This hour in confidence, the next in fear.
But now we are awake in Spirit and Truth:
He is without stability and has no abiding refuge.
We have found the Good, and the struggle with evil When the monsters of remorse and retribution is ended:
pursue him, whither can he fly ?
We slept, yet knew not that we slept:
There is no place of safety unless he awake.
We suffered, yet knew not why we suffered:
Let the dreamer struggle with his dream ;
We were troubled in our dreaming, yet none could Let him strive to realise the illusory nature of all awake us, for all were dreaming like ourselves ;
self-seeking desire,
Then there came a pause in our dreaming ;
And lo! he will open his spiritual eyes upon the
Our sleep was stayed ;
world of Light and Truth;
Truth spoke to us, and we heard ;
He will awake, and will see all things in their right
And lo ! we opened our eyes, and saw.
relations and true proportions ;
We slumbered and saw not;
He will be happy, sane, and peaceful seeing things
We slept and knew not;
as they are.
But now we are awake and see;
Truth is the light of universe, the day of the mind ;
Yea, we know we are awake because we have seen In it there is no error, no anguish, and no fear.
Holiness, and we love sin no more;
He who has awakened into the light of day is no
We have beheld Truth, and error has ceased to
more burdened with the troubles of his dreams.
attract us.
They are remembered as dreams only as illusions
Yea, we have seen the Truth !
that are dispelled.
Not as a dream in the night, but as a Reality with
The unawakened one knows neither waking nor
our awakened eyes ;
dreaming;
As a beautiful land afar have we seen it,
He is in confusion, he knows not himself;
And we shall press forward until we reach and
Neither knows he others, and his judgment is
possess it.
without knowledge.
How beautiful is Truth !
The awakened one knows both waking and
How glorious is the Realm of Reality !
dreaming;
How Ineffable is the bliss of Holiness !
He is established in wisdom;
We have abandoned error for truth, and illusion for Knowing himself, he knows others, and he judges Reality.
with knowledge.
We have turned our backs on error and confusion, He is the understander, the knower of hearts, And have set our faces towards the harmony of
And, walking in the light of Truth, he knows that
Justice and Truth.
every dreamer will at last awake.
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To sin is to dream,
Truth awakens us out of the slumber of ignorance,
Out of the deep sleep of sin.
It calls, and they who hear and awake, become wise We are free and happy because we walk in the and blessed.
Light.
Truth appears to men, and they see it not.
And we see all things clearly in that Light ;
It calls to them, and they hear not.
And we know the way we walk and whither we go.
It speaks to them through their actions,
But when our lusts affrighted us and hatred
It cries aloud to them in their sufferings,
enchained us ;
It shines upon them in all their ways,
When darkness enfolded us, and the dream of evil
But they hear not, neither do they see,
held us,
