Verses



67 – The Darkness Does Not Soil

6 The Gate, The Gates (The Soul)
7 Illusion (Necessary Journeys)

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670) Beyond form and non form, birth and death, being and non-being, what can be expressed and what cannot, subject and object, full and empty, relative and absolute, cause and effect. Beyond all words that have been said and that have not been said, in the non-situated, lies the Essence of all things. The Light comes after the Darkness. Beyond contemplation, beyond the created and the non created, nothing can contaminate the Light.
671) Though possessing eyes and ears, they neither see nor hear anything but colors and sounds. Though possessing subtle bodies, they use them like beasts. Though possessing the intellect, they use it for sterile sciences. Though possessing the Soul, they use only the word, sometimes with crass meanings. But they do not open It up to Love.
672) And God created Light… and the infinite Souls in the darkness. Countless Souls in a universe, they return to Him in the Darkness. The darkness does not soil, not even when we obscure the Soul with illusion.
673) Enlightened beings at various levels spontaneously perform meritorious acts. But they remain attentive, and follow the path which leads to the development of a characteristic. They recognize awakened beings, but don’t know what a sage is. They know that the Way lies within them, and they perceive It. But, still separated, at times they vacillate.
674) If you believe to have a “master,” verify whether he has accepted you. You do not choose him, he chooses you. In this way, the Absolute has chosen the creation and the created being has “chosen” in Him. Words do not have the same meaning for everyone.
675) Illusory love is the path that leads to Absolute Love. No one, or almost no one, loses the path which leads to the Higher Self. What Self? Beyond that.
676) Still illusorily separated. But “separated” is something that takes place in time and space. Therefore, unknown Love separated by… nothing!
677) You go through creation believing to choose illusory journeys, but your true freedom lies in your mistakes.
678) Evolution begins in the Soul. It travels through the illusory exterior, wanders between the Self and the self, and returns within. After a long path, finally, it faces the Soul (Self). Illusion and form? A “healthy” stroll.
679) There are no distances between Souls with different names. In any case they are created by the mind.