' Needing only a spark '...

The metaphysics of truth is set out in such a way that the student believes he is proceeding step by step purely by logical deduction from ascertainable facts, that his reasoned thinking upholds the findings of transcendental experience, whereas not only is he doing this but at the same time is proceeding upon a path which conforms to his own latent insight.

It kindles a higher intelligence in its students.

Consequently the sense either of sudden or of growing revelation may often accompany his studies, if he be sufficiently intuitive.

The authentic metaphysics of truth can bring him close to the mystical experience of reality.

Then the trigger-pull which will start the experience moving need only be something slight, perhaps a printed inspired sentence, perhaps just a single meeting with one who has learnt to live in the Overself, or perhaps a climb in the mountains.

For then the mind becomes like a heap of dry wood, needing only a spark to flare up into a blazing pile. The close attention to its course of thought then becomes a yoga-path in itself.




-- Notebooks Category 7: The Intellect > Chapter 7: Metaphysics of Truth > # 6
-- Perspectives > Chapter 7: The Intellect > # 33 Paul Brunton