weariness of life there is a surg-ing undercurrent of Power and Peacesweeping all humanity onward andupward, drawing them closer to theHeart of Love.

This little book is but a tiny nilfrom the Fountain of Life. If it butfill with cooling drops the cup of oneweary wanderer fainting in the Desertof Life, it has fulfilled its mission.Ç It is caÌ upon the Waters of Life inLove, Compassion, and Trut, know-ing that it will accomplish that forwhich it is sent forth.

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THE SOUNDLESS SOUND

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The Soundless Sound

YE seekers for the Way!Ye whose ears are yetdeaf to the Soundless

$ Sound!i1 To you comes a mes-

sage from all the spheres throughwhich the Spirit of Life Eternalpresses onward, pulsating, rising, fall-ing, beating the outward form intonothingness that the immortal Spiritof all things may be revealed to you,the Soundless Sound.iJ Why hear ye not?

4J Ye are so eagerly litening to thesounds that are without, to the babe!

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of outer happenings, to the babel ofyour thoughts.

ci Man's thoughts are the world'sbabel in miniature.

Çi That which should be a deep flow-ing river of consciousness is but thebabble of a shallow brook. Ye arewont to babble mentally, to holdmental conversations about the triv-ial occurrences that have impingedupon your consciousness from theouter manifetations of life. As theconStant drip of water wears awaythe solid rock, so this waSted forceexhauSts the brain and Stultifies thespiritual consciousness as would con-tinued chatter of trifling things.

ci Alas, how oft these mental conver-to

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sations are of matters unmentiona-ble in outward speech!

NOW ye not that aimlessmental aélivity forms ashell about you shuttingyou away from the Voiceof God which should

speak in your heart?

q The first lesson for ye who seek toconsciously enter The Path is to con-trol the currents of your thoughts.'

q Until the mind is controlled andentertains only that which you de-sire you till live in the world ofsensation, 1till seek the True withinthe false, the living among the dead.

J Know ye not that all outward seem-1 See Leesen on Th. F,th. I I

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ing, aitho but an illusion born of thesenses, is nevertheless a covering or I

veil that hides the True? a dark-lan-tern within which the Shekina glows?

00K throughout Nature.You find not one perfeftor complete creation. Notone blossom is withoutdefeët, one tree without

its dropping leaves and dyingbranches, its gnarled and crookedtrunk or other imperfedions. Notone blade of grass but has some flaw,is eaten by some insed or dies forwant of moiture.

Ç Nothing in all Nature is perfedt.

ÇJ Yet Ìand upon the mountain-topand view the scene outspread before12

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you. The landscape has many minordefeds if examined closely. Not oneform is perf&ft or complete, yet as awhole they present a pidture that isgrand, inspiring. How your heartthrills with joy unspeakable!

Ç "How wondrous! Behold thehandiwork of God."

ÇJ You know the thorns are there, yetthe rose breathes love and joy.

J What in this imperfecÌ world ofNature speaks so ditindly, so per-sitently to your heart? It is

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that Divine Power which lies veiledbehind all the imperfedtions.

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00K into the hearts ofmen, into the hearts ofyour chosen companions.There again you will findmany, many defets.

' Who has found a perfedÌ humanbeing?

i Who has found one personality inwhom all ideals are fulfilled? Nomore than you have found one leafwithout blemish in all Nature.

41 Why can ye not look upon human-ity and feel the same warm thrill oflove ye feel for imperfed Nature?Why criticize and condemn your fel-lowman more than the herbs of thefield?14

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J Through man's free will he hascreated and is responsible for all Na-ture's imperfedtions. A Divine Idealdefleëted by the prism of man's mis-conception. A literal working out ofthe prophesy: "Cursed is the groundfor thy sake; thorns also and thiÌlesshall it bring forth to thee."2

Ç It is this law, aitho unrecognized,which makes you condemn your fel-lowman, overlooking your ownshare in creating these conditions.

q You listen not to the silent Voiceof God, the Voice of the Silence, hencedo not recognize your own creations.You close your ears to the SoundlessSound that is speaking through allNature, and within the hearts of allyour fellow pilgrims; that is singing2 I 5

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within the hearts of your friends, yea,and your enemies also.

Just as the ineffable charm of a land-scape appeals to you in spite of itsdefeIs, so should you recognize theSoundless Sound speaking throughyou in no uncertain language, eventhough imperfedtions be apparent.'1 Meditate upon this thought in yourdealings with your fellowmen.

Many, with all their hearts, believethere is a Divine Power manifestingthrough humanity, yet, alas, how fewthere be who seek or recognize it!

ANY believe that by muchexperience, much prayer,arduous truggle and pa-tient endurance, one daythey may hear the Voice

speak to their hearts, pointing out16

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their next tep in evolution; perhapsspeaking in admonition; perhaps say-ing: "Well done, good and faithfulservant, enter thou into the joy ofthy Lord."

Ç How few realize that the voice ofhumanity is in reality the Voice ofGod, but in quite a different sensefrom the usual interpretation of "Voxpopuli, vox Deus!"

Through every heart, in spite of itsdefects and failings, back of the per-sonality which may be obnoxious, be-neath and beyond is the Voice of Godspeaking. And this Voice is the oneVoice in all, making humanity one.

1 "Call it by what name you will, itis a voice that speaks where there isnone to speakit is a messenger thatcomes, a messenger without form or

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subtance; or it is the flower of thesoul that has opened."

J It speaks to you from the lips of theprattling babe, from the eyes of theweary toiler or from the mouth of thereckless, the profligate or the fallensitter. Back of every manifetationof life on this plane of being standsDivinity.

J Until you have learned this lessonyou cannot pass on.

Ç Until you recognize Divinity speak-ing to you from every other atom ofhumanity;

Until you have ceased to seek outyour brother's mitakes; until youhave ceased to look for his short-comings and failings; ceased to meas-ure his corn by your bushel of human18 $ J4,htonThsJ-\thPartl.

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frailty and have found how to useGod's measure inÌead;Ç Until you have ceased to liIen tothe many voices of the world and be-gun to liÌen to the one Divine Voicemanifeting through all humanity asthrough Nature, you will never hearthe Silent Voice within.

MID the roffing fields andwooded hills, while lis-tening to the symphony ofNature soundsthe songof bird, the drone of in.

sed, the rustle of leafy bough, the tin-kle of brook or boom of seayou areuplifted and lirred by a sense of TheDivine surrounding you and comingclose. You have caught a glimpse ofDivine Consciousness. Your Soulresponds to the Soundless Sound.

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!J When your Soul thrills with thesame oneness as you contacft your fel-lowmen you will then have ceased,at leat in a measure, to liI:en to themany and hearken to the One.

Ç Then are you ready to come intoTruth; to find Truth and undertandthat it is the foundation of all things;that underneath and within the inner-mot sanduary of all manifestationsof life is Divine Love.

]I Then will you know that this is nota world of confusion, of trange andmyÌerious happenings, but a worldof Law and Love, a world of mani-fold expressions of Deity. Then andthen only are you ready to liIen tothe Voice which speaks to you in theSilence, the Soundless Sound.20

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Then will you realize that you neednot desert the haunts of men, live inthe wilderness, mortify the flesh, liveon roots and herbs, quench yourthirt at the mountain Ireamlet. Youropportunity will confront youwherever you are placed. You willfind great joy miniftering to eachatom of humanity you meet. Youwill have found the One in all. Thenwill the Voice become the dailyFriend, the everlaling Counselor,the Prince of Peace, the God of Lovewithin your heart.

0 HEAR this Voice no

Ppsychic or occult powersare needed, aitho in timeit will manifet in a def-inite way on the psychic

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ij This Voice you so eagerly desiremust firSt be heard and recognized inall things ere it can be condensed andmanifeSt consciously in your heart,for

J1 This animating principle of Divin-ity speaks to you in no uncertaintones on every plane of Being. Makeit pradtical.

J You muÌ dwell with God ere youcan think God's thoughts or respondto the vibrations of His SoundlessVoice.

1 The physical is the loweSt plane ofmanifeStation. If you are deaf to theVoice upon the physical plane andthink to hear it upon the psychic ormental planes it may seem to fail youaltogether.22

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ÇJ Or you will find yourself liteningto atral voices which are ever readyto fulfill that which you desire. Butsuch voices ultimately lead aÌray,even though expressing lofty senti-ments at firt and giving apparentgood counsel.

NOW ye not the condi-tions of life in which youfind yourself are thosebet fitted for your Soul-growth?

ci Be true 0 Soul and dare to tand inthe inner sanduary of your heart andface yourself. Know that you, too,sometimes vibrate falsely, yet withinare true.

I Recognize this and at once youwill recognize the true within each

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Soul, even those who, because of vi-brations not in harmony with Truthas revealed to you, are neither pleas-ing nor helpful.

Ç Learn to pass such Souls by, butwithout condemnation, learning yourlesson.

Çj If they express what is opposite toTruth as seen by you, learn to expressmore Truth because of their example.From them learn to sendforthtronger vibrations of Truth. Onlythus can you help them, never bycondemnation.

Let each Soul vibrate to its owncenter, as you vibrate to yours. Inthe Grand Man, as in the human body,there are many centers. Perfect har-mony means each atom vibrating to24

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its own center while all respond to theOne Life.

l Then shall you know the Psalm ofLife. Then shall the sacred joy, thegreat peace that comes to those wholive with Truth, enter into you.

NHARMONY is self-pro-duced by your unwilling-ness to let each live hisown life. Learn well thislesson.

Ç Then shall the Soundless Sound,which echoes in each heart and makesall the world akin, sing to you ofgladness. And it will say that onlyas you forget self, let the little personalself be swallowed up in the GreatSelf,' can you become a consciousnote in the great symphony.4 SeeiononTkr&41 25

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IJ Only when you find your greatetjoy in bringing happiness to others,not seeking how to be happy, how tobe loved, or how beI to live close tothe Divine for yourself alone, onlythen can real abiding happiness andclose companionship of the Voice beyours.

4J Then will you find that the sorrowand misery of life which so oppressedyou has been swallowed up in a com-prehension of the great Plan of Re-demption. Give thanks for every Ìepthat has brought you to the realizationthat you are a conscious fador in thisgreat work. Because of this Voice youhave learned to know and love, youcan enter the hearts of others,can enter into the joy of the One Life.It is not your brother or siÌer who26

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brings this joy to you, but the OneVoice in the Soul of all.

EED let having rachedthis tep you go aÌray;let in the zeal of self-sacrifice you seek to bearall burdens that others

may go free.

1 Be jut fir to yourself that youmay be jut to others.Ji Know well the burdens of all Soulsare sent in Love. Deprive them notof the trength they bring, let, alas,for lack of the burden you would bearthey should lose the prize.

1 Discriminate between jutice andselfishness.

q Say not in presumptious pride that27

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you will bear all suffering. Say ratheryou will uplift the world by beingbetter and happier yourself.

ISERY, like happiness, iscontagious. To be miser-able is but to increase themisery of the world. ThePsalm of Life which you

seek to bear is not a wail of misery,but a pæan of joy.Ç Through thoughtless seLfishnessperchance you bring sorrow to an-other and go your way, sharing itnot. But you cannot bring one joy,even to the leaÌ of your brethren,that your own Soul is not filled withthe same joy, yea, a greater joy, forthe joy you feel is the joy of the OneLife surging through the universe. Byyour own effort you have opened a28

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door and permitted it to flow throughyou. You have sounded a note onthe great Harp of Life and its vibra-tions will never cease. They shallspread from sphere to sphere and opento you the Melody of the Divine, theSoundless Sound.

ci Therefore we are not all one insorrow, for sorrow is not im-mortal and has no exilence in theOne Life. It belongs wholly to earth,is one of the imperfedtions of separ-ated exitence. It mut pass away.Jut as every imperfedion in Naturewill be transmuted as the Divine isdefleëted less and less by man's im-perfedt prism. "Sorrow may endurefor a night, but joy cometh in themorning."

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ANY who have lot a dearcompanion feel it a mel-ancholy duty to shut theirhearts away from joy anddwell in sorrow. This,

intead of pleasing the departed, keepsthem from the joy awaiting them.The voice of The Chri is continu-ally saying: "Rejoice in the Lordaiway: and again I say, Rejoice."

If you would hear this Voice in theconditions of earth, trive to awakenit by deeds of loving-kindness. Ju1the natural little kindnesses that bringjoy into life. Also watch that yourfeatures take not on a doleful ex-pression, or of superiority, pride andcondescension.

'1 A joyful countenance will brightenthe day for many a weary Soul.30

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Should sorrow or misfortune over-take you turn your mind to the joyof the One Life, away from the pettyworries that are barriers to its mani-fetation.

HEN, little by little, youhave learned to hear theSoundless Sound in thehearts of all creatures inthe physical world, then

will it begin to manifeI in your men-tal world. It will take form in yourheart, will cheer and comfort you.

iJ When you have litened to andobeyed the God within, the HigherSelf who is one with all will makehis own Voice heard.

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' HE mind is the slayer of theself, but the Voice is theslayer of the mind. OnlySpiritual Sound can quietthe voice of the mind

when it refledts the confusions ofearthly thoughts. Only The Chritwalking upon the troubled waters ofyour life can say: "Peace, be Iill."

I This is the Pentacotal Flame thatrets upon your head. As it mani-fets all defedts are consumed. Itburns away the barriers of the fleshthat separate you from humanity, per-mitting you to see the Divine in all.

II In the mental world the Flameburns out the thought of personality,that the Real Self may manifeÌ.

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comes the All-Seeing Eye, theShekina, the Star of Inititiation, theLight which shall guide you into thatpeace which passeth underIanding.

1 You no longer think of this DivineOne Life. You live it. You becomeit. You enter into the Silence and be-come the Voice itself!

YE seekers who are onewith all that is! Know yenot that the power is yoursto awaken Divine Har-mony in life?

Into your hands is given the Harpof Life, whose trings give forth theseven creative notes. Strike theSirings aright! Its tones are all joyand love and oneness.

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J Learn to play upon this Harp as youwould learn to play an inlrurnent ofearth. First learn to trike one notetrue and clear, then chords, andfinally melodies and symphonies.Your Divine Teacher is ever present.

1 If in your heart there comes ashadow of gloom or sadness, turnaway and sound a note of joy in someother heart and yours shall be filled!

q Look today out over the world andsound a melody of joy and gladness!

q Strike the chords! LiIen to theSoundless Sound that sweeps withdivine melody through your heart!

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q lItt (tirr if tir 1 is a non-sed:arian spir-itual movement for the advancement ofChriIian Myticism. The Order is not anorganization, requires no pledges or dues,exalts no personality and imposes noauthority except that authority inherent inTruth.

Monthly lessons are sent to each pupil.q For further information address

F. HOMER CURTISS, M. D.123 McCadden Place

Los Angeles, Cal., U. S. A.

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