posted November 01, 2009 01:56 AM
Turn ye thy thoughts to God,
As a key in a lock is turned.Open the chest of thine Heart,
As ye would a chest full of Gold;
For Love of Our Lord is the Treasure,
Exhumed from the earth of the Ages,
And every Heart that dwelleth in God
Is sated with wealth Inexhaustible.
She strikes a bottomless Fount
Of Love's eternal-burning Oil,
Who delves beneath the Crust
Of superficial Phenomena.
By the simple Name of "Love",
She annoints herself unto Perfection;
Forgetting All the Objects of Sense,
And placing attention on the Heart.
Dwell, then, in the Quiet Honor
of God's most precious Grace.
Step ye into the way of God's Love,
As ye enter a cast of Warm Sunlight.
Remember the Love of the Lord,
For only Love like This Abides.
Be Humble before the Voice of God,
Who counsels Compassionate Restraint.
Give place to the Will of the Mover,
And wrestle not with the Immovable.
Follow closely the words of the Saints;
They are given for thy Soul's Education,
And nothing Glorifies unto the Highest,
but that which Edifies the Soul.
The Ignorance of Man is Nought
But Man's Ignorance of the Saints.
Here, ye, the Voice of Exaltation,
and Glory in the Word of the Lord!
God's Love is a Joy to Remember
That Cradles the Laboring Heart, --
The Soul's Fidelity to the Living Word
Is Truly a Marriage effected in Heaven, --
And all who Bear Witness of The Lord
Must Share in the Abundance Thereof;
But whosoever Testifies of Worldy Things
Must share in the poverty of Mammon.
Of a truth, All Things are Done Under Law,
And nothing excepting the Law is Done;
Those who fall, fall according to Law,
As those who are Lifted, are lifted by the Law.
She who would reach the Highest Summit
Must be determined to See from the Height.
She who would Pray in the Temple
Must make the Long Journey Thereto.
If ye Desire an Audience With Eternity,
Set thy Heart on the Path of the Saints.
Say, in the Depths of thy Days, --
In the Hours, Minutes, and Seconds, --
The Prayer Congenial to Thy Heart,
And offensive to no Good Part of Thee.
Thou art Nought But the Vessel of God;
The Temple of His Holiest Worship.
With Reverence, Bear Thyself Up,
And Hearken unto the Most High.
As ye Seek the Enlightenment of His Love,
So does He Seek to Enlighten Thine Heart.
By Love do the Saints know His Coming;
By the Heart is His Presence Perceived. --
By Love are they Assured of His Verity;
By This do they Know He is Sacred. --
No other Quality becomes Him;
All else would just Encumber,
And Purity is only to be Purified
Of Everything excepting Love.
He is the Lord in His Fullness,
The Essence of which is Love.
Miraculous abundance Blesses
The Heart squarely Attuned to Him.
His Name is a Friend who unburdens Us
And swiftly bears our troubles Away.
His Prayer is a dazzling Chalice
Dipped in the Immortal Spring.
Surrender to His Loving Will
Quenches even the Fear of Death.
Who art thou, wandering Son or Daughter,
to overlook the incomparable Word of God?
Lend thine eye to the Scripture, once more,
And behold the True Beauty ye Seek.
Carry with thee the Name of "Love";
Or "Christ", if it not offend Thee.
Thus shall ye Know the True Wisdom,
And give no thought to Immitations.
Simple is the Creed herein Delivered,
But Difficult is the Execution of Duties.
Be comforted by the Lord, Our God,
And settle for no partial Comforter; --
Then shall thy Labors be Easily Endured,
For the Lord does not withhold His Strength.
Whosoever Commends her Trust to God,
Is Entrusted by God with the Care of the World.
~ Valus