THE SHINING GATEWAY/PART 8

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8. Truth made manifest

 

Upon the lofty Summits of the Truth

Where clouds and darkness are not, and where rests

Eternal Splendour; there, abiding Joy

Awaits thy coming.

Be watchful, fearless, faithful, patient, pure:

By earnest meditation sound the depths

Profound of life, and scale the heights sublime

Of Love and Wisdom.

 

Truth is rendered visible through the media of deeds. It is something seen and not heard. Words do not contain the Truth; they only symbolise it. Good deeds are the only vessels which contain Truth.

 

It has been frequently said that being must precede doing. Being always does precede doing ; but being; and doing cannot be arbitrarily separated. A man’s deeds are the expression of himself. Acts are the language of Reality. If a man’s inner being is allied to Truth, his deeds will speak it forth; if with error, his deeds will make manifest that error.

 

No man can hide what he is. He must necessarily act, and every time he acts he reveals himself.

 

In the light of Reality no man can deceive humanity or the universe; but he can deceive himself.

 

Deeds of purity, love, gentleness, patience, humility, compassion, and wisdom are Truth made manifest. These qualities cannot be contained between the covers of a book, but only the words which refer to them; they are Life.

 

Deeds of impurity, hatred, anger, pride, vanity, and folly are error making itself known. A man’s deeds are the publication of himself to the world.

 

Truth cannot be comprehended through reading, but only by correcting and converting one’s self. Precepts are aids to the acquirement of wisdom, but wisdom is acquired only by practice.

 

If a man would know what measure of Truth he possesses, he should ask himself, "What am I ? What are my deeds ?"

 

Men dispute about words, thinking that Truth is heard and read. Truth is neither heard nor read ; it is seen.

 

Good deeds are the visible embodiments of Truth; they are messengers of Knowledge; angels of Wisdom; but the eye of error is dark, and cannot see them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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