The Divine Companion E-Book

James Allen

• Herausgeber: Phoemixx Classics Ebooks
• Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2021

Seitenzahl: 102

Beschreibung

The Divine Companion James Allen - It cannot be said of this book that James Allen wrote it at any particular time or in any one year, for he was engaged in it over many years and those who have eyes to see and hearts to understand will find in its pages the spiritual history of his life. It was his own wish that The Divine Companion should be the last MS of his to be published. " It is the story of my soul," he said, " and should be read last of all my books, so that the student may understand and find my message in its pages. Therefore hold it back until you have published everything else." There remain now only his dramatic works and a few poems to be included in the next edition of Poems of Peace. That The Divine Companion will prove a companion indeed to thousands who have read his books in the past, I have no doubt. To read it is to hear again the voice of tne writer, and to study its message is to once again sit at his feet. He trod the Way himself - every bit of it, and he therefore speaks as one having authority. Lovers of James Allens works will indeed be filled with joy to know that there is yet another book from his inspired pen, and will eagerly welcome The Divine Companion.

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Foreword

It cannot be said of this book that James Allen wrote it at any particular time or in any one year, for he was engaged in it over many years and those who have eyes to see and hearts to understand will find in its pages the spiritual history of his life. It was his own wish that The Divine Companion should be the last MS of his to be published. " It is the story of my soul," he said, " and should be read last of all my books, so that the student may understand and find my message in its pages. Therefore hold it back until you have published everything else." There remain now only his dramatic works and a few poems to be included in the next edition of Poems of Peace. That The Divine Companion will prove a companion indeed to thousands who have read his books in the past, I have no doubt. To read it is to hear again the voice of the writer, and to study its message is to once again sit at his feet. He trod the Way himself - every bit of it, and he therefore speaks as one having authority. Lovers of James Allen’s works will indeed be filled with joy to know that there is yet another book from his inspired pen, and will eagerly welcome The Divine Companion.

LILY L. ALLEN

PART 1. THE DIVINE COMPANION

I, the Spirit of Truth

Am the Friend of the forsaken and the Companion of the wise,

I restore the one, and I gladden the other, and all men I protect, though they know me not.

Truth As Awakener

1

REJOICE! for the Morning has dawned:

The Truth has awakened us;

We have opened our eyes and, the dark night of error is no more.

Long have we slept in matter and Sensation;

Long did we struggle in the painful nightmare of evil;

But now we are awake in Spirit and Truth:

We have found the Good, and the struggle with evil is ended:

We slept, yet knew not that we slept:

We suffered, yet knew not why we suffered:

We were troubled in our dreaming, yet none could awake us, for all were dreaming like ourselves;

Then there came a pause in our dreaming;

Our sleep was stayed;

Truth spoke to us, and we heard;

And lo! we opened our eyes, and saw.

We slumbered and saw not;

We slept and knew not;

But now we are awake and see;

Yea, we know we are awake because we have seen Holiness, and we love sin no more;

We have beheld Truth, and error has ceased to attract us.

Yea, we have seen the Truth!

Not as a dream in the night, but as a Reality with our awakened eyes;

As a beautiful land afar have we seen it,

And we shall press forward until we reach and possess it.

How beautiful is Truth!

How glorious is the Realm of Reality!

How Ineffable is the bliss of Holiness!

We have abandoned error for truth, and illusion for Reality.

We have turned our backs on error and confusion,

And have set our faces towards the harmony of Justice and Truth.

2

To sin is to dream,

And to love sin is to love darkness.

The awakened do not prefer dreaming to intelligent action;

They do not choose darkness rather than light.

They who love darkness are involved in the darkness;

They have not yet seen the light.

He who has seen the light does not choose to walk in darkness.

To see the Truth is to love it, and in comparison error has no beauty,

The dreamer is now in pleasure, now in pain;

This hour in confidence, the next in fear.

He is without stability and has no abiding refuge.

When the monsters of remorse and retribution pursue him, whither can he fly?

There is no place of safety unless he awake.

Let the dreamer struggle with his dream;

Let him strive to realise the illusory nature of all self-seeking desire,

And lo! he will open his spiritual eyes upon the world of Light and Truth;

He will awake, and will see all things in their right relations and true proportions;

He will be happy, sane, and peaceful seeing things as they are.

Truth is the light of universe, the day of the mind;

In it there is no error, no anguish, and no fear.

He who has awakened into the light of day is no more burdened with the troubles of his dreams.

They are remembered as dreams only as illusions that are dispelled.

The unawakened one knows neither waking nor dreaming;

He is in confusion, he knows not himself;

Neither knows he others, and his judgment is without knowledge.

The awakened one knows both waking and dreaming;

He is established in wisdom;

Knowing himself, he knows others, and he judges with knowledge.

He is the understander, the knower of hearts,

And, walking in the light of Truth, he knows that every dreamer will at last awake.

3

Truth awakens us out of the slumber of ignorance,

Out of the deep sleep of sin.

It calls, and they who hear and awake, become wise and blessed.

Truth appears to men, and they see it not.

It calls to them, and they hear not.

It speaks to them through their actions,

It cries aloud to them in their sufferings,

It shines upon them in all their ways,

But they hear not, neither do they see,

For their ears are deaf in slumber, and their eyes are holden with sleep.

Truth is manifest in the actions of the wise,

Its light illuminates their precepts,

But the sleeper in error has no eyes for the manifest, And the light of Truth, falling upon his sleeping lids, calls forth no visual response.

Where there is no understanding, the repetition of precepts is vain.

Right comprehension is needed.

The sinless mind is the seeing mind.

He who has right comprehension interprets the divine precepts by the light of his own spotless deeds.

He does not repeat in error, but understands by the Spirit of Truth.

And this is the Spirit of Truth,-

To be free from sin to abide in good deeds, and to live in peace with all.

They that do evil, know not the Truth.

The Truth is in them that do good.

The deeds of Truth shine like the stars at night, dispelling darkness.

Truth reveals the everlasting Good;

It turns night to day, and changes the appearance of all things, So that sin and sorrow are not, and evil is no more.

4

We are awake, and see!

And we know we are awake because we see Good.

And we know we are of the Spirit of Good because our lusts have departed from us,

And the bondage of hatred is broken. We are wedded to purity;

We have put on the Raiment of Righteousness,

And we serve the Spirit of Love;

Therefore are we awake;

Therefore we know that truth has roused us from the sleep of evil.

We are free and happy because we walk in the Light.

And we see all things clearly in that Light;

And we know the way we walk and whither we go.

But when our lusts affrighted us and hatred enchained us;

When darkness enfolded us, and the dream of evil held us,

Then were we bound and miserable;

We saw only our fitful dreams;

We knew not the way we walked, nor whither we went.

He that hates men as evil is in sin, And he that is in sin is unawakened.

The awakened one is the lover of all men, and there is no hatred in him,

And this is the sign that he has awakened in the Truth-

That he loves them that hate him.

Truth ends the dream of evil;

It dispels the illusions of hatred;

It liberates the sleeper from darkness and dreams.

Awake, Ye that sleep in error!

Rouse yourselves, Ye that dream in sin!

The splendour of a higher life is round about you, Even the life of Good. Open your eyes, and see. Be alert, and listen that ye may hear the call of Truth, Even the Voice of the Great Awakener.

Truth As Consoler

1

THE knowledge of Truth is an abiding consolation.

When all else fails, the Truth does not fail.

When a heart is desolate, and the world affords no shelter, Truth provides a peaceful refuge and a quiet rest.

The cares of life are many, and its path is beset with difficulties;

But Truth is greater than care, and is superior to all difficulties.

Truth lightens our burdens; It lights up our pathway with the radiance of joy. Loved ones pass away, friends fail, and possessions disappear. Where then is the voice of comfort?

Where is the whisper of consolation?

Truth is the Comforter of the comfortless, and the Consoler of them that are deserted.

Truth does not pass away, nor fail, nor disappear.

Truth bestows the consolation of abiding peace.

Troubles come to all.

Even the wise cannot escape them.

But the wise have a sure and safe refuge in the Eternal Good.

They have a Comforter, even Truth,

Who removes the sting from affliction, and disperses the clouds of trouble. Night descends upon the pure as upon the impure;

But it holds no terrors for the pure, For the Light of Truth shines in the darkness with assuring radiance. Sweet is the sleep of the innocent.

And they that rest upon the bosom of Truth repose in peace.

Day lights up the way both of the wise and the foolish;

But the foolish are enveloped with the darkness of error, They stumble and are bruised, and have no comforter.

But the wise walk in the Light of Truth;

And should they stumble they are lifted up;

Lo! they are healed and comforted.

They that have the knowledge of Truth have the satisfaction of peace.

They are not immune from the vicissitudes of life;

They are not released from the cares and responsibilities of worldly duties; They are not unassailed by external foes;

But they are restful at heart;

Their minds abide in the Great Calm.

2

The worldly - minded have no comforter;

But if they forsake the world, and fly to Truth, They will receive the sweet gift of Consolation The world is the place of pleasure and pain;

The Truth is the abode of joy and peace.

They that relinquish the excitements and dissatisfactions of the world for the sake of Truth,

Will find an unfailing Companion and Friend, even the Eternal.

Distress is in the world.

Yea, grief and sorrow abound.

But the Truth is calm;

It allays grief, and soothes away all sorrow.

Hear ye the lamentations of the world!

Wilder are they than the tempest;

Deeper than the ocean’s roar.

Truth alone can still the tempests of passion and the storms of grief.

Come ye up into the Calm.

Resort ye to the Great Silence.

Men are. swept along by the force of turbulent passions;

But when, sorrow arrests them they cry out in anguish.

Love of worldly pleasure has brought them low, and the world can offer them no comfort.

The world distresses, but the Truth consoles.

They whom the world has destroyed and deserted,

Who are cast down by pain and sorrow,

Even they are befriended by the Truth when they turn to Truth.

None are despised by Truth;

None are turned away;

None are left comfortless.

Ye that are weary with pleasure-seeking;

Ye that are pain-stricken;

Ye that are lonely and desolate-

Come ye to the Truth.

The Truth is above pleasure and pain.

Be ye lifted up;

Be ye rested;

Be ye healed;

Be ye befriended and comforted.

3

He who clings to his delusions, loving self and sin, He cannot find the Truth, Cannot receive the consolation of Truth.