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For in the day that my
brothers and I join again and speak the words - Be Not - in that day shall
the world perish.
Infinite is the power of the word, for the word is the breath and
soul of the mind, and as I have taught thee it is in the mind that all
power lies. If thy mind have power, put that power into the word,
and that which thou dost desire shall come to pass. But if thy mind
be untutored or if it should be that thou falter or fear or doubt, the
greatest words of power shall avail thee not - for with thy mind and
with the word must be joined the will. And thus has it ever been.
It has come to pass that I must now go from thee and our paths
must part. There is discontent and turmoil abroad in the land, and if
it should come to pass that my brothers and I were drawn in to this
conflict, our contention would destroy the world. Thus, that we
might preserve the world and that we never again be forced to raise
our hands against our beloved brother who has been maddened by
his afflictions must we go from this world.
In sorrow I go from thee, but know that my spirit will be with thee
always to aid thee and to comfort thee.
As I leave thee, I charge thee with a duty and lay upon thee a
heavy burden. Verily, my beloved Disciples, thou art not as other
men. Together have we sought out wisdom that we might more
perfectly understand the meaning of the power of the word. That
power is with thee, and thy minds have been bent to its use. Upon
thee therefore falls the duty of preserving the world now that I and
my brothers must depart. Some will remain here in this Vale to seek
out further the meaning of the power of the word; others must go
forth into the lands of strangers and use the power of the word to
preserve the world and to stand as a barrier against my brother until
the appointed one shall appear who will do that which must be
done.
It will come to pass that some among thee will sicken of this
endless burden, and with will and mind and the power of the word
will they cause themselves to no longer be - for it is a simple thing to
say 'be not' and to perish. For them I grieve, knowing that which is
to come to pass.
And behold, one among thee shall bend his mind and will and the
power of the word to exalt himself above all men, and he too shall
perish, and I grieve for him as well.
In parting I abjure thee, seek not to pit thy will and thy mind and
the power of the word against my brother Torak. Know that he is a
God, and though thy mind be as strong as his and thine
understanding of the power of the word be as perfect, his will is to thine as is
thine to that of a child. Know that this it is that makes him a God. In
the invincibility of his will is Torak a God, and in that only. In the
day that thou seekest to raise thy will against the will of Torak, in
that day shalt thou surely perish. But more than this - if it should
come to pass that the power of the word be raised against Torak, no
power that exists in the endless starry reaches of the Universe can
save the world. For I say unto thee, if Torak in his madness turn
mind and will and the power of the word against thee, shall the
world be shattered, and the shards thereof scattered like dust among
the stars.
Lest ye grow fearful and disconsolate at the enormity of thy task,
know that the Orb which I have made hath the power to curb the
will of Torak. For it hath confounded him, and not without cost hath
he raised it against the world.