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  Foreword. It cannot be said of this book that James Allen wrote it at
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  any particular time or any one year, for he was engaged on it over
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  many years, and those who have eyes to see and hearts to understand will
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  find in its pages the spiritual history of his life. It was his own
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  wish that The Divine Companion should be the last manuscript of his to be published.
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  It is the story of my soul, he said, and should be
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  read last of all my books, so that the student may understand and find
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  my message in its pages. Therefore, hold it back until you have published
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  everything else. There remain now only his dramatic works and a few poems to
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  be included in the next edition of Poems of Peace. That The Divine Companion
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  will prove a companion Indeed to thousands who have read his books in the past,
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  I have no doubt. To read it is to hear again the voice
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  of the writer, and to study its message is to once again sit at
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  his feet. He trod the way himself, every bit of it, and
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  he therefore speaks as one having authority. Lovers of James Allen's works will indeed
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  be filled with joy to know that there is yet another book from his inspired
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  pen, and will eagerly welcome the Divine Companion, Lily L. Allen Part
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  one. The Divine Companion Ay, the Spirit of Truth. Am the friend
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  of the forsaken, and the companion of the wise. I restore the one,
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  and I gladden the other, and all men I protect, though they
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  know me not. The Divine Companion Truth as awakener. One, rejoice,
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  for the morning has dawned. The Truth has awakened us. We have opened
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  our eyes, and the dark night of error is no more. Long have
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  we slept in matter and sensation. Long did we struggle in the painful nightmare
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  of evil. But now we are awake in spirit and truth. We have
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  found the good, and the struggle with evil is ended. We slept,
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  yet knew not that we slept. We suffered, yet knew not why we
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  suffered. We were troubled in our dreaming. Yet none could awake us,
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  for all were dreaming like ourselves. Then there came a pause in our dreaming.
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  Our sleep was stayed. Truth spoke to us, and we heard,
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  and lo, we opened our eyes and saw. We slumbered and saw not.
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  We slept and knew not. But now we are awake and see.
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  Yea, we know we are awake because we have seen holiness, and we
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  loved sin. No more. We have beheld truth, and error has ceased
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  to attract us. Yea, we have seen the truth not as a dream
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  in the night, but as a reality with our awakened eyes, as a
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  beautiful land afar have we seen it, and we shall press forward until we
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  reach and possess it. How beautiful is truth? How glorious is the realm
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  of reality? How ineffable is the bliss of holiness. We have abandoned error
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  for truth, an illusion for reality. We have turned our backs on error
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  and confusion, and have set our faces towards the harmony of justice and truth.
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  Two. To sin is to dream, and to love sin is to
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  love darkness. The awakened do not prefer dreaming to intelligent action. They do
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  not choose darkness rather than light. They who love darkness are involved in the
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  darkness. They have not yet seen the light. He who has seen the
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  light does not choose to walk in darkness. To see the truth is to
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  love it, And in comparison, error has no beauty. The dreamer is
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  now in pleasure, now in pain, this hour in confidence, the next
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  in fear. He is without stability and has no abiding refuge. When the
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  monsters of remorse and retribution pursue him, whither can he fly? There is
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  no place of safety unless he awake. Let the dreamer struggle with his dream.
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  Let him strive to realize the illusory nature of all self seeking desire and
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  lo he will open his spiritual eyes upon the world of light and truth.
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  He will awake and will see all things in their right relations and true proportions.
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  He will be happy, sane, and peaceful, seeing things as they
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  are. Truth is the light of universe, the day of the mind.
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  In it there is no error, no anguish, and no fear. He
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  who has awakened into the light of day is no more burdened with the troubles
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  of his dreams. They are remembered as dreams, only as illusion that are
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  dispelled. The unawakened one knows neither waking nor dreaming. He is in confusion.
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  He knows not himself, neither knows the others, and his judgment is
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  without knowledge. The awakened one knows both waking and dreaming. He is established
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  in wisdom, knowing himself, he knows others and he judges with knowledge.
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  He is the understander, the knower of hearts, and walking in the light
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  of truth, he knows that every dreamer will at last awake. Three.
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  Truth awakens us out of the slumber of ignorance, out of the deep sleep
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  of sin. It calls, and they who hear and awake become wise and
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  blessed. Truth appears to men, and they see it not. It calls
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  to them, and they hear not. It speaks to them through their actions.
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  It cries aloud to them them in their sufferings. It shines upon them
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  in all their ways, but they hear not. Neither do they see,
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  for their ears are deaf in slumber, and their eyes are holden with sleep.
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  Truth is manifest in the actions of the wise. Its light illuminates their
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  precepts. But the sleeper in error has no eyes for the manifest, and
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  the light of truth, falling upon his sleeping lids, calls forth no visual
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  response. Where there is no understanding, the repetition of precepts is vain.
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  Right comprehension is needed. The sinless mind is the seeing mind. He who
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  has right comprehension interprets the divine precepts by the light of his own spotless deeds.
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  He does not repeat in error, but understands by the spirit of truth.
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  And this is the spirit of truth. To be free from sin is
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  to abide in good deeds and to live in peace withal. They that do
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  evil know not the truth. The truth is in them that do good.
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  The deeds of truth shine like the stars at night, dispelling darkness. Truth
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  reveals the everlasting good. It turns night to day and changes the appearance of
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  all things, so that sin and sorrow are not and evil is no more.
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  Four. We are awake and sea, and we know. We are
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  awake because we see good, and we know we are of the spirit of
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  good. Because our lusts have departed from us, and the bondage of hatred
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  is broken. We are wedded to purity. We are put on the raiment
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  of righteousness, and we serve the spirit of love. Therefore are we awake.
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  Therefore we know that truth has roused us from the sleep of evil.
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  We are free and happy because we walk in the life, and we see
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  all things clearly in that light, and we know the way we walk and
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  whither we go. But when our lusts affrighted us and hatred enchained us.
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  When darkness enfolded us and the dream of evil held us. Then were we
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  bound and miserable. We saw only our fitful dreams. We knew not the
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  way we walked, nor whither we went. He that hates men as evil
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  is in sin, and he that is in sin is unawakened. The awakened
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  one is the lover of all men, And there is no hatred in him.
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  And this is the sign that he is awakened in the truth, that
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  he loves them that hate him. Truth ends the dream of evil. It
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  dispels the illusions of hatred. It liberates the sleeper from darkness and dreams.
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  Awake, ye that sleep in error, Rouse yourselves, ye that dream in
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  sin. The splendor of a higher life round about you, even the life
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  of good. Open your eyes and see, Be alert and listen, that
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  ye may hear the call of truth, even as the voice of the great
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  awakener, Truth as consola one. The knowledge of truth is an abiding consolation
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  when all else fails. The truth does not fail. When a heart is
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  desolate and the world affords no shelter, truth provides a peaceful refuge and a
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  quiet rest. The cares of life are many, and its path is beset
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  with difficulties. For truth is greater than care and is superior to all difficulties.
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  Truth lightens our burdens. It lights up our pathway with the radiance of
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  joy. Loved Ones pass away, friends fail, and possessions disappear. Where
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  then, is the voice of comfort? Where is a whisper of consolation?
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  Truth is the comforter of the comfortless, and the consoler of them that are
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  deserted. Truth does not pass away, nor fail, nor disappear. Truth
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  bestows the consolation of abiding peace. Troubles come to all, even the wise
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  cannot escape them. But the wise have a sure and safe refuge in the
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  eternal good. They have a comforter, even Truth, who removes the sting
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  from affliction and disperses the clouds of trouble. Night descends upon the pure,
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  as upon the impure, but it holds no terrors for the pure, For
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  the light of truth shines in the darkness with assuring radiance. Sweet is the
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  sleep of the innocent, And they that rest upon the bosom of truth repose
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  in peace. Day lights up the way both of the wise and the foolish.
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  But the foolish are enveloped with the darkness of error. They stumble and
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  are bruised, and have no comforter. But the wise walk in the light
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  of truth. And should they stumble, they are lifted up lo they are
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  healed and comforted. They that have the knowledge of truth shall have the satisfaction
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  of peace. They are not immune from the vicissitudes of life. They are
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  not released from the cares and responsibilities of worldly duties. They are not unassailed
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  by external foes, but they are RESTful at heart. Their minds abide in
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  the great calm. Two. The worldly minded have no comforter. But if
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  they forsake the world and fly to truth, they will receive the sweet gift
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  of consolation. The world is the place of pleasure and pain. The truth
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  is abode of joy and peace. They that relinquish the excitements and dissatisfactions of
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  the world for the sake of truth will find an unfailing companion and friend.
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  Even the eternal distress is in the world. Yea grief and sorrow abound.
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  But the Truth is calm. It allays grief and soothes away all sorrow.
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  He Ye, the lamentations of the world. Wilder are they than the tempest
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  deeper than the oceans roar. Truth alone can still the tempests of passion and
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  the storms of grief. Come ye up into the calm resort, Ye to
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  the great silence. Men are swept along by the force of turbulent passions,
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  But when sorrow arrests them, they cry out in anguish love of worldly pleasure
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  has brought them low, and the world can offer them no comfort. The
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  world distresses, but the truth consoles. They whom the world has destroyed and
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  deserted, who are cast down by pain and sorrow, even they are a
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  friend by the truth when they turn to truth. None are despised by truth,
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  None are turned away, None are left comfortless. Ye that are weary
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  with pleasure seeking, ye that are pain stricken, Ye that are lonely and
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  desolate, Come ye to the truth. The truth is above pleasure and pain.
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  Be Ye lifted up, be ye rested, be ye healed, be
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  ye befriended and comforted. Three He who clings to his delusions, loving self
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  and sin, he cannot find the truth, cannot receive the consolation of truth.
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  All that demeans and defiles must be abandoned. Truth is not found if
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  the love of self is not renounced. They who lie or deceive, who
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  hate or envy, who lust or covet, who think only of their own
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  pleasure, whose aims are for self and the glory of self in all that
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  they do. From such truth is hidden by a veil of darkness, even
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  the thick veil of error. From such, the consolation of truth is withheld,
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  because they seek for self only and not for truth. They who are
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  truthful and sincere, who love men and rejoice in their success, who are
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  pure and generous, who seek the good of others in all that they do
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  to them, truth is revealed. Such stand face to face with good,
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  and receive the consolation of truth. The foolish seek satisfaction in sensual pleasures.
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  The vein are pleased with the flatteries of the world. The one leads to
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  misery and emptiness, the other to disappointment and humiliation. The wise abide in
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  the joy of truth, and there are no pitfalls for the humble. Their
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  feet are steadfast in the way of peace. We have canceled our compact.
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  The world its pleasures are put away, abandoned, renounced. We perform the
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  necessary uses of the world, but we no longer rest upon its forms,
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  no more seek satisfaction in its thirsty desires. Our hearts are set upon the
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  good of all. Thus have we found the abiding sweetness of religion. We
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  have found a quiet trust and a patient happiness. We have resorted to the
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  faithful One, the ever present comforter, even the spirit of holiness. We
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  have taken shelter in his high abode, And no temptation shall draw us back
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  into the tempestuous ways of the world. For our refuge is a refuge.
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  Indeed, four, the way of self is the way of sorrow. But
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  truth refreshes the weary and lifts up the oppressed. There is gladness for the
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  grief stricken, and healing for them that are afflicted with the sorrows of the
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  world. There is a place of freedom, where the change of sin are
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  broken, where weeping is not a lamentation is no more heard. There is
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  a friend for the friendless, and consolation for them that have no comforter.
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  Come see and receive. Truth meets all needs and is ready to receive all
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  who come. The righteous rest there they have received the fullness of joy.
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  Let also the unrighteous come. Yea, let them that are weary of sin
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  come, and they that are burdened and oppressed with the sorrows of self,
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  let them enter and be glad. There is a home for the homeless,
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  and a country for the exiled. For the wanderer, there is a happy
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  way, and the lost have a city of refuge. Whosoever will turn,
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  let him turn and come. Truth brings joy out of sorrow and peace out
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  of perturbation. He points the selfish to the way of good, and sinners
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  to the path of holiness. Its spirit is the doing of righteousness to the
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  earnest and faithful. It brings consolation upon the obedient and skillful. It bestows
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  the crown of peace. I take refuge in truth, yea, in the
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  spirit of good, in the knowledge of good, and in the doing of
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  good. I abide, and I am reassured and comforted. It is to
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  me as though malice were not and hatred had vanished away. Lust is confined
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  to the nethermost darkness. It hath no way in Truth's transcendent light. Pride
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  is broken up and dissolved, and vanity is melted away as a mist.
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  I have set my face towards the perfect good, and my feet in the
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  blameless way, and Because of this I am consoled. I am strengthened and
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  comforted, having found refuge in truth, Truth as redeemer one, Truth is
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  our redeemer. Truth purifies our hearts and bestows upon us the glorious gift of
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  divine love. There is no salvation in selfishness. Self is the vessel of
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  sin and the receptacle of sorrow. But when we fly to truth, self
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  is ended and love abides forever. We have tried the ways of self,
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  and we know how hard they are. We also look upon the weary multitudes,
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  and compassion is stirred within us. But now we have found the truth.
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  The pilgrimage of self is ended. Our feet are rested, and there
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  is no more weariness of heart. The nature of self is error. It
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  cannot therefore comprehend truth. The experience of self is suffering. It cannot therefore
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  apprehend bliss. When the vessel of self is broken and his contents of an
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  error and suffering are scattered, then is truth revealed and realized. Truth alone
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  can comprehend truth, and bliss apprehendeth bliss. How can self no love,
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  seeing that its nature is its own gratification? How can it know peace?
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  Seeing that it cannot bestow love, How can it enter into salvation seeing that
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  it dreads the loss of its perishable lusts and empty pleasures. Self is the
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  way of darkness and the path of pain. The Redeemed to put away self
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  and have accepted truth. Self regards error as truth when it is pleasing.
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  It regards truth as error when it is displeasing, seeking pleasure and dreading pain.
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  It does not know good and evil. Truth knows truth as truth and
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  error as error. It avoids evil and chooses good without considerations of pleasure and
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  pain. Divine love is the perfect flower of truth. For when truth fills
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  the heart, love blossoms out in the life. By this flower is truth
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  known. For wheresoever impartial love is, there is truth, just deeds,
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  pure actions, works, untainted with self, minds, controlled and calm.
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  These are the angelic messages of truth. The possesses of these are the Redeemed.
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  Their habitation is peace. Two. Truth is the savior of the world.
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  There is no other savior. There can be no compromise with truth.
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  It says, give up self. Truth is our redeemer. Only when we
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  yield up all to it self cannot be saved. It must be abandoned.
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  It must be left to the darkness in which it originated and to which it
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  belongs. The light of salvation is only for them that press forward and leave
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  all selfishness behind. And they who turn not back into the presence of the
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  Redeemer, they are clothed with his glory. Who can see the glory of
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  the redeemed? The redeemed behold it, and them that are about to be
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  redeemed see it dimly. But the eyes of the world are holden with the
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  thought of self. The Redeemed are silent in the midst of men. They
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  accused, not condemned, not revile not when smitten, they are not angry,
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  And when mocked they make no sign. Yet him that smote them they
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  succor in his sorrow. And when they that mock them are brought low,
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  they lift them up and bless them. The utterance of truth is deeds.
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  The Redeemed are freed from all selfishness. They are made perfect in truth,
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  the thought of self being eliminated, there is nothing remaining in them they can
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  give rise to selfishness. They are calm and just, doing that which is
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  right, and passion is purged from their actions. He who comes to the
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  feet of truth, earnest in thought, strong in will, and contrite in
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  heart, will be lifted up and saved. He will overcome all that defiles
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  and all that causes sorrow. The light of truth will light up his mind,
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  dispelling all darkness, and he will stand among them to whom the cosmic
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  glory is unveiled. Four to the Redeemed, the narrow confines of self are
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  burst and broken asunder, and the mind is conscious of the eternal. The
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  universe is known as it is yea. Its perfection and the splendor of its
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  law are revealed. So large, so boundless, so all embracing is the
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  life of the Redeemed In truth. Three, Immortal Truth redeems us from mortal
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  error. Clinging no more to the pirererishable, we fly to the imperishable and
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  find the rock of safety. The body grows old, it withers and decays,
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  Passions burn out, leaving only the ashes of regret. Pleasures cease to
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  satisfy, and pains fill up their places. For Truth is imperishable. It
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  never grows old, nor does it wither and decay. It does not consume,
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  and it leaves behind no sorrow and no pain, to set the mind
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  upon that which is perishable, to be consumed by violent passions, to live
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  in unhappiness and misery, This it is to be unredeemed. The redeemed,
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  having the knowledge of the imperishable, and being possession of righteousness, live in
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  happiness and joy. For truth is always bright and beautiful. YEA, truth
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  is always peace, bestowing it calms the storms of strife to the passion driven.
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  It brings quiet upon the dark waters of anguish. It pours the oil
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  of stillness the mind that is troubled, It restores and envelops it with silence.
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  The Redeemed are satisfied. They are in security and peace. They are
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  not overtaken by the storms of passion, nor attack'd and laid low by fierce
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  desires. They abide in the place of safety. What enemy shall overcome the
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  Redeemed? Have they not slain the supreme enemy even self? Have they not
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  taken his stronghold even their own hearts? Yea, they have purified their hearts,
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  and the impure cannot overcome the pure. Out of the black night,
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  out of the fierce war, out of the confusion and the conflict, have
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  the Redeemed come and now they dwell in the light. They abide with peace,
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  and darkness and strife are no more. Four. The unredeemed are in
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  the confines of self. They are surrounded with darkness. They seek for self
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  only. The redeemed are in the glory of the universal, the impersonal.
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  They are surrounded with light. They seek the good of all. Truth is
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  the breaker of bonds. It liberates the slave. It sets the captive free.
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  Who chooses bondage rather than liberty, who prefers darkness to light, He
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  who has not known liberty loves his chains, And he who has not seen
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  the light prefers to remain in darkness. And when liberty is made known,
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  it is desired. When light is perceived, there is no longer a dwelling
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  place in darkness. The desires of the flesh are a tormenting fever. The
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  hatreds, conflicts, and covetings of the mind are a consuming fire. But
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  there is a healing for the fever, and a water for the quenching of
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  the fire. Truth is the healer of the mind. It is a sweet
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  medicine to the afflicted, and a draft of cool water to them that are
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  troubled with thirst. There is no unrest in truth. The unredeemed are in
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  the way of sorrow. Pain and weariness are their companions. Reaching after pleasures,
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  they grasp sorrows, striving eagerly for self. Happiness departs from them.
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  But the redeemed are in the way of gladness. Strength and joy are their
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  companions, and not departing from good, they dwell in the house of happiness.
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  From what, then, are we redeemed? From? What are we
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  saved? And where is our salvation? We are redeemed from self and passion,
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  from sin and sorrow, from unholiness and unrest. Even from these are
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  we taken away. We are saved from lust and hatred, from pride and
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  vanity, from covetousness and envy. Even from thee are we drawn away.
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  We are saved by the truth, by the practice of truth, by the
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  knowledge of truth, and by the power of truth. Our salvation is from
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  the truth. In truth we rest. Truth is the redeemer of the world.
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  Truth as reconciler one. Truth is a reconciler of extremes. It neutralizes
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  all opposites, It harmonizes all discords and contradictions. It brings back to us
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  harmony and peace. When we were in error, we saw all things as
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  erroneous yea. When we were blind to our own error, we saw error
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  in all else. We saw good as evil, and evil as good,
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  Light as darkness, and darkness as light. But now we were plucked out
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  the eye of error from ourselves, we see the supreme good. Truth reconciles
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  man to man. It reconciles man to the universe. It bestows upon him
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  the knowledge of the good law. It reveals the hidden justice in all events.
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  In error is unrest, and anger and perturbation, trouble and turmoil is
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  ever with him who sees injustice confusion and contradiction. But he who sees justice,
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  order and harmony is calm and filled with peace. Error sees error,
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  and truth sees truth. Error being darkness, cannot penetrate the light, but
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  truth, being light, can penetrate the darkness. Truth reconciles darkness with light.
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  Error is the great unrest, Truth is the great peace. He who
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  looks with the eye of error is restless as the shifting winds, but RESTful
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  as the stable mountain. Is he who looks with the eye of truth.
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  We are reconciled to the world we are reconciled to humanity, and being thus
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  reconciled, we are at rest. Where unrest is, there is no reconciliation.
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  And they who are not so reconciled have not received the truth. Two.
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  All things are proportionate, All circumstances are just. All events are of
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  causation. He who has received the light of truth sees all things in their
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  right relations. All things are ruled by causation. All things are of the
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  nature of causation. There is nothing which is not contained in cause and effect.
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  Cause and effect are one. The divine law is one. Out of
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  chaos into cosmos. Have we come out of confusion into harmony, out of
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  bewilderment, into peace perpetual. There is good in all things. Out of
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  evil comes suffering. Out of suffering comes sorrow, And from sorrow is lowly
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  wisdom born. Though the night be long, the morning comes, and with
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  it comes sunshine and singing. Though the world be in its long night,
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  the great day will dawn. Lo we behold the splendor of its light.
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  There are no more any enemies. All are our own, our beloved,
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  Both them that bless and them that curse, All are friendly to us.
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  The inward enemy. Being overcome, all outward foes have vanished away. There
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  is no more enmity. Men and things are in their right places. There
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  is no more strife, no more fighting, no more warfare. We behold
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  the fray, but do not engage in it. We hear the tumult,
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  and we make no sound. But though quiescent, we watch, though silent,
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  we are not indifferent. Perceiving the divine order, we are reconciled to
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  all things, And being so reconciled, we are in perfect peace. Three.
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  Wherefore should we mourn and be sorrowful? The very ground of lamentation is
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  dissolved. The foundation of sorrow is cut away. And as for sin and
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  evil, they were but are not. The sphere of controversy is broken about
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  what should we contend? The world of division is annulled. What have we
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  to defend? Can truth fail? That? We should argue? That we
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  should be anxious and concerned? Because truth endure us forever, our peace can
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  never fail. The seed falls in its appointed place, The flower appears,
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  and also the fruit in its season. Day warms and night curls, lightish
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  shed and rainfalls, Snow covers and frost binds. These things opposed are they
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  enemies? They work together as one? Who then shall stir us up to
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  wrath? Who shall draw us into the lists of contention? With them that
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  agree with us, we are at peace. And with them that oppose us,
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  we are also at peace. Friends are not near, nor enemies far.
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  Praise and blame are not asunder. Truth draws all things together. It
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  resolves all opposites into one. Yea, forces that seem divided are now united.
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  Things that seem to contend are now in agreement, and events that seem
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  to adverse are now friendly. How foolish we were in our fear, how
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  blind in our bigotry, how hateful in our heart we were, as the
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  beasts that rage and kill, or as the blind beetle that dashes on to
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  its death. All things are in unison, and fear, and blindness and
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  hatred are no more. Having departed from the lesser, the greater is revealed.
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  Having renounced the part, the whole is received, Having abandoned the imperfect,
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  what remains but the perfect four. Truly, all things are reconciled,
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  and peace awaits. The door of truth is open. None hinders, But
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  man holds back. He holds back for a time, and in the hour
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  of ripeness he comes forward. Whosoever will come, let him come, Let
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  him enter, and be glad. All things are now all light, all
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  law, all truth is now. Time and eternity are one. Matter and
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  spirit are one. Death and life are one. The blind see not,
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  but they that have eyes know the things which they see. We strive not,
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  we stand apart and are silent. Men hurry to and fro a little
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  while, A little while they come, and a little time they go.
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  How eager they are, how anxious, how fierce. Better than all worldly
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  gain, is the spirit of peace, Better than rule and riches, is
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  the reconciliation of truth. Fires burn out and storms subside, but serenity remains.
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  Calmness preserves and restores, and tranquility is a great possession. Who condemns
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  our aloofness him, our peace enfolds even him. Our reconciliation embraces a part.
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  We are not separate aloof We are not estranged, engaging with none and
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  joining with none. Yet we belong to all. For the perfect reconciliation is
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  not partial, but just. He who sees all sides sees the whole,
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  and and seeing the whole, he is satisfied. Being satisfied, he is
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  at peace withal Seers of the great Glory, hearers of the heavenly harmony,
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  knowers of the perfect Law. Great is your gladness, Wondrous is your wisdom.
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  Deep is your peace. More powerful is one day of your silence than
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  a thousand years of noise. All parties, all sides, all religions are
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  reconciled. Love supports all sustains, all nourishes all. The great Reconciler is
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  come. He is here, and we have found him. We sought him,
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  and he turned not away. And because of this we have received the
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  world. And peace does not depart from us. Truth as protector one.
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  Good deeds are truth. Our good deeds remain with us. They save and
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  protect us. Evil deeds are error, Our evil deeds follow us, They
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  overthrow us. In the hour of temptation, the evildoer is not protected from
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  sorrow, but the good doer is shielded from all harm. The fool says,
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  unto his evil deed, remain thou hidden, be thou unexposed. But
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  his evil is already published, and his sorrow is sure. If we are
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  in evil, what shall protect us? What keep us from misery? And
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  confusion. Nor man, nor woman, nor wealth, nor power, nor
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  heaven nor earth shall keep us from confusion from the results of evil. There
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  is no escape, no refuge, and no protection. If we are in
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  good, what shall overthrow us? What bring us to misery and confusion?
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  Nor man, nor woman, nor poverty, nor sickness, nor heaven or
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  earth shall bring us to confusion? The effects of good appear, though the
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  cause be forgotten, and its refuge and protection is at hand. What can
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  amulets and charms avail? What can the muttering of set prayers avail? What
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  can the observance of formal rights avail? They cannot avail. They are empty,
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  They are without efficacy, and are a void of protection. Righteousness avails,
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  the doing of good deeds avails. A pure heart and a blameless life
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  avail. They are filled with joy and peace. Truth is a happy retreat
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  and an eternal protection. In truth, there is no more doubt and uncertainty.
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  There is safety and security. There is a straight way and a quiet
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  rest. Two. The righteous know the protection of truth. Their minds are
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  free, and they are happy hearted. Empty excuses and vain quibbles they harbor
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  not, They scheme not how to protect themselves. Their deeds are invincible defenders.
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  Their lives bear witness, and they are not ashamed. The unrighteous are
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  overtaken with shame and confusion. They try to hide, but cannot. They
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  have no place of concealment. Their deeds accuse them, and they have no
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  protection. How happy are the righteous, They are relieved from all anxiety.
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  Walking with truth, they walk in perfect freedom. How fearless are the righteous.
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  They have no dark forebodings. They dread no evil. When evil threatens,
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  they are calm and unafraid. Truth shields them from the afflictions of the
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  mind. It fortifies against misery, It destroys self, delusion, and sorrow.
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  The light of truth reveals error and the cause of error. It also
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  reveals the effects of error. It frees the mind from all subjection to evil.
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  He that is established in truth is established in safety. Truth cannot proceed
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  from error, nor error from truth. Good cannot be the effect of evil,
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  nor evil the effect of good. This is little understood, But the
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  righteous understand, and understanding they are glad. They rejoice in the law of
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  truth. The understanding mind is not misled by appearances. It rejoices in good
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  against all appearances. When events press, it does not think the good has
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  failed. When outward things fail, it does not say righteousness has not supported
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  me. When persecution comes, it cannot say lo truth affords me no protection.
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  Truth is in the thought and not in the thing. It resides in
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  the hearts and not in the outward habit. It destroys the inward enemies,
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  and the verses have no more power. Their sting is gone, that evil
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  is dispersed. The peace of the perfect ones can never be destroyed. Three,
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  the pure in heart are protected from within. The perfect indeed, are
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  guarded by good. They are upheld by the good law, by the knowledge
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  of truth. They are lifted up. They stand and do not fall.
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  Truth cannot be overtaken by error. It cannot be overturned by man. Error
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  passes away, but the truth remains. Men fall, but the truth remains.
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  Truth cannot change. It is eternal and indestructible. Hearing is the salvation
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  of the wise. Hearin is the protection of the pure. Hearin is the
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  joy of the perfect, that, being one with truth, they have come
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  to peace eternal. He who is one with truth reflects truth, is deadfast,
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  fearless, serene. He changes not, but is always true when tried,
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  he does not falter when assailed, he does not fall. Permanent in
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  purity and peace, he is established in gentleness and strength. Who mourns for
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  sin, who gropes for deliverance, who searches for the permanent, Let him
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  make himself pure, Let him come to truth, Let him find peace in
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  the practice of good. Things are impermanent. They have no abiding protection.
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  Truth is permanent. Its protection abides through all changes. Ill deeds are exposed
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  in torment and confusion. Good deeds are established in bliss and wisdom. Truth
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  is a friend that does not disappoint, a protector that never fails. The
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  world fails, it fades and passes like a dream. Truth stands, it
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  becomes more distinct. They who have found truth are satisfied, protected by truth.
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  They have found a protector. Indeed, the patient are protected from impatience.
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  The pure are protected from impurity, The humble are protected from pride,
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  the loving are protected from hatred. Greed flees from the presence of the open
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  handed into the habitations of the peaceful. Strife cannot come, and folly walks
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  not where tread the footsteps of the wise. Truth is its own security.
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  It protects without premeditation. It dispenses with disguises and shields by its own inherent
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  reality. Its light disposes of all darkness. It exposes the false and reveals
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  the true. Error falls before truth, Its shield is shattered, its sword
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  broken. YEA, it is laid low and cannot rise. It is helpless
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  and has not champion nor defender. Truth does not fall before error. The
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  powerless cannot overcome the powerful. The lesser cannot subdue the greater. The slave
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  does not command the master. All things are subject to truth. Truth is
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  a shield to the righteous, a shelter to the pure, a light upon
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  the pathway of the just. Truth is supreme. Truth is invincible. Truth
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  is triumphant for ever and ever. End of Part one of The Divine Companion
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  by James Allen. The Divine Dialogue between a Master and the disciples Master read
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  by bab Gonzales. Disciple read by Algae pag I. The Master dwell in
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  the hearts of all men, but all men do not consciously dwell with me.
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  He that abides with me in all his thoughts deeds has reached the divine
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  consummation salutation, rejoice, or ye who seek truth, be glad and not
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  sorrowful, or ye who love truth, for your sorrow shall pass away as
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  the mists of the morning. Your doubts shall be as the darkness that is
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  not, And as a dream of the night shall your afflictions be. The
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  disciple cried, and lo, the Master heard. The disciple was ready,
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  and lo, the Master was at hand. The disciple sought, and behold
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  the Master was revealed. One of seeking and finding. Where is knowledge?
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  Where is truth? Where is peace? I am sorrowful and find no comfort
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  in men. I have gone astray and find no surety in the teachings of
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  men. Yea, even in myself I find no truth and no remedy for
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  my doubt and sorrow. I have striven in the pride of my heart.
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  I have contended with men for my opinions. I have mistaken evil for good
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  and have called ignorance knowledge. And now I am alone, and there is
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  none to hear me. And if I cry, there is none to hear
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  my voice. Nay, I am with THEE, and I hear thy voice.
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  Who art thou that dost assure me? I am the spirit of truth,
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  O Master, O Spirit of Truth. Why didst thou not come to
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  me? Before, Why didst thou leave me so long desolate? Thou wert
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  not desolate till now Pride was thy companion, and pride satisfied thee. Where
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  pride is there, I cannot come, And he who listens to its flatteries
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  cannot hear my voice. Self glory blinded thee, so that my form thou
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  couldst not see. Self exultation deafened thee. And when I called thou didst
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  not hear. Self seeking led thee astray, and my way was hidden from
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  thee. But now, having put away pride, thou hast both seen and
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  heard. Ask, and I will answer. Seek, and thou shalt find
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  comfort me, I Master, for I am weary. Strengthen me, for
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  I am weak. Teach me, for I am lacking in knowledge. He
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  who deserts self and takes refuge in me is never deserted. My word is
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  his comfort, My law is his strength, and my commands his instruction and
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  knowledge. Speak thy word, and I will listen. Reveal thy law,
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  and I will walk therein command me and I thy servant, will obey.
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  For thou art the master whom I so long sought, and having found thee,
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  let me not depart from THEE. He who follows self abandons me,
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  But he who abandons self lo he is with me always. Hitherto I have
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  clung to self. I have followed after vain and empty desires, and caught
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  in the toils of self delusion. I have not known thy presence. But
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  now, O Master, I have found THEE. And having found THEE,
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  let me remain with THEE. Let me be thy child, obeying thy voice.
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  Let me be thy pupil, receiving thy instruction. Let me become thy
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  disciple, and follow wheresoever thou dost lead thy humility, O, disciple,
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  hath made THEE mine. Thou hast entered the gateway leading to my kingdom,
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  even to the kingdom of a righteous life. Henceforth, thou wilt follow truth
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  and not self striving. Thou hast entered searching, Thou hast revealed, seeking,
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  thou hast found. Ask whatsoever thou wilt, and I will not withhold
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  instruction two of entering the way. Teacher of teachers instruct Thou me ask,
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  and I will answer. I have read much, but am ignorant. Still.
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  I have studied the doctrines of the schools, but have not become wise.
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  Thereby I know the scriptures by heart, but peace is hidden from me.
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  Point out to me, O Master, the way of knowledge. Reveal
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  to me the high way of divine wisdom. Lead thou, thy child,
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  into the path of peace. The way of knowledge, O disciple, is
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  by searching the heart. The high way of wisdom is by the practice of
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  righteousness, and by a sinless life is found the way of peace. Bear
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  with me, O Master. In my uncertainty, I am bewildered by the
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  multitude of opinions and by the number of schools. Am I confounded? Delusion
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  blinds me, doubt encompasses me, and I cannot find the way wherein I
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  should walk. Teach me how to search, how to practice, how to
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  wear the garment of a blameless life. Delusion and doubt, O disciple,
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  are within thyself. Within thyself also are reality and certainty. By thine own
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  errors only art thou blinded? Remove those errors, and thou shalt behold truth
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  engaged. Therefore, in holy meditation, search thy heart with the searching of
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  truth, and cast out therefrom all that is of self. What is of
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  self? Desire and passion and egotism. From desire and passion and egotism springs
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  self delusion, and self delusion is the obscuration of truth. Renounce desire,
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  overcome passion, put away egotism. Then will delusion be dispelled, and all
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  thy doubts will vanish. A master great is the task which thou hast set
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  before me. Labories the work which thou commandest me to do, steep and
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  strange, the way of renunciation which thou hast pointed out to me. Desire
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  is deeply rooted in my nature, and passion binds me fast to earthly things.
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  YEA, desire and passion are my very self. Must I renounce myself?
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  Must I yield up that which seems so sweet? O? Men long
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  to preserve the self. They pray for its eternal preservation and position. And
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  must I let it perish? Thou must, for thou hast vowed to follow
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  me. YEA, I have vowed, and I will follow. Thee seest
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  thou how all men suffer? This is because they long to preserve the self.
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  This is because they labor for its eternal preservation and possession. In desire
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  and egotism and passion are turmoil and unrest. In me alone is peace weary
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  and pain. Stricken is the world because it knows not me, But in
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  me. There is no weariness, and pain and sorrow cannot come to my
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  abode. My abode is a purified heart. The upright mind is my temple,
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  and the blameless life is my holy habitation. I will take refuge in
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  THEE, in thy abode, in thy temple, yea, even in thy
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  holy habitation. The purified heart is not stained by desire, the upright mind
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  is not impelled by passion, And in the blameless life there is no thought
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  of self. Search thy heart and follow truth. Put away the self of
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  desire and passion and egotism, deny, overcome and abandon it. Let no
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  vestige of it remain with THEE. For it is the author of all confusion,
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  the source of all affliction, the spring of pain and sorrow and unrest.
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  Rest Thou in me, Thou hast pointed out to me the way of
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  truth, even the holy way of show fishness. That way will I walk.
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  My resolution, a master of truth is fixed in THEE. I will
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  put away desire and will cling to THEE. I will be deaf to the
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  voices of passion, and will listen only to Thy voice. I will not
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  seek my own, but will obey the Holy law. Lo, I put
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  my feet upon thy way. Lead thou, thy servant, unto light and
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  peace. Thou hast entered, our disciple, the path of righteousness. Thy
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  feet are set upon the way of wisdom. Thou shalt comprehend my law.
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  The light of knowledge shall illumine thee, and I will guide thy footfalls unto
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  peace. Three of discipline and purification. I am in sorrow, o Master.
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  My feet are weary, and darkness is closing around me. Desert me
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  not, but come now to my assistance. My desires are strong, and
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  they cry out for their habitual pleasures. My passions are violence and overwhelm me
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  with their strength, and the voices of my false opinions weary me with their
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  demands. The way is dark and difficult to follow. Shed upon me,
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  oer Master, the light of thy knowledge. Comfort me with the balm of
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  thy instruction. Thy sorrow, o disciple, is of the Self. In
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  me. There is no sorrow. The darkness which surrounds THEE is the shadow
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  cast by the Self. There is no darkness in me. Truth is serene
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  and sorrowless. There is no weeping and weariness and lamentation in truth. Even
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  now, though thou ceast it not, my light is shining on thy pathway.
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  But thou seest only the dark illusions of thy worldly self. Press forward
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  and think only of truth. Look not behind thee, nor let thy mind
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  swerve from thy holy resolution. Great is the conquest which thou hast entered upon,
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  even the mighty conquest of thyself. Be faithful, and thou shalt overcome,
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  Lead me a master, For my darkness is very great. Clouds of
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  selfish thoughts envelop me, and the enemies within my mind assail me continually in
• 55:29
  the snares of my own, making my feet a court. And when I
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  think to walk firmly, I stumble and fall. Yea, my falls are
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  many and grievous, and my wounds frequent and sore. Will the darkness lift
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  a master? Will trial end in victory? And will it be an end
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  to my many sorrows? When thy heart is pure, the darkness will disappear.
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  When thy mind is freed from passion, Thou wilt reach the end of
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  trial, And when the thought of self preservation is yielded up, there will
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  be no more cause for sorrow. Thou art now upon the way of discipline
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  and purification. All My disciples must walk that way before thou canst enter the
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  white light of knowledge, before thou canst behold the full glory of truth.
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  All thy impurities must be purged away, the delusions dispell'd, and thy mind
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  fortified with endurance. Though darkness surroundeth THEE, Though temptation assaileth THEE on every
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  hand, though thou art sore, distressed and ceast not before THEE, yet
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  relax not thy faith in truth. Forget not that truth is eternally supreme.
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  Remember that I, the Lord of Truth, am watching over THEE. Great
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  is my faith in truth. And I will not forget, but will remember
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  THEE walking faithfully the path of discipline and purification, not forsaking and abandoning it,
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  and not longing to enjoy the pleasures which thou hast left behind THEE.
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  Thou wilt learn those things which are necessary for THEE. Thou wilt learn of
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  the nature of sin and the meaning of temptation, of suffering and sorrow and
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  their cause and cure, Of the fleeting nature of thyself and its pleasures,
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  Of the permanence of truth and its abiding peace. Of what are the marks
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  of ignorance and what constitutes. Knowledge of what makes evil and what is eternally
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  good, of the painfulness of self and the bliss of truth. Wilt thou
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  learn. Thou wilt also learn of illusion and reality. Be faithful and endure,
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  and I will teach THEE all things. I will not turn my faith
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  from THEE, nor will I desert thy holy way. Hear me again,
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  O disciple, walking faithfully the path of discipline and purification, not abandoning it,
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  but submitting to its austerities. Thou wilt acquire the three lesser powers of
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  discipleship. Thou wilt also receive the three greater powers. And the lesser and
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  the greater powers will render the invincible. By their aid, Thou wilt subdue
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  all sin. Thou wilt overcome the uttermost. Thou wilt achieve the supreme conquest.
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  What are the lesser and the greater powers? Self control, self reliance,
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  and watchfulness. These are the three lesser powers. Steadfastness, patience,
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  and gentleness. These are the three greater powers. When thy mind is well
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  controlled and in thy keeping, when thou reliest upon no external help but upon
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  truth alone, and when thou art ceaselessly watchful over thy thoughts and actions.
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  Then will the three lesser powers be thine. And with these powers thou wilt
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  dispel the great darkness. Thou wilt approach the supreme light. Approaching the supreme
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  light, thou wilt become steadfastly fixed in truth. Thou wilt become patient with
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  an infinite patience, and gentle, with the gentleness which nothing can change or
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  mar Then will the three greater powers be thine. Then wilt thou come to
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  the end of the path of discipline, and wilt ascend unto the higher path
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  of knowledge. Walking the path of knowledge, thy sorrow will cease, Thy
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  darkness will pass away forever, and joy and light will wait upon thy footsteps.
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  I am reassured Oer Master, and am strong to proceed. I am
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  obedient to thee, and will submit to Thy discipline. For thou hast comforted
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  me with the word of knowledge, Thou hast strengthened me with the exhortation of
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  truth. Thou hast instructed me with the instruction of enlightenment. Blessed is he
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  who obeys the truth. He shall not remain comfortless, but shall receive the
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  benediction of peace. Four of renunciation. Teach a divine Thy light is breaking
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  in upon my mind. I now know the cause of my sorrow and suffering.
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  I apprehend the sorrows of mankind for my sufferings other sufferings of the world.
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  I see that sorrow and suffering are rooted in self, that evil and
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  are in the desires of self, and that all the desires of self must
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  be relinquished. Guide me, i master, into the way of self sacrifice.
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  Teach me how to abolish self from the mind. Reveal to me the
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  truth about renunciation. Renunciational disciple is twofold. There is renunciation in the letter.
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  There is also renunciation in the spirit, the renunciation of outward things and
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  particular acts. Only this is the false renunciation in the letter, the renunciation
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  of inward desires and defilements. This is the true renunciation in the spirit.
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  Beware, or learner, of the renunciation which is false. Perform thou the
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  renunciation which is true. Instruct me further in a renunciation which is according to
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  truth, then I will embrace and perform it. So shall I avoid the
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  renunciation which is erroneous and misleading. Seek no gratification in the things which thou
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  doest, look not for reward in the things wherein thou strivest. Do all
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  thy duties meekly, put away desire. This is the true renunciation. Do
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  not think of gain or loss to thyself, think not to obtain pleasure,
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  and avoid pain in thy acts. Do all things faithfully that are necessary to
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  be done. This also is the true renunciation. Sever not thyself from the
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  world, but relinquish all love for the world and its pleasures. Do thy
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  work in the world without thought of personal ends. This again is the true
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  renunciation. Not by the outer things of the world. Is a man defiled.
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  He is defiled by the low desires of his heart. To renounce the
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  world, and not to relinquish to clinging to self. This is the false
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  renunciation. Not from riches or poverty, not from wife or children, not
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  from power and servitude. Not from these things do afflictions spring. From indolence
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  and self indulgence, from lust and covetousness, from hatred and pride. From
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  these things only do afflictions spring. Renounce thee evil within, and the things
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  of the world will not defile thee. Put away all thought of self,
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  and whatsoever thou doest it will bring to thee no suffering in all thy duties,
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  forsake the thought of self, and sorrow will never overtake thee. He
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  who quiteth a duty that is irksome, seeking happiness thereby, he who fleeth
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  from the scene of temptation, seeking strength, thereby he who abandon his obligations,
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  seeking bliss. Thereby such a man, O disciple falsely renounces he is
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  deluded and will not attain to purity of heart. As a brave soldier when
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  death is inevitable, does not desert his post, thinking of duty only and
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  not of self preservation. So he who renounces truly remains in his place in
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  the world, performing all his duties steadfastly, not thinking of self. Renounce
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  self, o disciple, Renounce all the tendencies of self. Renounce all the
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  passions and prejudices of self. Renounce all the errors and egotism of self.
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  Such is the true renunciation. Such is the sacrifice which leads to enlightenment and
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  peace. What amaster are the tendency of the self. Lust and self indulgence,
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  self seeking and avarice, hatred and anger, vanity and pride, doubt
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  and fear. These are the tendencies of self, These are the things that
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  must be renounced. And these things, O Spirit Immaculate, I will renounce.
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  I will obliterate them from my mind. I will abolish them from my
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  inmost heart. For now I see how they lead men into ways of blindness,
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  that they make sneers of suffering for the feet of men, that they
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  dig deep pits of sorrow for men to fall Therein. I rejoice, O,
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  Divine One, in that which thou hast revealed to me. For thou
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  hast opened unto me the way of holiness, thou hast pointed out to me
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  the straight path of peace. Thou hast shown me how to walk the sure
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  way of wisdom. THEE will I follow, lead me to Thy law.
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  Blessed is he who follows where I lead. He shall ascend unto the high
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  and heavenly places. He shall behold with the vision that is faultless. He
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  shall see with the eye of truth, which comprehendeth all things. Five of
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  purity of heart. While I am undergoing Thy discipline and purification, while walking
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  the holy way of renunciation, let ye behold the beauty of thy purity.
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  Reveal to me the purity which is divine. For I would know the highest
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  even truth. I would gaze upon thy face, O Master, I would
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  behold thy glory. I would see thee as thou art, He who rightly
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  renounces, who humbly purges his heart of self, who diligently searches for truth,
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  not for selfish pleasures. He, my lonely one, shall find my
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  purity. Hey, my faithful one, shall surely see my face. He,
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  my chosen one, shall come to me at last. Thou art my
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  refuge in my dwelling place. My eyes, I know, were wrist on
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  thee. At last, my heart at last will stay itself on thee.
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  Show me the highest and holiest way, even the stainless way of purity.
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  Thou art ready to be washed free from thy defilements. As a vessel.
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  Thou art ready to be cleansed. And when thou art cleansed, thou shalt
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  be filled with the pure water of truth. By these four things is the
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  heart defiled, the craving for pleasures, the clinging to temporal things, the
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  love of self, the lust for personal continuance. From these four defilements spring
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  all sins and sorrows. Wash thou thy heart, put away sensual cravings.
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  Detach the mind from the wish for possession, abandon self defense and self importance,
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  and do not long for personal immortality. Thus putting away all cravings,
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  thou wilt attain to satisfaction. Detaching thy mind from the love of perishable things,
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  thou wilt acquire wisdom. Abandoning the thought of self, thou wilt come
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  to peace, and not lusting for eternal life, Thou wilt realize the incorruptible
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  truth. He is pure, who is free from desire, who does not
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  crave for sensual excitements, who sets no value on perishable things, Who is
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  the same in riches and poverty, in success or failure, in victory or
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  defeat, in life or death, who does not set up his own opinions,
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  who is willing not to be lo He it is who possesses my pureness.
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  His happiness remains, his rest is sure, his peace is not disturbed.
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  He knows what constitutes holiness. He understands the stainlessness of truth. I
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  will cleanse my heart with the cleansing of truth. I will be pure as
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  thou art pure. I will put away the thought of pleasure. I will
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  not covert perishable things my personality. I will regard as of no importance,
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  ceasing to crave for its eternal continuance. Death comes to all men, and
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  the tears of sorrow flow. But truth is eternal, and its knowledge leads
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  to peace. I followed self, but it was filled with pain. I
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  followed the world, but it was fraught with heavy sorrow. But now,
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  o Master of Truth, I follow thee, and thou art leading me to
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  bliss unspeakable. Thou directest thy steps into the way of purity and peace.
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  Be strenuous in effort, strong in resolution, patient in endurance. So wilt
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  thou overcome all sin. Thou wilt become divinely pure sorrow and pain thou wilt
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  altogether subdue, and thou wilt acquire joy and strength and equanimity. Sikhs of
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  righteousness, stand up, son of light, and put on the garment of
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  righteousness. Rejoice and enter the glad way of holiness. Open thine eyes and
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  behold the glory of truth. For thou hast been faithful and obedient, thou
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  hast been patient and enduring. Thou hast conquered and overcome the great enemy,
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  even self. Thou hast slain the great darkness, even the darkness of ignorance.
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  Thou hast dispersed the great veil, even the veil of illusion, Thou
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  hast torn asunder. Henceforth, thou shalt walk in the way of knowledge.
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  Thou shalt dwell with peace. Thou shalt bask in the light of immortality.
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  Rise up, son of truth, in my divine dignity. Put on the
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  shining life of righteousness. For thou art no longer self. Thou art truth.
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  Thy deeds will be according to the eternal, and thou wilt be a
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  beacon to mankind. Now, o Master, I see THEE as thou art.
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  I see thy ineffable beauty and glory. How can darkness d well where
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  thou art? How can sin and sorrow approach Thee? I am dazzled by
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  the power of thy majesty. Thou art Truth. Thou art the Eternal,
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  and he who knoweth THEE liveth in thy light. He doeth the deeds of
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  light and not of darkness. Point out to me, now, o Master,
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  the righteous way, reveal unto me the jewels of the perfect life.
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  Instruct me in the doing which is according to the eternal, so that I
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  may be watchful and fail not Unrighteous is he whose acts are born of self.
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  Righteous is he whose acts are born of truth. The unrighteous man is
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  swayed by his feelings. Likes and dislikes are his masters. Prejudices and partialities
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  blind him, desiring and suffering, craving and sorrowing self control, he knows
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  not, and great is his unrest. The righteous man is master of his
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  moods, likes and dislikes. He has abandoned as childish things, prejudice and
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  partiality he has put away, desiring nothing. He does not suffer, not
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  craving, enjoyment, sorrow does not overtake him. Perfect in self control,
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  great peace abides with him. Do not condemn, resent or retaliate. Do
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  not argue or become a partisan. Maintain thy calmness with all sides. Be
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  just and speak truth. Act in gentleness, compassion, and charity. Be
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  infinitely patient. Hold fast to love and let it shape thy doing. Have
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  good will to all, with out distinction. Think equally of all, and
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  be disturbed by none. Be thoughtful and wise, strong and kind hearted.
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  Be watchful. Let no thought of self again creep in and stain thee.
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  Think of thyself as abolished, dispersed in all thy doing. Think of the
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  good of others and of the world, and not of pleasure or reward to
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  thyself. Thou art no longer separate and divided from men. Thou art one
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  withal. No longer strive against others for thyself, but sympathize with all,
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  Regard no man as thine enemy. Thou art the friend of all men.
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  Be at peace withal. Pour out compassion on all living things. Let boundless
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  charity adorn thy words and deeds. Such is the glad way of truth.
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  Such is the doing which is according to the eternal. Filled with joy,
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  is the right doer. He acts from principles which do not change and pass
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  away, abandoning personality. He has become a power. He is one with
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  the eternal, and has passed beyond unrest. The peace of the righteous man
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  is perfect. It is not disturbed by change and impermanence, freed from passion.
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  It is equal minded, calm, and does not sorrow. He sees
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  things as they are, and is no more confused. Thou hast closed me
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  a master with righteousness, the perfect life thou hast revealed to me. Thou
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  hast shown me the holy and the happy way. So fish abolished. An
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  I am thine, my thoughts to that thoughts. My words are thy words,
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  My deeds are Thy deeds. Thou art eternal, and all my doings
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  shall be from thee A lad is the fever of life dispersed. Is all
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  the darkness of the mind. Uncertainty and unrest have vanished away. Sin and
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  suffering are ended, and peace abides forever. Thou hast opened thine eyes to
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  the eternal light. Thou art no more self deceived nor self afflicted. Enter
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  now, o disciple, the high way of divine knowledge, and receive the
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  bliss of immortality. Seven of knowledge of the law. Show unto me,
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  Now, o Master, the perfect knowledge, Reveal unto me the working of
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  Thy law. Illuminate my mind with the wisdom of enlightenment. The law of
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  life is perfect. Nothing can be added to it or taken from it.
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  It cannot be altered or improved. None can avoid or escape it. Its
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  operations are just. It is eternal and abides in the midst of change.
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  By it, all things are protected, and there is no confusion. The
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  good is preserved in bliss and peace. The evil is purified with punishment and
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  suffering. Knowledge. It crowns with calmness ignorance. Its scourges with unrest.
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  It works with twofold action. It is eternal causation. It takes note of
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  every thought and deed. Thou hast attained, o disciple to spiritual vision.
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  Look now upon the world, and tell me what thou seest. I see,
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  er Master, great darkness called ignorance. I see lurking therein the smoldering
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  sparks of desire. I see how those sparks gather strength, they intensify into
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  flaming passions. And over all mankind are heavy clouds of sorrow. And these
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  are for the quenching of passions. Thou hast well seen. Look again,
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  and say what thou beholdest My sight hath pierced the cloudy veil of sorrow.
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  And above all I see the great light cord Truth. And there is no
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  darkness therein. No desires can enter there, and there are no consuming passions.
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  There is no weeping and no unrest. Thou hast seen, all,
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  disciple, the law of life. Thou hast perceived the twofold action of the
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  law. There is ignorance which fosters desire. Desire is the painful hunger to
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  obtain. It is also the feverish clinging to that which is obtained. Thence
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  arises separation from the thing desired, and this is suffering and sorrow. From
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  desire also arises egotism or selfishness. Thus is created an illusory self, and
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  in the delusion of the self is the nightmare of the world's woe. Thus
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  man suffers by the action of the law. He can also escape suffering by
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  the action of the law. When desire is abandoned, the painful hunger of
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  the mind is cured, the burning fever of clinging to things is assuaged,
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  and there is no separation and sorrow. Thence arises union with all that is,
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  and this is satisfaction, bliss and peace. From non desire also proceed
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  humility and love. The delusion of a permanent and separate individuality is destroyed.
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  The preservation of the self is abandoned, and thus is cut away the ground
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  of hatred and pride and selfishness then arises holiness. The reality of things is
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  revealed, Truth is perceived, comprehended, and known, and this is the
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  knowledge of the law. This is the bliss of immortality. Very simple is
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  the law o truth. Yet who shall comprehend it? Beautiful to behold?
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  Yet, who can gaze upon it? Faultless, inequity? Yet who will
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  listen and receive it? The pure hearted one receives, beholds, and comprehends.
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  He acts with the action that is not attained by sin. His charity
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  is without limit. It embraces all living things. He perceives with the vision
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  that does not err. He does not condemn. Knowing the perfect law,
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  and knowing the perfect law, he has entered into peace. Where knowledge is
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  perfected, peace abides. Great is the calmness of the wise. Deep is
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  the peace of the pure, perfect, the bliss of them that know the
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  truth. Still, to the tempests of the mind, there is no more
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  perturbation. There is a haven for the storm tossed, a home for them
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  that are lost and forsaken, a refuge for all who wander in the night.
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  I have found thee Thou eternal One. At last, Thou hast sought
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  and found, Thou hast fought and conquered, Thou hast striven and attained.
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  He who has afflicted has become the healer of men. The child has become
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  the instructor, the pupil has become the teacher. Disciple and the Master are
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  one. What I am that thou art abide with me in peace? Benediction,
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  and now peace abides self is dispersed, and there is no more anguish.
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  Truth is attained, and affliction has ceased to be. The pilgrimage of
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  pain is finished. There is no more toil and darkness. There is no
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  more doubt and weeping. Unrest and sorrow have vanished away. Love folds the
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  world to all that suffer peace. End of the Divine Dialogue. End of
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  Part two of The Divine Companion by James Allen Siction one profit I as sea,
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  cast forth this seed upon the broad plains of the world, and leave
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  it to the watchful care of the Supreme. The Divine Messages the first prophecy
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  called the awakening suns of Light. I salute you, children of the morning.
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  I greet you awake, Arise, and rouse ye them that slumber.
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  I proclaim to you the advent of the morning, the dawn of the new
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  day is upon every living thing, And down the holy mountain cometh the light
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  of love, the lowly one, bringing good tidings and publishing peace. And
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  this is the majesty of the morning, that evil shall flee from the valleys,
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  and hardly shall darkness find a lodging place. For where light is,
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  there is no darkness. Where good is, evil is dispersed, where peace
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  is strife is destroyed. Where love is all hatred has ceased, where purity
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  is all sin is overcome. And from the abode of truth all error has
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  fled away. And this is the joy of the morning. That evil is
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  conquered and good is triumphant, that the glory of truth is revealed, that
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  the path of perfection is opened up, and the bliss of a holy life
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  is partaken of. And this is the consummation of the morning. That darkness
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  is dispelled by light, ignorance by knowledge, illusion by reality, and error
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  by truth. And the majesty of the morning is revealed, and the joy
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  of the morning is comprehended, and the consummation of the morning is realized.
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  Ye who have waited, come now and gaze your fill upon the heights.
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  The coming of the king is announced, even the King of Peace. And
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  they who are stricken and afflicted shall be made glad the mourners, and they
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  that sorrow shall look up and rejoice the change of them that are bound shall
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  be broken, and they shall go free. That defiled shall be cleansed and
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  purified, and the weary and travel stained shall be at rest. Come ye
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  that are thirsty and drink, Come ye that hunger, and be filled.
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  For the water of immortality is found, and the bread of life is made
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  known. Awake ye sleepers, and shake off the dreams of illusion. Rouse
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  ye from the stupor of mortality and slumber no more in the realm of self.
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  For the master of compassion is revealed, the law of good is expounded,
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  and the great reality of a stainless life is accomplished. The truth of
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  the ages is made plain in that habernacle of the Holy Heart. It is
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  revealed. The guileless perceive it, the righteous hear it, the holy realize
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  it. It is manifested in all its glory in the conqueror of sin.
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  Ye that search in the darkness, come now unto the light. Ye that
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  see the evil and the woe without, Come with me, and I will
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  show you its source. Go ye into the secret chambers of your hearts.
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  Seek there until ye find meditate there until ye awake. He that dreams in
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  self is asleep in truth. The dreamer can neither know himself nor the awakened.
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  The awakened knoweth both himself and the dreamer. He also knoweth the emptiness
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  of the thing dreamed. The sleeper in self is involved in evil. He
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  is encompassed with darkness, he is surrounded with woe. Such is the plight
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  of the dreamer, and the source, continuance and end of evil are hidden
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  from him. Awake, therefore, ye that sleep, awake from the sleep
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  of lust, Awake from the slumber of hatred. Come out of the painful
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  dreams of avarice, self indulgence, vanity, and pride. Shake off the
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  nightmare of doubt. Be drugged no more by groundless faith, by error and
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  a clinging unto death. End ye the sleep of self, and awake in
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  the reality of truth, For the end of self is a beginning of truth.
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  Behold the glorious truth. Awake, Awake, awake, ye are sleeping,
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  ye are dreaming. Awake suns of the morning, and fill the world
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  with music. Come ye and dwell in the light. Come ye and tread
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  the path of perfection. Come ye and be exalted with the exultation of holiness.
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  So shall ye know the supreme love and peace. The second prophecy,
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  called the Messiah. Consider the signs of the times. War is rampant,
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  strife is raging, and the fires of passion are devastating the earth. Nation
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  is opposed to nation, creed to creed, and system to system. Science
• 1:28:21
  has discovered its own weakness. Philosophy has confounded philosophy, and a confusion of
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  mental tongues has become universal. Yet in the height of all this confusion,
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  in the midst of the fierce clash of prejudice and a passion, one has
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  descended, whose name is Love, whose mission is peace, and whose end
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  is unity. Walking in amidst is he, But men know him not because
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  of their infirmities. Yet at his touch the blind receive their sight. The
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  deaf here and the lame walk silently hoily is he working in isolated hearts.
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  Here and there a disciple is called, and he hears and follows. And
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  the disciple knows his master, and the master his disciple. The chosen few
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  have not been deaft to the command follow me, And they have followed with
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  sure and certain steps. They have gazed upon the face of the serene One.
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  They have sat at the feet of the perfect One. They have accepted
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  the instruction of the Holy One, and peace abides with them. They walk
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  amongst men and are not discerned. They have relinquished all strife in their inmost
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  hearts, hating none, condemning none, They have entered the gate of forgiveness.
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  Good Will is a breath of their nostrils, and boundless charity is the
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  master of their thoughts. They have ceased from vain longings. They have chased
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  away all fluctuating desires. They have passed through the gait of sacrifice. They
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  have clothed themselves with the garment of Him. They tread the path of good,
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  and their gait is steadfast. Fear and doubt they have dispersed. They
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  walk upon the turbulent waters of sorrow, and they sink not and are comforted.
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  They are no longer confounded by false philosophy. They have passed through the
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  sea and the desert, and have entered the promised Land. And these are
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  they who have been born again for the salvation of the world. In the
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  time of darkness, they have accepted the light. In the time of evil,
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  they have chosen the good. In the day of self seeking, they
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  have silenced the many voices of self, and have followed the one voice whose
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  music harmonizes all. Therefore they rejoice, not blind to the evil, but
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  because the omniscient One has shown them the end of evil. Yea in themselves,
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  they have already accomplished that end, For they have become one with Him
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  whom they have followed. All that belongs to the world they have given to
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  the world, and they have not murmured. The clouds of confusion do not
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  darken them, and the fires of passion do not scorch them. Therefore,
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  let gladness reign, For with the great darkness of these times, there has
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  also come great light. Though the rivers of sorrow are swollen high, the
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  banks are perfumed with the flowers of blessedness. Though strife is raging, peace
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  has entered into their midst. Though confusion has covered the earth, unity has
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  been revealed. And though many continue to dream the dreams illusion, the visions
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  of the Great Reality have gladdened the ken of the wakeful. Awake, ye
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  sleepers, arouse yourself, ye dreamers, when will ye open your eyes and
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  see? The Perfect One has appeared. The stainless majesty of the Holy One
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  is revealed his sleepless watchers have hailed him, and he has borne away their
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  weariness. Come, then, ye sorrowing, and be glad. Come ye
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  weary and find peace. Come ye toilers, and be at rest. For
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  the longing of the ages is fulfilled, and he whom we call Master has
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  appeared. He is the sacred inmost heart of love. The third prophecy called
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  the all One to do good and to remain unknown. Let this be called
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  humility, to bless one's persecutors. Let this be called love, to rejoice
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  at the good fortune of one's enemies. Let this be called perfection. Thus
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  is the all One manifested. Thus is the truth made known. The knowers
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  of the all One are perfect. They are without sin, dwelling in truth,
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  and robed with holiness. Behold, the all One is revealed. He
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  is made known to his worshipers. The garment of evil has fallen away from
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  them, and they put on the perfect garment of good. The old bottles
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  of error are broken, and the new bottles of truth are filled with the
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  wine of life. The believers in the all One drink and are satisfied.
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  And the doers of his word enter into the joy of immortality, and Who
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  are they that believe in the all One? Who are the doers of his
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  word? The believer and the doer is known by these sure signs. He
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  is freed from ignorance and is not enslaved by likes and dislikes. He is
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  freed from hatred and does not condemn. He is freed from partiality and does
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  not engage in strife. He is freed from self seeking and does not defend
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  himself. He never lets go of patience, He does not doff the robe
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  of purity. He goes not out from the dwelling place of love. The
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  Knower of the all One is perfect in knowledge. He is blameless in thought,
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  word, and deed. The all One is sought by practice. He
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  is perceived by knowledge, and he is realized by the perfection of practice and
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  the consummation of knowledge. To rise above good and evil, hatred and love,
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  prejudice and error, desire and pain, self love and sorrow, passion
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  and remorse, life and death is to enter the unending peace of the all
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  One. Is To realize the immortality of the all One is to become the
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  all One. The all One is at perfect good, which is beyond both
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  good and evil. He is at perfect love, which neutralizes love and hate.
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  He is at perfect life, which is not broken by life and death.
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  He that would know him, let him become his disciple. Let him
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  remove the ever changing opposites within, until he comes to that which changes not.
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  So shall he find the eternal rock, even the blessed all One,
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  the master of peace. He that searches without he shall not find. He
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  that is proud of his knowledge, he shall not find. He that fortifies
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  himself against others, he shall not find. Realize our disciple, Thine inward
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  error, thine inward delusion, Thine inward ignorance, Thine inward delusion. Rooted
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  in self, and having realized, leave error and cling to truth, Fly
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  from ignorance to the knowledge that is pure, and fortify thyself against the enemies
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  within thyself. By this way is the all One approached by none other.
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  Is he accessible. He that is willing to be naked to self, let
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  him come and be clothed with truth. He that is willing to die to
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  error, let him come and be reborn as a child of truth. He
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  that is willing to become empty, let him come and be filled with the
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  knowledge of the all One, the good that is supreme, the humility that
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  is sublime, the love that transcends all sorrow. To this attainment, shall
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  he surely come who seeks the all one by the path of peace. The
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  fourth prophecy called unrest the voice of the Spirit. To the children of the
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  flesh. This is darkness to be enslaved by sin, This is light,
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  to be free from sin. There is a place of darkness, a dwelling
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  place of deep darkness. And they who abide their cry out of their unrest.
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  They cry and are not heard, because their cry is of self.
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  They call upon their God, but the silence is not broken. The echo
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  of their own voice they hear, and it affrights them, and they remain
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  in their sins. And remain in their sins, they shall cry. We
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  have sown wheat and have reaped straw. We have plowed, but we have
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  no produce of our labor, and lo the great famine is upon us.
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  We stored away much grain, but the rats have devoured it. We put
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  away much fruit, but it has decayed, and the long winter is before
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  us. We bartered and acquired much gold, yet we perish for some the
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  thief has stolen, and the rest is moldy. What shall we purchase?
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  Having no bread? There is no bread, and no cellar of bread.
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  We die, and there is none to save us. And again, in
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  their deep bitterness, they shall say, we have toiled mightily, but we
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  have no reward. That which we built is destroyed, that which we made
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  secure is undermined, And all our wonderful works are crumbling away. We ate
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  and slept, but now we are afflicted. We made sacrifices, yet now
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  we are deserted. We build ourselves pleasant mansions, and there is no rest
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  in them. Our sorrows are as the deep seas, Our miseries are as
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  the great mountains. Our woes are many, and our pains are great.
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  There is no cure for our diseases. There is no relief for our sorrows.
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  We are weary, and there is no rest. So shall they cry,
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  and they shall not be heard. So shall they suffer and shall not
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  be relieved. And they shall seek for rest and shall not find it.
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  For in the place of darkness, in the dwelling place of deep darkness,
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  there is no remedy, there is no redress, there is no salvation.
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  Where self is lord and king, there is no peace. Ye who are
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  in the way of impurity, Ye who are the subjects of self. Listen,
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  though ye understand not here, for the day cometh when the precepts of
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  the pro are remembered, and his words are burned into the heart with brands
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  of fire, where there shall come upon you the night which is more than
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  darkness, the hunger which is more than famine, and the deprivation which is
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  more than death. When love shall be crucified, and hatred be set free,
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  when peace shall be banished and strife be glorified, when righteousness shall be
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  mocked, and confusion shall flourish, And the voice of the prophet is no
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  longer heard. When that time comes, and ye cry and are not heard,
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  suffer and are not relieved, sorrow and are not comforted, remember this,
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  He that rouseth himself early seeth the sun rise. He that watcheth diligently
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  and taketh a light findeth his way out of the darkness. And he that
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  striveth with an uncomplaining heart is crowned with the crown of peace. The fifth
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  prophecy called Transition the voice of the Spirit to the children of sorrow. Arise,
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  ye awake, open your eyes and see why will he sleep the sleep
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  that is painful. Come out of the night of unrest, out of the
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  dark nightmare of sin and affliction. For there is a way out of the
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  place of darkness, and out of the dwelling place of deep darkness, a
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  pathway that is sure. There shall be light and safety. There shall be
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  rest and healing, there shall be joy and satisfaction. There shall be no
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  more dreaming. For him who is awake, who says, with deep resolve,
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  I will abandon self, and truth shall be my lord. And thus
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  resolving, there shall appear upon his right hand a gateway that is dark,
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  and upon his left hand a portal pleasant to behold. And he shall stoop
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  and enter the gateway that is dark, And there shall come behind him mockeries
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  and revilings and laughter that stingeth. And entering, he shall take up two
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  swords. The first is called the sword of searching, and the second is
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  called the sword of dividing. And with the sword of searching he shall destroy
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  the enemies of wisdom. And with the sword of dividing he shall sever good
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  from evil. He shall encounter all the enemies of light, them that cast
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  the great shadow, he shall disperse and the strong keepers are the keys of
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  hell. He shall put to rout. He shall pass through the fire called
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  suffering, and it shall not devour him. He shall cross the dark ocean
• 1:41:42
  called sorrow, and it shall not swallow him up. And when he cometh
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  to the great desert called desertion, he shall not turn back. And he
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  shall come out of all his darkness. He shall find the shadowless light.
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  Upon the outermost edge of the great darkness. He shall hear a voice,
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  the voice of the Holy One. Then shall he know that the King of
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  Truth is near, and that there cometh the Anointed Prince of Peace. And
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  he shall follow the voice, because it is gentle and true, and it
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  shall lead him to the eternal abode of light, where every veil shall be
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  lifted, at every mystery solved, and he shall perceive the majesty of the
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  Master of Truth. He shall behold the beauty of the Law of Righteousness.
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  He shall gaze upon the glory of the Great Reality. He shall hear the
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  song of the Redeemed, even this, the sweet song of salvation. Sin
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  is destroyed. How perfect is the law. Sorrow is slain, How mighty
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  is love? The clouds of affliction are dispersed. How glorious is the light,
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  error is fallen, How immaculate is the truth. Awake, ye sleepers,
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  rejoice in the truth. Look up, ye fall ball and rejoice in
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  the light. Let the thirsty come and drink, Let the hungry come and
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  eat, Let the dying come and live. Salvation abounds, and redemption is
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  sure. And entering the gate of peace, the empires of this world shall
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  be to him as dust, its glories as clouds that are dispersed, its
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  pleasures as chaff that is carried away, and its pursuits as houses having no
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  foundation. And the voice of the Holy One shall say unto him, conqueror
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  of self, slayer of sin and sorrow, disperser of shadows and delusions,
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  put away the sword of searching, and let the sort of dividing be sheathed.
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  Here are no sorrows, Here is no darkness, and affliction and strife
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  and division cannot enter here. Lowly doer of righteousness, thou hast found my
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  law. Silent seeker of truth, thou hast found, and may peace.
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  Lover of meekness and good, thou hast found me. Take up thy abode
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  in my eternal habitation, Thy warfare is ended, and thy rest is achieved.
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  The sixth prophecy called peace the voice of the Spirit to the children of
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  truth, Rejoice and be glad yea be filled with gladness, for the great
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  task is completed, and there is no more labor. The long journey is
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  ended, and there is no more weariness. The days are numbered, and
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  the Savior has come. There is peace upon the hills and in the valleys,
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  a tumult of great joy for the child who is Love and wisdom is
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  apprehended, and the Kingdom, which is good will and peace is proclaimed.
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  Sing Ye, Holy ones, ye pure and peaceful. Let your voices be
• 1:44:56
  heard. Truth is established, and righteous reigneth. There is joy for every
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  sorrow. There is oil for every wound, and there is healing for every
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  broken heart. For the weary, there is a rest that endureth, for
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  the wandering, an eternal refuge, and for the despairing and tempest tossed a
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  harbor of great gladness, for there is sinlessness of heart. Out of the
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  dark places of self, beyond the uncertain valley of transition is found the peaceful
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  path of holiness, upon the high peaks of purity, upon the mountains of
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  righteousness. Even upon the lofty hills of love. There abideth eternal peace.
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  There awaiteth everlasting rest. Whosoever will climb, Let him come and see,
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  whosoever will strive, Let him come and know. Whosoever will overcome, Let
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  him come and enter. In the darkness is dispersed. The power of evil
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  is to droid, and the weal of fate is broken. The light abideth
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  in eternal glory. The power of good is supreme, and righteousness and love
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  have broken every bond. Death is slain, for life is known. Doubt
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  is no more, for immortality is tasted. Fear is cast out, for
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  perfect love is revealed. The King of Truth is near, and he is
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  perfect Knowledge. The Lord of Life is at hand, and he is perfect
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  purity. The Savior is here, and he is perfect Love. Therefore peace
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  abideth, yea abideth forever. These things are made known to the righteous,
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  to the wise, their glory is revealed. And by the guileless alone are
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  these three perfections comprehended. For he that is unholy knoweth only that which is
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  unholy. He that is holy knoweth holy things. Perfection cannot be distorted.
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  Behold its beauty Righteousness cannot be broken. How faultless are its proportions, Truth
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  remains undisturbed, How incomparable is its calm. And because of this there is
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  great rejoicing. Because of this there is holly gladness. Because of this there
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  is unending peace. End of Part three, Section one Prophecies. Section two
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  Exhortations. The first exhortation concerning purity, the purity that is stainless. To
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  this, I exhort men to the purity of the highest I point the sons
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  of light. I exhort also the children of error to the excellent way of
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  purity. For outer purity groweth truth, and they who seek it seek the
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  heavenly light. Ye who are bound, come now and be free. Say
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  not I am helpless, Ye who are enslaved, For the wave of emancipation
• 1:48:04
  is opened up. YEA even salvation knocketh at your door. Will you choose
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  liberty? Or will ye rather choose to be bound in purity? There is
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  freedom understanding dwelleth in her temple, and joy and gladness and peace are her
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  door keepers. Come then and listen to the exhortation of truth, And having
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  listen'd, do that which is pure and doing that which is pure, ye
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  shall know the supreme blessedness. Not in thy acts alone shalt thou find purity.
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  The purity of the highest is not confined to acts. Nor by cutting
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  off thy acts shalt thou become pure, But by cleansing the source of thy
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  acts, even thy mind and heart. For a pure mind cannot commit impure
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  acts. Neither can a stainless heart bring forth any unlovely thing. What then
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  defileth and what maketh clean? The unchaste thought, the impure desire, the
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  selfish inclination, This defileth and bringeth forth darkness and death. The pure thought,
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  the holy aspiration, the unselfish love. This cleanseth and bringeth forth light
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  and love. Come, then, and see how straight is the narrow path
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  of purity. Come and know how open and unsecret are the beautiful courts of
• 1:49:29
  truth. Come and understand how simple is the excellent law of righteousness, Easy
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  to find and pleasant to walk? Is the path of purity? Open wide
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  and inviting entrance? Are the gates of truth? Near at hand and ready
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  for investigation. Is the law of righteousness. To harbour hateful thoughts, to
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  cherish lustful inclinations, to nurture the seeds of malice in the heart. This
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  defileth and leadeth to suffering, to thirst for pleasures and rewards, to dwell
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  upon the sins of others, and to think I am better than this man.
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  This maketh impure and causeth thee to wander from truth, to seek for
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  thyself and not to consider others, to depreciate others, and to think highly
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  of thine own works, and to make proud and stubborn thy heart. This
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  staineth thy soul and taketh THEE away from thy peace. Behold, how glorious
• 1:50:29
  is the path of purity. How lovely is the treasury of truth? How
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  comely and beautiful is the garment of holiness. To be free from hatred,
• 1:50:38
  lust and malice. How sweet, how pleasant? Not to desire pleasures and
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  rewards. How good, how joyful, not to magnify evil in others?
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  How fair, how lovely? To put away all egotism, How beautiful,
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  how peaceful. The blessedness of a pure art is beyond conception, The loveliness
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  of a sinless mind is beyond comparison. And supremely blissful is the immortality of
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  the righteous peace, producing is the purity of the highest joy. Inspiring is
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  the stainless life, and rich in wisdom is the heart that is sinless.
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  Ye who are tired of sin, Ye who know the bitterness of impurity,
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  Ye who seek the everlasting peace, Come and enter the door of purity,
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  and let holiness be your companion. Purify your thoughts, wash white the garment
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  of your mind, cleanse ye the secret places of your heart. This done,
• 1:51:42
  truth shall come and dwell with you. Knowledge shall be your lamp,
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  and wisdom your guide. Righteousness shall be your everlasting protection, and light and
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  joy and peace shall abide with you forever. The second exhortation discerning humility,
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  the humility that is blameless. To this I exhort men, I point them
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  to the sublime pathway of humility without humility. Who shall see truth without meekness?
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  Who shall comprehend thee all one without lowliness? Who shall find the great
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  reality Love dwelleth with humility. Wisdom also abideth there, and peace remaineth with
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  the lowly heart. Put away thy pride, think no more of thy superiority,
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  and purge thy mind of all its vanity. Then shall the truth dignify
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  thee Truth fleeth from pride, Wisdom departeth from egotism, and holiness and vanity
• 1:52:44
  cannot dwell together. Out of humility cometh light, But darkness dwells with vanity
• 1:52:49
  and pride. Of what art thou proud O, man? Of thy beauty?
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  Corruption awaits it of thy garments. The more and the dust shall destroy
• 1:53:00
  them of thy possessions. Tomorrow another shall possess them of thy talents. Their
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  luster shall be dimmed of thy fame. It shall disappear as a mist of
• 1:53:15
  thy learning. Even now it is surpassed of thy works. They shall vanish
• 1:53:20
  away forever. What then remaineth? If all these things are as naught,
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  wisdom remaineth, and truth and love, and joy and peace and enlightenment are
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  established. But these cannot be known to the proud. Neither can the vain
• 1:53:38
  man understand them. And their glory is not revealed to him that is subject
• 1:53:42
  to self. What can darkness reveal? He who walketh in darkness? What
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  shall he see? The proud are blinded by darkness. The vain stumble and
• 1:53:54
  lose their way, and grief and desolation are the end of self. The
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  enlightenment of e he is more than learning The power of meekness is more than
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  the strength of many conquerors. And he that makes slowly his mind establishes himself
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  upon a rock. How shall the proud stand they fall of their own weakness?
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  How shall the vain endure? They are as reeds without support? How
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  shall a self seeking flourish? They are as barren seed, blown about and
• 1:54:25
  finding no soil. Put on the garment of humility, and thou shalt not
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  fall. Make gentle thy heart, and thou shalt endure as the mountain.
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  Put away self, and thy work shall flourish as seed upon good soil.
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  The arrogant regard themselves as kings, for they are less than serfs. The
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  meek regards themselves as serfs, for they are more than kings. How easily
• 1:54:50
  are the proud injured? Every day they suffer pain? How often are the
• 1:54:56
  vain wounded? Weeping and sorrow are their portion? How readily do the selfish
• 1:55:01
  suffer deprivation? Every day they grieve over that they have lost? There is
• 1:55:06
  no pain in humility. Meekness destroyeth sorrow, and the pure in heart can
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  suffer no loss. What can a man retain? What endureth? And where
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  dwelleth immortality. The things of the world pass away and none can hold them.
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  The body perishes and is no more seen, and the opinions of men
• 1:55:30
  are as smoke in a high wind. Holiness can be retained. Truth endureth,
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  and immortality dwelleth. In the sinless heart, I sought the world,
• 1:55:41
  but peace was not there. I courted learning, but truth was not revealed.
• 1:55:45
  I sojourned with philosophy, but my heart was sore with vanity, and
• 1:55:50
  I cried, where is peace to be found? And where is the hiding
• 1:55:56
  place of truth? In humility? I found peace in a practice of righteousness,
• 1:56:01
  truth was revealed, and in self obliteration, I reach the end of
• 1:56:05
  pain and vanity. Bend low, ye, pilgrims, prostrate yourselves, ye
• 1:56:13
  weary and disconsolate, Give up that ye love, ye stricken and afflicted.
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  For he that bendeth himself shall be straitened. He that prostrateeth himself shall be
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  lifted up. And whosoever relinquisheth self shall see the end of his afflictions.
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  Narrow and low is the portal of humility. But he that stupeth and entereth
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  therein shall stand forever. The third exhortation concerning love, the love that is
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  perfect. To this I exhort men, even to the love of the Highest.
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  How beautiful to behold is love? How glorious to contemplate, and in
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  practice, how sweet and full of gladness? To find love is defined affection
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  To no love is to know the eternal. To practice love is to manifest
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  truth. But how is love found? How is it revealed in the heart?
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  How is it practiced and made manifest? Not to be a partisan,
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  not to practice hatred, not to engage in strife, not to practice deception,
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  not to covet, not to retaliate, not to condemn. Not To
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  do all these is to find love, To put away prejudice, to rid
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  the mind of pride and vanity, to disperse doubt and fear, to wash
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  from the heart the stains of desire, to purify the mind of every defilement.
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  To do all these is to know love, to be always patient,
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  to be supremely calm, to be ceaselessly holy, to be forgiving to the
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  uttermost, and to be equal minded towards enemies as towards friends. To be
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  all these is to manifest love. Where love is light is where love is
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  not, there is impenetrable darkness. Where love is, life is. Where
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  love is not, there is the deeper death. Where love is truth is.
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  Where love is not, there is error and confusion. Love changes not.
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  For love is truth, Love sins not, for love is perfect.
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  Love grieves not for love is the eternal. Love is not subject to birth
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  and death, for love is immortality. How illusory is the world? How
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  fleeting and empty are the pleasures of the world. How real is love?
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  How steadfast and full of peace is the life of truth? How vain are
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  the pursuits of men? How heavy is the weariness of self? But the
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  practice of righteousness is fruitful, and sweet is the peace of truth. He
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  who hath love hath all things. The Master dwelleth in love. In love,
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  the great reality abides, and the wonderful peace is only found by love.
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  The purity of the highest is there the majesty of humility also, And
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  he who ad just his heart to love is perfect. Seek self, and
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  love shall be withheld from you. Seek love and lo it is already with
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  you. Who seeketh enlightenment, who seeketh truth, who seeketh love? Let
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  him that seeketh come and say, open ye doores a purity be closed no
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  more, Ye, narrow portals of humility swing open wide, Ye, everlasting
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  gaits of love, and his voice shall be heard in the innermost places.
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  He shall not cry in vain, nor shall he lose his way, but
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  shall pass through to his everlasting rest. End of Part three, Section two
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  Exhortations. Section three Instructions. Instruction concerning the Master to the obedient and the
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  ready, to all who are willing to understand, To those wandering in the
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  darkness and unable to perceive the light, come now and listen, Come now
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  and be made glad. Enter now into the revelation of purity. The Master
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  is not perceived by the senses, nor comprehended by the reason, nor realized
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  by argument. Not on the hills, nor in the valleys, not in
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  the earth nor sky, not in any outward thing is the Master to be
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  found. Creeds and schools and books cannot contain him. He dwelleth within.
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  Cease from thine outward search, a weary one, Cease from no wanderings,
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  O child of night. In thine own heart, dwelleth the Master. He
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  is not hidden from thee but by thyself. The Master is the inn ward
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  voice, the inward light, the inward peace. Behold, I show you
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  the dwelling place of the Master. It is a purified heart. He who
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  hath broken the bonds of self, who hath slain desire, whose mind is
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  quiet, conquered and subdued, whose heart is calm and mild and full of
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  peace, He hath entered into the presence of the Master. Unto him,
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  the glory of the Master is revealed. O thou who christ and receivest no
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  answer, O thou who wanderest and findest no rest, O thou who searchest
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  and findest no light, Bring hither thy fainting heart, Bring hither thy blindness.
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  Come and listen to the instruction that is holy, and having listened,
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  find satisfaction and rest. There are truths many, and there is one truth,
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  even the pure mind, the supremely perfect life. There are saviors many,
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  and there is one savior, even the supreme enlightenment of wisdom. There
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  are teachers many, and there is one teacher, even the glorious revelation of
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  righteousness. There are masters many, and there is one master. Even the
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  Spirit of truth and truth Savior, Teacher and Master are one, plain and
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  unmistakable is the way which leadeth to the Master. Overcome thyself. This is
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  the way. Purify thy heart, and thou shalt gaze upon the face of
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  the Master, cling to self, and thou shalt not find him. Abandon
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  self and lo the Master abideth with thee. The impure have no eyes to
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  see the pure. The darkness cannot penetrate the light, and immortality is hidden
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  from that which is perishable. Therefore, leave that to which thou clingest yield
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  up thy desires, and the satisfaction of the Master shall fill thee up thy
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  opinions, and the light of the Master shall illumine. Thee. Go not
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  after thee evanescent and the perishable, and thou shalt enter into the possession of
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  the eternal and imperishable. Thou shalt become one with the Master, and shalt
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  dwell with him in immortality. The Master waiteth yea eternally waiteth Patience is his
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  name. He departeth not from compassion, and where righteousness abides there dwelleth he
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  hidden? Is he in love? Come unto love, and thou shalt find
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  him. The light of wisdom envelopeth him. Purify thine understanding and thou shalt
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  know him. The glory of truth covereth him up relinq we self, and
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  thou shalt see his form. Why perceivest thou not the truth? Why hearest
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  thou not the voice of the Master. Thou perceivest not the truth because of
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  thine own errors. Thou hearest not the Master's voice, because of voices of
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  self clamor loudly within thee. As clouds hide the face of the sun,
• 2:04:04
  so the clouds of error hide the face of the Master. Yea, the
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  thick clouds of sin. They shut him out from men, who then shall
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  see the Master, who shall comprehend him, who shall dwell with him,
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  who shall hear his voice, Even he who is of a pure heart,
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  who is gentle, compassionate, and infinitely patient, who returneth meekness for anger,
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  love for hatred, forgiveness for abuse, and silence for condemnation. Clothe
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  thyself. Therefore, in the garment of humility, acknowledge thine errors, even
• 2:04:43
  thine inmost sins. Thus confessing thyself, thou shalt find the way of love,
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  and finding love, thou shalt find the Master, and finding the Master,
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  thou shalt be at rest deny thyself, subdue thyself, conquer thyself.
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  Let not good will depart from thee. Be at peace withal yea, even
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  with the beasts. So shall the highest Truth take up its abode within thee.
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  Unto thee, the heart of the Master shall be revealed. Sorrow and
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  suffering, and fear and doubt shall flee far from thee, and the knowledge
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  of immortality shall fill thy heart with peace. Thus is the heart of the
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  Master made known. Thus is he revealed unto them that are ready to receive
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  him. Instruction concerning the Law to the humble and the faithful, to them
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  that are seeking humility and faith. There is one supreme law, even the
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  law of good. Think not that which is evil, Say not that which
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  is evil. Do not that which is evil, Think that which is good,
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  Say that which is good, Do that which is good. So shalt
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  thou come to know the law. By no other way can it be comprehended.
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  The knowledge of the Law maketh the heart glad, It filleth the mind
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  with joy. It destroyeth all sorrow, suffering ceases. For him who knows
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  the law, sin and grief and affliction leave him, And wheresoever he goes,
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  peace follows him. Happy is he who has perceived the law. Blessed
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  is he who practices it. Divine is he who has become one with it.
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  Come thou that searchest weary and almost hopeless, prostrate thyself in the dust
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  of obedience. Deny thyself to the uttermost, leave all that thou art proud
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  of yea sacrifice. All. So shalt thou put on the yoke of loneliness,
• 2:06:46
  and shalt thou enter into a knowledge of the law. Then shalt thou
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  come to know the three names of the Law of good. The first is
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  justice, the second righteousness, the third love men, loving self. Deny
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  these lofty names, and, having no knowledge of the law of good,
• 2:07:06
  wandering in the dark, they fall into treacherous places, and fear and doubt
• 2:07:12
  and sorrow and suffering dwell with them. Practice the inward righteousness, and thou
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  shalt see the ineffable glory of the three names. Thou shalt comprehend the law
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  of good, and bliss and peace shall fill thee. To know the law,
• 2:07:28
  to obey the law, to practice the law. This only is salvation.
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  This only is emancipation from error and unrest. Supremely glorious is the law
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  of good. Supremely peacegiving is the knowledge of the law. Supremely blessed is
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  he whose pilgrim feet walk in obedience with the law. He who says,
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  I will no more cling to self, I will no more engage in strife,
• 2:07:55
  I will no more retaliate, I will no more judge and condemn too.
• 2:08:00
  I have clung to self, I have sought to gratify self. I
• 2:08:03
  have defended and protected myself. But now I will abandon self. I will
• 2:08:09
  sacrifice and not defend myself. Yea utmost crucifixion shall be mine. I will
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  love all men and only myself. Will I condemn. The garment of humility
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  shall cover me. Righteousness and love shall be my protection. Even in the
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  highest will I take my refuge. Good will shall be my guide, Compassion
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  shall not depart from me, and the divine gentleness of truth shall guide my
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  thoughts and actions. Thus will I cease from sin? Thus will I practice
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  the highest good. He who thus resolves shall know the law. The law
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  of good. Shall he comprehend, the fullness of its majesty shall be revealed
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  to him, And from all evil shall he be protected. Therefore, let
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  a man believe in good. Let him cling to good, Let him practice
• 2:09:01
  good. He will thus come to comprehend himself. Comprehending himself, he will
• 2:09:05
  comprehend the universe. He will thus arrive at peace. When a man's body
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  is defiled, does he not wash it and make it clean? When a
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  man's heart is defiled, Let him likewise wash it and be clean. Five
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  are the waters which wash away sin, Purity which washes away all indulgences and
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  lusts, Pity which washes away all self seeking, an indifference, humility which
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  washes away all prejudice and pride, Joy which washes away all covetousness and envy,
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  Love which washes away all hatred and condemnation. Whosoever will let him come
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  and be clean, the waters are ready and waiting. Blessed he is who
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  is free from sin. He knows the supreme law of good and dwells in
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  peace. Thus the law of good expounded. Thus is its spread abroad in
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  the hearts of men. Instruction concerning the Great Reality to the awakened and enlightened,
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  to those who seek to be awakened and enlightened. There is darkness,
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  and there is light. There is dreaming, and there is waking. There
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  is illusion, and there is reality. The darkness apprehendeth not the light.
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  The dreamer knoweth not his waking mind, and the wanderer in illusion is unacquainted
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  with reality. Of two ways, therefore one must be abandoned. The dweller
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  in darkness seeth nothing, not even himself. His feet stumble. He knoweth
• 2:10:43
  not his way. Abandon darkness, and thou shalt come unto the light.
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  Coming to the light, thou shalt see all things. Thou shalt know thy
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  way, and thy feet shall cease from stumbling. The way of the dreamer
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  is uncertain, and pleasure and terror afflict him. He knoweth not where he
• 2:11:03
  standeth. He controlleth not himself. And is it the mercy of the unreal?
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  Abandon the dreams of self. O, thou that sleepest awake, Open
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  thine eyes to the morning, and thou shalt comprehend thine own divinity. The
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  walker in the way of illusion is surrounded with shadows. He receiveth not the
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  substance. Grasping at bubbles, he is scourged with grief and disappointment. Clinging
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  to the perishable, he mourns, and following after that which vanishes, he
• 2:11:35
  is troubled with unrest. Abandon the pathway of illusion, the pathway of thy
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  perishable self. So shalt thou find the imperishable truth. Gladness shall take the
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  place of mourning, and thine eyes shall be opened to the glory of the
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  Great Reality. What then, is the great Reality? For great reality is
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  a stainless heart and enlightened understanding, a soul whose perfect grace is not disturbed
• 2:12:05
  by the practice of righteousness. Only can the Great Reality be known. He
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  alone can perceive it. Who controls himself. He alone can enter it.
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  Who purifies himself. He alone can abide therein, who is free from all
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  sin. In the Great Reality, all religions and philosophies culminate. They meet
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  here and then vanish away. For there is no division in the Great Reality.
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  Strife and unrest cannot enter there, and he who comes to it is
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  filled with peace. Thou who wouldst understand the Great Reality, Thou who wouldst
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  enter it and know its peace? Seek the one behind the many, Seek
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  the silence behind the noise, Seek truth behind self. Seek for that which
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  is holy and peace giving, which abides and does not pass away Like the
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  morning dew wisdom abides, love abides, compassion abides, Truth abides. Therefore,
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  sacrifice self for self, and all things of self are perishable, they
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  belong to the unreal. Awake, Then, out of thy dreaming, disperse
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  all thy shadows, destroy all thine illusions, and thou shalt enter the Great
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  Reality, filled with peace. Thou shalt dwell with the eternal harmonies, filled
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  with bliss. Thou shalt sing the everlasting song, the song which thrills the
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  spaces and the world's thy song and mind. Thus shalt thou sing. I
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  have made the acquaintance of the Master of compassion. I have put on the
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  garment of the perfect Law. I have entered the realm of the Great Reality.
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  Wandering is ended, for rest is accomplished. Pain and sorrow have ceased,
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  for peace is entered into. Confusion is dissolved, for unity is made
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  manifest. Error is vanquished, for truth is revealed. Blessed is he who
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  is resolved to abandon self. Blessed is he who is pure. Blessed is
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  he who has destroyed all his illusions. He has found the Great Reality.
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  At last, the universe is glad, for again the Master is revealed.
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  The universe is glad for again the law of good is expounded, the universe
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  is glad for again the great reality is comprehended. End of Part three,
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  Section three Instructions. Section four. Discourse concerning the way of truth one self
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  restraint. What is truth? It resides in the silence of perfect deeds.
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  That silence is sufficient for the wise. I therefore discourse not upon truth.
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  I discourse upon the way which leads thither. For truth is not of words,
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  but of life. And though truth govern the tongue, its seat is
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  not there. Its seat is in the heart. What words shall add beauty
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  to the ineffable, and what man shall glorify truth? Let the ineffable give
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  beauty to words, and it man be glorified by truth. I therefore point
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  the way which leads to truth. Not by speculation do I point the way,
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  but by practice and attainment. The way is named self conquest. I
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  write for believers, for them that believe that self can be overcome. I
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  write not for them that deny that self can be overcome, and who thus
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  exalt and give dominion to self. He who believes will walk the Holy way,
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  and walking it will reach the highest truth. Let him who thus believes
• 2:15:58
  equip himself helmeted with faith, armored with patience, and armed with a sharp
• 2:16:03
  sword of resolution, he will be prepared to attack the enemies of truth within
• 2:16:09
  himself. He will enter upon the practices of truth. By practice, the
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  artisan becomes accomplished in his craft. By practice, the truth lover becomes accomplished
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  in truth. The way of truth is marked by three great practices. The
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  first is self restraint, the second self examination, the third self surrender.
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  These three include all others. He who refuses to practice self restraint, who
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  says in his heart, I will eat and drink, and make me garlands
• 2:16:43
  of pleasure, he cannot find the way which leads to peace. But he
• 2:16:48
  who says within himself, I will dwell with abstinence. I will make my
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  abode with chastity. Integrity shall be my companion, and faith shall light up
• 2:16:58
  my darkness. Yea, virtue shall be my refuge and my stay. He
• 2:17:03
  will find the way which leads to truth. Lo, he hath already found
• 2:17:07
  it, For the practice of virtue is the entrance to the way. The
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  vicious man destroys, but the virtuous man builds. He slays himself, who
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  thinks only of his own pleasure, he preserves himself. Who controls himself,
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  He who renounces pleasure and restrains his passions, preferring steadfastness and integrity to gratification,
• 2:17:30
  will partake of the joys of virtue. Pleasant will be his friendships,
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  pure his affections, and long and prosperous his days. Thus walking with virtue,
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  happiness will wait upon him. Partial blessedness will be his portion, and
• 2:17:45
  he will reach the first great resting place. Yet staying there he will not
• 2:17:50
  reach the highest two. Self examination. He who seeks the highest will end
• 2:18:00
  upon the practice of self examination. Searching the inmost recesses of his heart,
• 2:18:05
  following up the intricate threads of thought, rigorously testing the quality of his motives,
• 2:18:11
  he will find out the hidden springs of desire. He will lay bare
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  the roots of the tree of life, and finding the eternal cause, he
• 2:18:20
  will know both good and evil. He will see the highest and will no
• 2:18:24
  more perish. As a beautiful flower is formed, its growth not being seen,
• 2:18:31
  so would he grow in wisdom unseen of men. Yet, when wisdom
• 2:18:35
  is fully formed, when the flower of truth becomes manifest in all its beauty,
• 2:18:39
  men unacquainted with its silent growth, will say, this man is wise,
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  whence obtained he his wisdom? How knoweth this man letters, having never
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  learned as a child in the womb, as a plant in the earth,
• 2:18:54
  as an object in the eye of the approaching traveler. So wisdom is formed
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  in the heart. So knowledge grows in him who diligently examines himself, who,
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  having found the roots of evil, tears them up with the hands of
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  renunciation, and burns them to ashes in the fire of knowledge. He who
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  thus examines himself, who rectifies his inmost heart, and rejects all the errors
• 2:19:20
  of his mind, who, seeking out and humbly acknowledging his own faults,
• 2:19:26
  refusing to dwell upon the faults of others, will make swift progress toward the
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  goal of peace. He will cleanse his heart, He will purify his understanding,
• 2:19:37
  subduing self. He will no longer look through the eye of self,
• 2:19:41
  apprehending truth. He will perceive with the unveiled eye of truth. He will
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  know both self and truth. All his works will prosper, for his acts
• 2:19:52
  will be righteous, His tongue will speak wisdom, for his heart will be
• 2:19:56
  pure, And where his feet of trodden, the flower of love and peace
• 2:20:01
  will grow. He will refuse to dwell with unrighteousness, folly, and impurity.
• 2:20:05
  He will reject, and he will say, under strife and hatred,
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  depart ye from me, kindling the fire of inward knowledge, keeping bright and
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  constant its flame, and feeding it with patient and loving sacrifice. Let a
• 2:20:20
  man burn up all that is perishable within him. Only, thus will he
• 2:20:24
  find the imperishable. Let him eliminate the dross of error. Only, thus
• 2:20:30
  will he discover the gold of truth. Let him destroy all sin. Only,
• 2:20:35
  Thus will he find the stainless one. Only, thus will he approach
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  the highest. Thus, seeking out the source within himself, passion will not
• 2:20:46
  long torment him. Finding the cause of passion, he will destroy it,
• 2:20:50
  and self restraint will give way to composure of mind and heart. Far will
• 2:20:56
  he travel on the way of peace, and reaching the seat and resting place,
• 2:21:01
  will taste of fuller joy and blessedness. Yet staying there he will not
• 2:21:07
  reach the highest. Three self surrender, Having well restrained himself, having deeply
• 2:21:16
  examined himself, Let the lover of truth now enter upon the practice of self
• 2:21:22
  surrender. He who practices self restraint travels well. He who practices self examination
• 2:21:28
  travels better. He who practices self surrender travels best. He only can know
• 2:21:35
  the highest, who surrenders self, who makes the inward sacrifice complete, who
• 2:21:41
  holds nothing back, who calls nothing his own, who refuses to set his
• 2:21:46
  heart upon any earthly thing, putting aside all his lusts, empty himself of
• 2:21:52
  all his vanities, divesting himself of all his theories and opinions, he will
• 2:21:56
  become empty, naked, and will without possessions. And having become empty,
• 2:22:03
  he will be filled with truth. Having become naked, he will be clothed
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  with righteousness, Possessing nothing, He will be lord of all. When self
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  surrender is practiced in its completeness, then is the highest reached. Then is
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  truth comprehended. Then is perfect peace enjoyed. He who has conquered himself can
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  never be brought low. He who has surrendered himself can never be confounded.
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  He who has overcome the world can never be disturbed. The flames of lust
• 2:22:35
  will not burn him, for he has quenched them. Temptation will no more
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  scourge him, for he has destroyed the cause of temptation. Restraint will no
• 2:22:46
  more be needed, for he will be perfect in truth, freed from self.
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  He will be freed from sorrow, freed from error, he will no
• 2:22:54
  more grieve. Freed from impurity, he will cease from suffering. He will
• 2:23:01
  enter into the highest joy, and, reaching the final resting place, will
• 2:23:07
  partake of perfect bliss and blessedness, not valuing that which perishes. He can
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  never be robbed, not loving himself, he can never be wounded. And
• 2:23:16
  though men should slay him, he can never be destroyed, for he is
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  no longer self but Truth, And who shall destroy truth? All bodies die,
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  but truth does not die. All things pass away, but Truth remains
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  forever. He who has surrendered self has become immortal. He is no longer
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  separate, but has become one with truth, and he manifests the highest though
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  men perceive it, not of self restraint is born, Virtue of self examination
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  is born. Knowledge of self surrender is born. Love. Happy shall he
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  become who restrains himself. Blessed shall he become who purifies himself? Divine shall
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  he become who surrenders himself by virtue. One's life is governed by knowledge.
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  One's life is purified by love. One's life is perfected. Virtue is the
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  seed, knowledge, the plant and love the flower. The seed knoweth not
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  the plant. The plant knoweth not the flower, but the flower knoweth itself,
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  plant and seed. By self restraint, passion is slain by self examination.
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  False belief is slain by self surrender. All illusion is laid low.
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  Self restraint leads to strength, Self examination leads to wisdom. Self surrender leads
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  to holiness. Perfect In self restraint, self examination, and self surrender,
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  a man has reached the highest. He has become one with truth and will
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  no more wander, Unalterable in compassion, firmly established in righteousness, and steadfast
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  in holiness. His heart thrills in unison with the heart of all. He
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  knows the unending joy. He has found the heavenly peace. Having stooped to
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  the lowest, he is exalted to the highest. Having conquered sin, he
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  is crowned with holiness. Having crucified self, he is glorified by truth.
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  Willing to be nothing, he has become all, yielding up all things,
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  he has become possessed of all, giving his life, he is clothed with
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  immortality. Altogether virtuous, he is altogether happy, altogether righteous, He is
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  altogether blessed, altogether pure. He is altogether peaceful, beautiful in meekness,
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  majestic in love, and invincible in innocence. He will manage in fessed the
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  ineffable. He will teach without words, no more troubled, no more tormented,
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  no more afflicted, Arisen, awakened, healed, and made perfect.
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  He has unveiled the face of the Highest. He knows the great rest,
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  the deep silence, the profound peace. In the light which knows no darkness,
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  he walks, and it casts no shadow on his pathway. End of
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  Part three, Section four Discourse concerning the Way of Truth. End of The
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  Divine Companion by James Allen