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He cannot walk this Shorter Path without rejecting the world as illusion and consequently without labelling the world's evil and suffering as illusory. It is a hard test for him to pass, a narrow gate which bars successful travel on this Path to him if he persists in clinging to his old beliefs. Their sacrifice is required of him--yet not blindly as a matter of faith alone but justly as a matter of reason as well.

-- Notebooks Category 23: Advanced Contemplation > Chapter 1 : Entering the Short Path > # 119