Theos-Talk Archives (August 1996 Message tl00353)

We are studying 1) AT the FEET OF THE MASTER, 2) VOICE OF THE SILENCE and 3)
LIGHT ON THE PATH.  From what I can surmis, LIGHT ON THE PATH was written before
VOICE OF THE SILIENCE.  In it, Mabel Collines uses the term 'Voice of the
silence" several time.  i found these quotation from the section entitled "Note
on Rule 21" -

-Once having passed through the storm and attained peace, it is then always
possible to learn, even though the disciple waver, hesitate and turn aside.  the
voice of the silence remains within him, and though he leave the path utterlym
yet one day it will resound and rend him asunder and separate his passions from
his divine possibilites. - Collins

It seems that the term voice of the silence predates the publication of VOS as
was used by Collins and others.  Is this a term from Buddhism or is it a poetic
expression that was common in the day or what?  I have no idea.  It seems that
it was not created ex nihlo by HPB though.

Namaste
Keith Price