For their ears are deaf in slumber, and their eyes are Then were we bound and miserable ;
holden with sleep.
We saw only our fitful dreams ;
Truth is manifest in the actions of the wise,
We knew not the way we walked, nor whither we
Its light illuminates their precepts,
went.
But the sleeper in error has no eyes for the
He that hates men as evil is in sin,
manifest,
And he that is in sin is unawakened.
And the light of Truth, falling upon his
The awakened one is the lover of all men, and there
sleeping lids, calls forth no visual response.
is no hatred in him,
Where there is no understanding, the repetition of And this is the sign that he has awakened in the precepts is vain.
Truth?
Right comprehension is needed.
That he loves them that hate him.
The sinless mind is the seeing mind.
Truth ends the dream of evil ;
He who has right comprehension interprets the
It dispels the illusions of hatred ;
divine precepts by the light of his own spotless
It liberates the sleeper from darkness and dreams.
deeds.
Awake, Ye that sleep in error !
He does not repeat in error, but understands by the Rouse yourselves, Ye that dream in sin !
Spirit of Truth.
The splendour of a higher life is round about you,
And this is the Spirit of Truth,?
Even the life of Good. Open your eyes, and see.
To be free from sin to abide in good deeds, and to Be alert, and listen that ye may hear the call of live in peace with all.
Truth,
They that do evil, know not the Truth.
Even the Voice of the Great Awakener.
The Truth is in them that do good.
The deeds of Truth shine like the stars at night,
Truth as Consoler
dispelling darkness.
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Truth reveals the everlasting Good;
It turns night to day, and changes the appearance of THE knowledge of Truth is an abiding consolation.
all things,
When all else fails, the Truth does not fail.
So that sin and sorrow are not, and evil is no more. When a heart is desolate, and the world affords no shelter,
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Truth provides a peaceful refuge and a quiet rest.
We are awake, and see !
The cares of life are many, and its path is beset with
And we know we are awake because we see Good. difficulties;
And we know we are of the Spirit of Good because But Truth is greater than care, and is uperior to all our lusts have departed from us,
difficulties.
And the bondage of hatred is broken. We are
Truth lightens our burdens ; It lights up our
wedded to purity;
pathway with the radiance
We have put on the Raiment of Righteousness,
of joy. Loved ones pass away, friends fail, and
And we serve the Spirit of Love;
possessions disappear.
Therefore are we awake ;
Where then is the voice of comfort ?
Therefore we know that truth has roused us from
Where is the whisper of consolation ?
the sleep of evil.
Truth is the Comforter of the comfortless,
and the Consoler of them that are deserted.
Hear ye the lamentations of the world !
Truth does not pass away, nor fail, nor disappear.
Wilder are they than the tempest ;
Truth bestows the consolation of abiding peace.
Deeper than the ocean?s roar.
Troubles come to all.
Truth alone can still the tempests of passion and the
