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 Transcribed by 
 HARRIET AUGUSTA CURTISS 
 
 and 
 
 F. HOMER CURTISS, B.S., M.D. 
 Secretary of the Order 
 
 THE CURTISS BOOK COMPANY 
 PUBLISHERS -LOS ANGELES -1911 
 
Copyright by 
 
 F. HOMER CURTISS, M.D. 
 1911 
 
 PRESS OF BROWNE ft CARTWRIGHT 
 HIGHLAND PARK . LOS ANGELES 
 
Dedication 
 
 HE VOICE 
 has spoken. 
 To those 
 who can 
 hear and 
 in whose 
 hearts an echo of the 
 Soundless Sound has 
 thrilled, this little book- 
 let is dedicated. 
 
 255384 
 
Out of the silence that is 
 peace a resonant voice 
 shall arise. . . . Listen to 
 the song of life. Store in 
 your memory the melody 
 you hear. Learn from it 
 the lesson of harmony." 
 
 Light on the Path, ii. 
 
 God thundereth marvel- 
 ously with His voice; great 
 things doeth He, which we 
 cannot comprehend." 
 
 Job xxxvii:5. 
 
Foreword 
 
 HIS little book comes to 
 you, dear reader, as a mes- 
 senger winged with the 
 love of the Mailer Who 
 would gather His children 
 from the four winds. 
 <I To all who are yearning for love 
 and understanding, who are weary 
 of waiting for the eventide when the 
 Master shall walk in His garden in 
 the cool of the day to meet His dis- 
 ciples, this little booklet is sent. 
 <I 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 
 
their goodnight to the toil-worn. It 
 comes as a messenger of Peace, speak- 
 ing to such hearts as can hear, bring- 
 ing to them the assurance that in the 
 mid^t of the toil and disappointments 
 and weariness of life there is a surg- 
 ing undercurrent of Power and Peace 
 sweeping all humanity onward and 
 upward, drawing them closer to the 
 Heart of Love. 
 
 I This little book is but a tiny rill 
 from the Fountain of Life. If it but 
 fill with cooling drops the cup of one 
 weary wanderer fainting in the Desert 
 of Life, it has fulfilled its mission. 
 <I It is ca^t upon the Waters of Life in 
 Love, Compassion, and Tru^t, know- 
 ing that it will accomplish that for 
 which it is sent forth. 
 
THE SOUNDLESS SOUND 
 
The Soundless Sound 
 
 3f] YE seekers for the Way! 
 
 Ye whose ears are yet 
 
 deaf to the Soundless 
 
 Sound! 
 
 To you comes a mes- 
 sage from all the spheres through 
 which the Spirit of Life Eternal 
 presses onward, pulsating, rising, fall- 
 ing, beating the outward form into 
 nothingness that the immortal Spirit 
 of all things may be revealed to you, 
 the Soundless Sound. 
 <I Why hear ye not? 
 9 Ye are so eagerly listening to the 
 sounds that are without, to the babel 
 
of outer happenings, to the babel of 
 your thoughts. 
 
 <I Man's thoughts are the world's 
 babel in miniature. 
 
 f That which should be a deep flow- 
 ing river of consciousness is but the 
 babble of a shallow brook. Ye are 
 wont to babble mentally, to hold 
 mental conversations about the triv- 
 ial occurrences that have impinged 
 upon your consciousness from the 
 outer manifestations of life. As the 
 constant drip of water wears away 
 the solid rock, so this wailed force 
 exhau&s the brain and Stultifies the 
 spiritual consciousness as would con- 
 tinued chatter of trifling things. 
 
 Alas, how oft these mental conver- 
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sations are of matters unmentiona- 
 ble in outward speech! 
 
 fOW ye not that aimless 
 mental adtivity forms a 
 shell about you shutting 
 you away from the Voice 
 of God which should 
 speak in your heart? 
 
 <I The first lesson for ye who seek to 
 consciously enter The Path is to con- 
 trol the currents of your thoughts. 1 
 
 <I Until the mind is controlled and 
 entertains only that which you de- 
 sire you ^lill live in the world of 
 sensation, &ill seek the True within 
 the false, the living among the dead. 
 
 9 Know ye not that all outward seem- 
 
 1 Sec Lesson on The Path. H 
 
ing, altho but an illusion born of the 
 senses, is nevertheless a covering or 
 veil that hides the True? a dark-lan- 
 tern within which the Shekina glows? 
 
 OOK throughout Nature. 
 You find not one perf edt 
 or complete creation. Not 
 one blossom is without 
 defedt, one tree without 
 its dropping leaves and dying 
 branches, its gnarled and crooked 
 trunk or other imperfedtions. Not 
 one blade of grass but has some flaw, 
 is eaten by some insedt or dies for 
 want of moisture. 
 
 fl Nothing in all Nature is perfedt. 
 
 fl Yet &and upon the mountain-top 
 and view the scene outspread before 
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you. The landscape has many minor 
 defedts if examined closely. Not one 
 form is perfedt or complete, yet as a 
 whole they present a pidlure that is 
 grand, inspiring. How your heart 
 thrills with joy unspeakable! 
 
 <I "How wondrous! Behold the 
 handiwork of God." 
 
 <I You know the thorns are there, yet 
 the rose breathes love and joy. 
 
 <I What in this imperfedt world of 
 Nature speaks so di&indlly, so per- 
 si&ently to your heart? It is 
 
 THE SOUNDLESS SOUND 
 
 that Divine Power which lies veiled 
 behind all the imperfedlions. 
 
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OOK into the hearts of 
 men, into the hearts of 
 your chosen companions. 
 There again you will find 
 many, many defedts. 
 
 i Who has found a perfedl human 
 being? 
 
 fl Who has found one personality in 
 whom all ideals are fulfilled? No 
 more than you have found one leaf 
 without blemish in all Nature. 
 
 <I Why can ye not look upon human- 
 ity and feel the same warm thrill of 
 love ye feel for imperfect Nature? 
 Why criticize and condemn your f el- 
 lowman more than the herbs of the 
 field? 
 
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<I Through man's free will he has 
 created and is responsible for all Na- 
 ture's imperf edlions. A Divine Ideal 
 defledted by the prism of man's mis- 
 conception. A literal working out of 
 the prophesy: "Cursed is the ground 
 for thy sake; thorns also and thistles 
 shall it bring forth to thee." 2 
 
 fl It is this law, altho unrecognized, 
 which makes you condemn your f el- 
 lowman, overlooking your own 
 share in creating these conditions. 
 
 <I You listen not to the silent Voice 
 of God, the Voice of the Silence, hence 
 do not recognize your own creations. 
 You close your ears to the Soundless 
 Sound that is speaking through all 
 Nature, and within the hearts of all 
 your fellow pilgrims; that is singing 
 
 & Genesis Hi. 15 
 
within the hearts of your friends, yea, 
 and your enemies also. 
 
 <I Jusft as the ineffable charm of a land- 
 scape appeals to you in spite of its 
 defedts, so should you recognize the 
 Soundless Sound speaking through 
 you in no uncertain language, even 
 though imperfedtions be apparent. 
 
 <I Meditate upon this thought in your 
 dealings with your fellowmen. 
 
 fl Many, with all their hearts, believe 
 there is a Divine Power manifesting 
 through humanity, yet, alas, how few 
 there be who seek or recognize it! 
 
 ANY believe that by much 
 experience, much prayer, 
 arduous Struggle and pa- 
 tient endurance, one day 
 they may hear the Voice 
 speak to their hearts, pointing out 
 
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their next &ep in evolution; perhaps 
 speaking in admonition; perhaps say- 
 ing: "Well done, good and faithful 
 servant, enter thou into the joy of 
 thy Lord." 
 
 9 How f ew realize that the voice of 
 humanity is in reality the Voice of 
 God, but in quite a different sense 
 from the usual interpretation of "Vox 
 populi, vox Deus!" 
 
 Through every heart, in spite of its 
 defedls and failings, back of the per- 
 sonality which maybe obnoxious, be- 
 neath and beyond is the Voice of God 
 speaking. And this Voice is the one 
 Voice in all, making humanity one. 
 
 I "Call it by what name you will, it 
 is a voice that speaks where there is 
 none to speak it is a messenger that 
 comes, a messenger without form or 
 
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substance; or it is the flower of the 
 soul that has opened." 3 
 
 fl It speaks to you from the lips of the 
 prattling babe, from the eyes of the 
 weary toiler or from the mouth of the 
 reckless, the profligate or the fallen 
 siller. Back of every manifestation 
 of life on this plane of being Stands 
 Divinity. 
 
 Q Until you have learned this lesson 
 you cannot pass on. 
 
 I Until you recognize Divinity speak- 
 ing to you from every other atom of 
 humanity; 
 
 <I Until you have ceased to seek out 
 your brother's mistakes; until you 
 have ceased to look for his short- 
 comings and failings; ceased to meas- 
 ure his corn by your bushel of human 
 
 18 3 Light on The Path, Pmrtl. 
 
frailty and have found how to use 
 God's measure instead; 
 
 <I Until you have ceased to listen to 
 the many voices of the world and be- 
 gun to listen to the one Divine Voice 
 manifesting through all humanity as 
 through Nature, you will never hear 
 the Silent Voice within. 
 
 MID the rolling fields and 
 wooded hills, while lis- 
 tening to the symphony of 
 Nature sounds the song 
 of bird, the drone of in- 
 sedt, the ruStle of leafy bough, the tin- 
 kle of brook or boom of sea you are 
 uplifted and Stirred by a sense of The 
 Divine surrounding you and coming 
 close. You have caught a glimpse of 
 Divine Consciousness. Your Soul 
 responds to the Soundless Sound. 
 
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<I When your Soul thrills with the 
 same oneness as you contadt your f el- 
 lowmen you will then have ceased, 
 at leaSt in a measure, to listen to the 
 many and hearken to the One. 
 
 fl Then are you ready to come into 
 Truth; to find Truth and understand 
 that it is the foundation of all things; 
 that underneath and within the inner- 
 most sandtuary of all manifestations 
 of life is Divine Love. 
 
 fl Then will you know that this is not 
 a world of confusion, of Strange and 
 mySterious happenings, but a world 
 of Law and Love, a world of mani- 
 fold expressions of Deity. Then and 
 then only are you ready to listen to 
 the Voice which speaks to you in the 
 Silence, the Soundless Sound. 
 
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<I Then will you realize that you need 
 not desert the haunts of men, live in 
 the wilderness, mortify the flesh, live 
 on roots and herbs, quench your 
 thirst at the mountain Streamlet. Your 
 opportunity will confront you 
 wherever you are placed. You will 
 find great joy ministering to each 
 atom of humanity you meet. You 
 will have found the One in all. Then 
 will the Voice become the daily 
 Friend, the everlasting Counselor, 
 the Prince of Peace, the God of Love 
 within your heart. 
 
 O HEAR this Voice no 
 psychic or occult powers 
 are needed, altho in time 
 it will manifest in a def- 
 inite way on the psychic 
 
 and mental planes. 
 
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<I This Voice you so eagerly desire 
 mu^l f ir^l be heard and recognized in 
 all things ere it can be condensed and 
 manifest consciously in your heart, 
 for 
 
 <I This animating principle of Divin- 
 ity speaks to you in no uncertain 
 tones on every plane of Being. Make 
 it practical. 
 
 fl You mu^l dwell with God ere you 
 can think God's thoughts or respond 
 to the vibrations of His Soundless 
 Voice. 
 
 fl The physical is the lowest plane of 
 manifestation. If you are deaf to the 
 Voice upon the physical plane and 
 think to hear it upon the psychic or 
 mental planes it may seem to fail you 
 altogether. 
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<I Or you will find yourself listening 
 to astral voices which are ever ready 
 to fulfill that which you desire. But 
 such voices ultimately lead astray, 
 even though expressing lofty senti- 
 ments at fir^t and giving apparent 
 good counsel. 
 
 NOW ye not the condi- 
 tions of life in which you 
 find yourself are those 
 be^l fitted for your Soul- 
 growth? 
 
 <I Be true O Soul and dare to &and in 
 the inner sandtuary of your heart and 
 face yourself. Know that you, too, 
 sometimes vibrate falsely, yet within 
 are true. 
 
 <I Recognize this and at once you 
 will recognize the true within each 
 
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Soul, even those who, because of vi- 
 brations not in harmony with Truth 
 as revealed to you, are neither pleas- 
 ing nor helpful. 
 
 Learn to pass such Souls by, but 
 without condemnation, learning your 
 lesson. 
 
 <I If they express what is opposite to 
 Truth as seen by you, learn to express 
 more Truth because of their example. 
 From them learn to send forth 
 Stronger vibrations of Truth. Only 
 thus can you help them, never by 
 condemnation. 
 
 <I Let each Soul vibrate to its own 
 center, as you vibrate to yours. In 
 the Grand Man, as in the human body, 
 there are many centers. Perfedt har- 
 mony means each atom vibrating to 
 
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It* 
 
 its own center while all respond to the 
 One Life. 
 
 <I Then shall you know the Psalm of 
 Life. Then shall the sacred joy, the 
 great peace that comes to those who 
 live with Truth, enter into you. 
 
 NHARMONY is self-pro- 
 duced by your unwilling- 
 ness to let each live his 
 own life. Learn well this 
 lesson. 
 
 fl Then shall the Soundless Sound, 
 which echoes in each heart and makes 
 all the world akin, sing to you of 
 gladness. And it will say that only 
 as you forget self, let the little personal 
 self be swallowed up in the Great 
 Self, 4 can you become a conscious 
 note in the great symphony. 
 
 4 See Lesson on The Self. 25 
 
<I Only when you find your greatest 
 joy in bringing happiness to others, 
 not seeking how to be happy, how to 
 be loved, or how be^l to live close to 
 the Divine for yourself alone, only 
 then can real abiding happiness and 
 close companionship of the Voice be 
 yours. 
 
 9 Then will you find that the sorrow 
 and misery of life which so oppressed 
 you has been swallowed up in a com- 
 prehension of the great Plan of Re- 
 demption. Give thanks for every ^lep 
 that has brought you to the realization 
 that you are a conscious f acftor in this 
 great work. Because of this Voice you 
 have learned to know and love, you 
 can enter the hearts of others, 
 can enter into the joy of the One Life. 
 It is not your brother or si&er who 
 
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brings this joy to you, but the One 
 Voice in the Soul of all. 
 
 |EED le& having reached 
 this ilep you go a&ray; 
 le^l in the zeal of self- 
 sacrifice you seek to bear 
 all burdens that others 
 may go free. 
 
 9 Be ju^l fir^t to yourself that you 
 may be ju^l to others. 
 
 <I Know well the burdens of all Souls 
 are sent in Love. Deprive them not 
 of the Strength they bring, le^l, alas, 
 for lack of the burden you would bear 
 they should lose the prize. 
 
 <I Discriminate between justice and 
 selfishness. 
 
 Q Say not in presumptions pride that 
 
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you will bear all suffering. Say rather 
 you will uplift the world by being 
 better and happier yourself. 
 
 ISERY, like happiness, is 
 contagious. To be miser- 
 able is but to increase the 
 misery of the world. The 
 Psalm of Life which you 
 
 seek to bear is not a wail of misery, 
 
 but a paean of joy. 
 
 *I Through thoughtless selfishness 
 perchance you bring sorrow to an- 
 other and go your way, sharing it 
 not. But you cannot bring one joy, 
 even to the lea^t of your brethren, 
 that your own Soul is not filled with 
 the same joy, yea, a greater joy, for 
 the joy you feel is the joy of the One 
 Life surging through the universe. By 
 your own effort you have opened a 
 
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J&iuutZi 
 
 door and permitted it to flow through 
 you. You have sounded a note on 
 the great Harp of Life and its vibra- 
 tions will never cease. They shall 
 spread from sphere to sphere and open 
 to you the Melody of the Divine, the 
 Soundless Sound. 
 
 <I Therefore we are not all one in 
 sorrow, for sorrow is not im- 
 mortal and has no existence in the 
 One Life. It belongs wholly to earth, 
 is one of the imperfections of separ- 
 ated existence. It mu& pass away. 
 Ju^l as every imperfedlion in Nature 
 will be transmuted as the Divine is 
 deflected less and less by man's im- 
 perfedt prism. " Sorrow may endure 
 for a night, but joy cometh in the 
 morning." 
 
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ANY who have lo^t a dear 
 companion feel it a mel- 
 ancholy duty to shut their 
 hearts away from joy and 
 dwell in sorrow. This, 
 instead of pleasing the departed, keeps 
 them from the joy awaiting them. 
 The voice of The Christ is continu- 
 ally saying: "Rejoice in the Lord 
 alway: and again I say, Rejoice." 
 
 fl If you would hear this Voice in the 
 conditions of earth, Strive to awaken 
 it by deeds of loving-kindness. Ju^l 
 the natural little kindnesses that bring 
 joy into life. Also watch that your 
 features take not on a doleful ex- 
 pression, or of superiority, pride and 
 condescension. 
 
 fl A joyful countenance will brighten 
 the day for many a weary Soul. 
 
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<I Should sorrow or misfortune over- 
 take you turn your mind to the joy 
 of the One Life, away from the petty 
 worries that are barriers to its mani- 
 fe^lation. 
 
 HEN, little by little, you 
 have learned to hear the 
 Soundless Sound in the 
 hearts of all creatures in 
 the physical world, then 
 will it begin to manifest in your men- 
 tal world. It will take form in your 
 heart, will cheer and comfort you. 
 
 <I When you have listened to and 
 obeyed the God within, the Higher 
 Self who is one with all will make 
 his own Voice heard. 
 
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HE mind is the slayer of the 
 self, but the Voice is the 
 slayer of the mind. Only 
 Spiritual Sound can quiet 
 the voice of the mind 
 when it refledls the confusions of 
 earthly thoughts. Only The Chrisft 
 walking upon the troubled waters of 
 your life can say: "Peace, be 
 
 I This is the Pentaco&al Flame that 
 re^ls upon your head. As it mani- 
 fe^ts all defedts are consumed. It 
 burns away the barriers of the flesh 
 that separate you from humanity, per- 
 mitting you to see the Divine in all. 
 
 <I In the mental world the Flame 
 burns out the thought of personality, 
 that the Real Self may manife^l. 
 
 9 In the spiritual world the Flame be- 
 
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Stir #imttU**8 
 
 comes the All-Seeing Eye, the 
 Shekina, the Star of Inititiation, the 
 Light which shall guide you into that 
 peace which passeth understanding. 
 
 fl You no longer think of this Divine 
 One Life. You live it. You become 
 it. You enter into the Silence and be- 
 come the Voice itself! 
 
 YE seekers who are one 
 with all that is! Know ye 
 not that the power is yours 
 to awaken Divine Har- 
 mony in life? 
 
 <I Into your hands is given the Harp 
 of Life, whose firings give forth the 
 seven creative notes. Strike the 
 brings aright! Its tones are all joy 
 and love and oneness. 
 
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fl Learn to play upon this Harp as you 
 would learn to play an instrument of 
 earth. FirSl learn to Strike one note 
 true and clear, then chords, and 
 finally melodies and symphonies. 
 Your Divine Teacher is ever present. 
 
 <I If in your heart there comes a 
 shadow of gloom or sadness, turn 
 away and sound a note of joy in some 
 other heart and yours shall be filled! 
 
 9 Look today out over the world and 
 sound a melody of joy and gladness! 
 
 q Strike the chords! Li&en to the 
 Soundless Sound that sweeps with 
 divine melody through your heart! 
 
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