Action in words.
Just as machines are worked by ropes,
So are the body’s gear and groove;
Obedient to the pull of mind,
Our muscles and our members move.
As an act of pure devotion
She has done a pious deed;
She has attained salvation,
Being free from selfish greed.
As the ocean giveth rise to springs,
whose water return again into the bosom though the rivers,
so runs thy life force from the heart outwards, and so returns into its place again.
If you are a man of worth who sits at the council of a leader, concentrate on being excellent.
Your silence is much better than boasting.
Speaking when you know that you have a solution.
It is the skilled person who should speak when in council.
Speaking is harder than all other works.
The one who understands this makes speech a servant.
With our mind as an object,
And words as our tool,
Transcending the Self then become the rule.
When the Devil is in hell,
all peace is beyond us.
John Norris
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