The Jewel in the Lotus by Dr. Douglas Baker B.A., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P, F.Z.S. The Jewel in the Lotus VOLUME ONE of THE SEVEN PILLARS OF ANCIENT WISDOM (The Synthesis of Yoga Esoteric Science and Psychology) by Dr. Douglas Baker B.A., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., F.Z.S. Copyright© 1975 by Douglas Baker 'Little Elephant' Essendon Herts. England THREE GREAT TRUTHS “Hear me, my brother,” he said. “There are three truths which are absolute, and which cannot be lost, but yet may remain silent for lack of speech. “The soul of man is immortal, and its future is the future of a thing whose growth and splendour has no limit. “The principle which gives life dwells in us and without us, is undying and eternally beneficent, is not heard or seen, or smelt, but is perceived by the man who desires perception. “Each man is his own absolute lawgiver, the dispenser of glory or gloom to himself; the decreer of his life, his reward, his punishment. 4 ‘These truths, which are as great as is life itself, are as simple as the simplest mind of man. Feed the hungry with them.” from 44 THE IDYLL OF THE WHITE LOTUS”. THE MASTER K.H To the Master K.H. Who, over many lives, taught me these truths. I’ve glimpsed my share of heaven and hell From the unkept highways of my own mind. My fishlike feet have felt the snares and tugs Of a thousand lives along that tortured way; Now shot of piscean shoe and shod with soul They feel the pulse of “Earth’s crammed with Heaven And every common bush afire with God”, The anima mundi, heavenly dew Staring from every eye, glowing from every hue; Her staff, Sanat’s sacred rod, first-born’s plaything Plied with neural prod my back with ceaseless urge And grew the vagal thongs of sensory scourge, Sweet pain of the entwining snakes, life’s prop That drove and flogged me to the mountain top. Douglas Baker England, 1968 THE PRODIGAL SON. {From the Statue by M. Peynot.)