Pleasure and Pain by Mabel Collins
OUR whole life, in this present form of existence is compounded of pleasure and pain, and we cannot conceive of any state in which we shall retain consciousness without their aid; they not only constitute our life here, but they actually are the Golden Gates which admit us to the life beyound. Through them is the pathway that leads to infinite power, absolute knowledge, perfected love. When one has reached the extreme limit in both, and sensation has taught the man that they are identical than are the gates ready to open for him.