The Impersonal Life

by Joseph Sieber Benner

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 clutter up the mind), with which at present you do not know what to do. That would indicate the discipline your inner mind is needing in that “training school” to which you led it in the first dream. The autumn garden would symbolize the end of the flowering season, the time when we must harvest and make use of all that we have sown and brought to fruition. clutter up the mind), with which at present you do not know what to do. That would indicate the discipline your inner mind is needing in that “training school” to which you led it in the first dream. The autumn garden would symbolize the end of the flowering season, the time when we must harvest and make use of all that we have sown and brought to fruition.
  
 (3). It would seem that you quite clearly grasp the meaning of this dream. Just so long as you allow the Beloved One to drive and lead the way for you, and you keep your consciousness fixed on Him, you can go wherever you will and your understanding will not sink into or be affected by any of the conditions around you. (3). It would seem that you quite clearly grasp the meaning of this dream. Just so long as you allow the Beloved One to drive and lead the way for you, and you keep your consciousness fixed on Him, you can go wherever you will and your understanding will not sink into or be affected by any of the conditions around you.
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-=== MY OWN SHALL COME TO ME ===+==== MY OWN SHALL COME TO ME ====
 SERENE, I fold my hands and wait, SERENE, I fold my hands and wait,
-Nor care for wind nor tide nor sea: +\\ Nor care for wind nor tide nor sea: 
-I rave no more ’gainst time or fate, +\\ I rave no more ’gainst time or fate, 
-For lo! my own shall come to me. +\\ For lo! my own shall come to me. 
-I stay my haste, I make delays; +\\ I stay my haste, I make delays; 
-For what avails this eager pace? +\\ For what avails this eager pace? 
-I stand amid the eternal ways, +\\ I stand amid the eternal ways, 
-And what is mine shall know my face.+\\ And what is mine shall know my face.
  
 Asleep, awake, by night or day, Asleep, awake, by night or day,
-The friends I seek are seeking me; +\\ The friends I seek are seeking me; 
-No wind can drive my bark astray, +\\ No wind can drive my bark astray, 
-Nor change the tide of destiny. +\\ Nor change the tide of destiny. 
-What matter if I stand alone? +\\ What matter if I stand alone? 
-I wait with joy the coming years; +\\ I wait with joy the coming years; 
-My heart shall reap where it has sown, +\\ My heart shall reap where it has sown, 
-And garner up the fruit of tears.+\\ And garner up the fruit of tears.
  
 The waters know their own, and draw The waters know their own, and draw
-The brook that springs in yonder heights. +\\ The brook that springs in yonder heights. 
-So flows the good with equal law +\\ So flows the good with equal law 
-Unto the soul of pure delights. +\\ Unto the soul of pure delights. 
-The stars come nightly to the sky, +\\ The stars come nightly to the sky, 
-The tidal wave unto the sea; +\\ The tidal wave unto the sea; 
-Nor time nor space, nor deep nor high, +\\ Nor time nor space, nor deep nor high, 
-Can keep my own away from me. +\\ Can keep my own away from me. 
-—From “Waiting,” by John Burroughs.+\\ —From “Waiting,” by John Burroughs.
  
  
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