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Driving the Rebel-King, Ignorance |
O mighty, mystic Judge of Life, I asked Thee in the chamber of soul-stillness:
"What is sin?"
Thy dim whispers of silence grew into bright articulations of thought,
and I knew the meaning of Thine answer: The rebel-king of sin
is Ignorance. It is the pioneer originator of all organized
evil, the main root of the tree of ill-health, the primal cause
of all inefficiencies and soul-blindness.
King Ignorance, and his army of physical bacteria of disease, mental
bacteria of incapacities, greed, false ambition, and lack of God-concentration,
have been marching to devastate the harvest-fields of nourishing
spirituality.
Thy harvest of many fulfillments was about to be reaped, when the
cruel feet of error trampled it down. As I was about to weep in
despair, I heard Thy voice saying: "The sun of My protection
shines equally on thy ruby-days and on thy coal-black hours. So
must thou have faith and smile, for the greatest of all sins against
Spirit is not to be happy. Let the ripple of perpetual smiles
play on thy face. Through the transparency of thy smiles, My light
will come to thine aid. By being happy, thou dost please Me."
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