STEPS ON THE PATHWAY 61

It is we who are apathetic, slack, halting and
indifferent. Yet the road is open to all, and the
ladder ready before us, these Great Teachers may
be sought and found, and the world thirsts and
comes not to the waters to drink. It hungers
and dare not feed.

Against every spiritual movement, every
movement for the uplift of humanity, every
endeavour to help towards illumination there i^
a strong counter-attack. The same applies to
small things as well as to great. We make an
effort to lead a holy life. Obstacles spring up
in our path, and in a world movement such as
the Theosophical Society how great is the
opposition !

Yet the work moves forward, it grows and
expands, attacks are frequent; but Those who
guard humanity guard also all the roads to the
Goal, and nothing can touch the pure in heart.