Blessed is he who practises it;
The Garment of Humility shall cover me;
Divine is he who has become one with it.
Righteousness and Love shall be my protection;
Come, thou that searchest, weary and almost
Even in the Highest will I take my refuge.
hopeless,
Goodwill shall be my guide ;
Prostrate thyself in the dust of obedience;
Compassion shall not depart from me.
Deny thyself to the uttermost ;
And the divine gentleness of Truth shall guide my
Leave all that thou art proud of;
thoughts and actions.
Yea, sacrifice all ;
Thus will I cease from sin;
Thus will I practise the Highest Good.
The dweller in darkness seeth nothing,
He who thus resolves shall know the Law,
Not even himself,
The Law of Good shall he comprehend ;
His feet stumble, he knoweth not his way.
The fulness of its majesty shall be revealed to him, Abandon darkness, and thou shalt come unto the And from all evil shall he be protected.
Light;
Therefore, let a man believe in Good ;
Coming to the Light, thou shalt see all things:
Let him cling to Good;
Thou shalt know thy way, and thy feet shall cease
Let him practise Good;
from stumbling.
He will thus come to comprehend himself;
The way of the dreamer is uncertain and painful;
Comprehending himself he will comprehend the
Pleasure and terror afflict him ;
universe;
He knoweth not where he standeth;
He will thus arrive at peace.
He controlleth not himself, and is at the mercy of
When a man?s body is defiled, does he not wash it the unreal.
and make it clean ?
Abandon the dreams of self, O thou that sleepest !
When a man?s heart is defiled, let him likewise
Awake ! open thine eyes to the Morning,
wash it, and be clean.
And thou shalt comprehend thine own divinity.
Five are the waters which wash away sin:?
The walker in the way of illusion is surrounded
Purity, which washes away all indulgences and
with shadows;
lusts;
He perceiveth not the substance ;
Pity, which washes away all self-seeking and
Grasping at bubbles, he is scourged with grief and
indifference;
disappointment;
Humility, which washes away all prejudice and
Clinging to the perishable, he mourns,
pride ;
And following after that which vanishes, he is
Joy, which washes away all covetousness and envy troubled with unrest.
;
Abandon the pathway of illusion,
Love, which washes away all hatred and
The pathway of thy perishable self,
condemnation.
So shalt thou find the imperishable Truth;
Whosoever will, let him come and be clean,
Gladness shall take the place of mourning,
The waters are ready and waiting.
And thine eyes shall be opened to the glory of the
Blessed he is who is free from sin.
Great Reality.
He knows the supreme Law of Good, and dwells in What, then, is the Great Reality ?
peace.
The Great Reality is a stainless heart,
Thus is the Law qf Good expounded ;
An enlightened understanding,
Thus is it spread abroad in the hearts of men.
