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nearer.

I have ordained for you a time of future bliss.

Joy!

Naught that holds you is worthy.

Live in the hour of future happiness.

Joy!

340. Learn to guard the Shield.

Be resourceful in your attainments.

The new is difficult, and the old unsuitable.

The clouds must not conceal the mountains.

No excuses or evasions will help.

Only creative labor leads to victory.

Understand labor broadly.

The blizzard blinds the eye, but not the spirit.

341. Guard the spirit.

Devotion is proved by action.

342. Where is the prayer?

Where is the mantram?

Where is the conjuration?

Where is the invocation?

I will say my prayer and I will say it facing the sun.

If my eyes cannot endure the Light of the Universe,

I will close them.

And, filled with the sparks of Its radiance,

I will nevertheless say:

Here I behold my path, and along it I strive

with all my inmost being.

And, repelling the enemies and renouncing all

possessions, I am coming to Thee.

My word to Thee is my prayer.

By day and by night do I repeat it,

at work and during the night vigil,

When the eyes no longer discern the bounds of earth

and heaven.

How much preparation, and how much thought

and vigilance—

To say to Thee this one prayer, 'I love Thee, My Lord.'

It is my only prayer.

So long a time did I prepare.

So long did I wait for my mantram.

Still, it too is short:

'Turn not from me, O Lord!'

Naught can I add to this.

And now my invocation:

'O Lord, Thou shalt not elude me.

I will find Thee. I know all Thy Abodes.

Thou art in all!'

Be merciful, My Lord. My prayer is simple.

Short is my mantram and importunate is my invocation.

But just as I cannot escape Thee, Thou canst not hide

from me.

My ear hears Thy Step. My mouth is sweet

with Thy Divine Savor,

For Thou art my nurture.

Can I successfully invoke Thee, O Lord?

I fear lest my prayer displease Thee,

And my mantram be not acceptable.

But I will retain in my hands Thy Garment.

O My Lord, I will be daring,

And by audacity will win the ocean of happiness.

Because I wish it.

Thus I said: Create, understand, and clear the way

to the doors.

Others may crowd you, but you can pass through,

and enter smilingly.

You who know, go and attain.

343. They boast that they receive messages from Us,

Yet have not renounced a single habit.

Their steps are lagging in doubt,

And their words are bitter with treason.

They bathe in a puddle and mistake it for an ocean.

Beware especially of treason.

344. New ones will manifest themselves in action.

They will reveal the shield of Beauty,

And, full of love, will open the doors to those who

knock.

The earth will sink beneath the feet of the blind,

And the deaf will be destroyed.

I am sending a living spring,

To bathe your eyes and ears.

And the Miracle will be manifested,

And a Bridge of Beauty will lead you on your new path.

I said it.

Lord, how poor is my present garment!

See where my fear has led me!

But in these stormy times, with the sun obscured,

when people shutter their homes,

I will venture out alone, and

gathering courage, will reach the Gates of your Dwelling.

I will knock at your Gates until the Luminous Guardian

approaches.

And I shall say to Him, 'Here I am! I will not depart, for

I have nowhere to go.'

And if the Guardian, with His Radiance, will obstruct

Your Gates, I will not leave, O Lord,

but will await the Just One, and,

following Him, will pass through the Gates,

for the Just Ones are given entrance.

Thus, following behind the One chosen by You,

I will reach the Light of Your Dwelling.

Let us, O Lord, together sound the call to battle!

My trumpet sound is weak, but together with all others,

our battle call will thunder.