WHO AM I? I am That which thou hast searched for since thy baby eyes gazed wonderingly upon the world whose horizon but hides this Real Life from thee. I am That for which in thy heart thou hast clamored, demanding it as thy birthright, yet knowing not what it was or even that thou didst clamor at all. I am That which has lain in thy soul through ages and aeons.

I am That which hath set My heel upon the serpent of thy earthly desire for which thou didst pant, and with My Heel I crushed it, before it lay temptingly fulfilled before thine eyes. I crushed it with the heel of My mighty Love, because I willed not that it should burn and sting thee.

I am that Path which is ever before thee, filled with rarest flowers and world-large happiness, when the beings which thou canst feel, but not yet see, beckon thee ever, and where thou too shalt come and be the brightest among them.

I am that Being of Life, of Truth, of Wisdom, of Love, of Beauty, of Joy, of Plenty, that hovers ever about thee and sings to thy soul.

Hark one and all! All careless have ye been in the weeding of your gardens; for in your beds I find the thistle thriving, in your vineyards the grape that is hard and sour.

Oh, alas for you who cast your net for fish and bring forth the slimy reptile! Beware, lest the best hopes of life cannot stir thee away from harmful ones. Evil stalketh idly, of nothing is it born, yet would it squirm and buzz about thine ear, and motelike obscure thine eyes and throng through thy mind and heart, ever leaving its imagery there.

Would you know, Oh my children, how your hearts shall be fed? You yourself shall be fed with My Love. Quit the longing and striving for that which is null and void. Cease from your ignorant ideas of happiness, of wisdom; from empty desires, your thoughts insincere. It is this that hinders thy heart from knowing My Love. It is this that prohibits thine eyes from seeing