THE PATH OF INDIFFERENCE

other. Its essence is self-poise and readiness for whatever may corne. Life is fuU of manifold expérience ; the value of expérience, as we shall see in the next chapter, is not in what it give% rather in what it elicits in the soûl ; we may be sure that ail the expérience which is necessary for the lull blossoming of the soûl will arrive to it in due time, but we cannot détermine either the order or the time of any particular expérience ; we must be ready for each, as it arrives ; and to the prepared, self-possessed man every expérience médiates good. There is, theref ore, no need to hurry ; ail that we require is Faith — that is to say, patience combined with sure expectation that " ail is provided for/' and ail is well. Haste and exhaustion characterize the superfidal lif e, and the more a man or a community is entangled in it — a conspîcuous modem phenomenon — the higher the velocity and the deeper the weariness ; but the tempo of real life is alwajrs leisurely.

Absolve yourself to-day from the bonds of action ^ ;

which does not mean " do not act," but " do not be over-concerned about any action, or the opportunity for it . " The soûl must come to the Whole, and the Whole into the soûl,

Wait, vrait ever for the coming of the Lord. Seo that yott are ready for bis arrivai.*

1 T. D„ p. 174. * Ibid,, p. 174.