The Impersonal Life

by Joseph Sieber Benner

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 There are two or three other teachers whose writings have been the channels of bringing me up to the point where I could be able to receive the message of THE WAY OUT, and I am blessing all channels; but your message, THE WAY OUT, has been the clearest and most concise I have ever read. There are two or three other teachers whose writings have been the channels of bringing me up to the point where I could be able to receive the message of THE WAY OUT, and I am blessing all channels; but your message, THE WAY OUT, has been the clearest and most concise I have ever read.
  
-It would take too long to give you all the details of the way spirit led me to find my good, but let me say, I have found just what you said I would—the straight way to the Kingdom, where all my good has been waiting for me. +It would take too long to give you all the details of the way spirit led me to find my good, but let me say, I have found just what you said I would—the straight way to the Kingdom, where all my good has been waiting for me. —A Grateful Student. 
-—A Grateful Student.+</WRAP>
  
-—o—+<WRAP centeralign>————o————</WRAP>
  
-=== THE CYPRESS TREE ===+==== THE CYPRESS TREE ====
 Margaret Kern Margaret Kern
  
 I FELL asleep beneath the Cypress Tree; I FELL asleep beneath the Cypress Tree;
-Its shadow held me in a dream, +\\ Its shadow held me in a dream, 
-And Naught could waken me . . . +\\ And Naught could waken me . . . 
-I was All in all, +\\ I was All in all, 
-I was the very earth, +\\ I was the very earth, 
-The lonely, the uncared-for, +\\ The lonely, the uncared-for, 
-And those bereft of mirth; +\\ And those bereft of mirth; 
-The homeless, the uncaring, +\\ The homeless, the uncaring, 
-The greedy, the unsharing, +\\ The greedy, the unsharing, 
-The sinner and the saint, +\\ The sinner and the saint, 
-All, all of these was I, +\\ All, all of these was I, 
-Corrupt with selfish taint.+\\ Corrupt with selfish taint.
  
 Through eyes of pain I saw afar Through eyes of pain I saw afar
-The glory of a flaming star +\\ The glory of a flaming star 
-Shine through the riven mist. +\\ Shine through the riven mist. 
-From out the Temple silence +\\ From out the Temple silence 
-There came the Voice of One +\\ There came the Voice of One 
-To bid me seek the Kingdom, +\\ To bid me seek the Kingdom, 
-The Kingdom of the Son— +\\ The Kingdom of the Son— 
-To wake me from the dream . . .+\\ To wake me from the dream . . .
  
 Never again, aye, nevermore Never again, aye, nevermore
-Can Cypress Tree +\\ Can Cypress Tree 
-Overshadow me.+\\ Overshadow me.
  
  
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