"An Esoteric Catechism"

I play my part with stern resolve                                                                                                 With earnest aspiration
I look above, I help below
I dream not, nor I rest
I toil, I serve
I reap, I pray
I am the Cross, I am the Way
I tread upon the work I do,
I mount upon my slain self
I kill desire, and I strive,                                                                                                       forgetting all reward.
I forego peace, I forfeit rest
and, in the stress of pain,
I lose myself and find Myself
and enter into peace.
To all this I solemnly pledge myself,
invoking my Higher Self.