the weavings of the sunlight through hue and form, I glide; in every heart that loves, I am the lover; in every dear one, I am the beloved. I laugh in the innocent child, I think in the masterful reasoner. All men love me and there is none unloved of me. Life is a great symphony, and I am the musician; an enchanting romance, and I am the romancer.
“I am in my story or not, as I will—never entangled, yet lavishing my whole being upon my holy creation; doing nothing by halves, for my Love gives its whole life, service, and being to its Beloved. In peace and in joy, henceforth, shall I lead my own to the heights of bliss. By comforting words, by easy paths, shall I invite and guide each and every heart which seeks that which I am into the happiness which is mine, ‘eternal in the heavens.’”
Then is it revealed to the devotee how he, too, has been led all the way along to his deliverance. He learns that all nature is in a friendly conspiracy to assist him and to contribute to his happiness, and to the ultimate emancipation of all.
Nothing happens by chance. |
Nothing happens by chance in man’s life, Great laws are back of every movement he makes. What you did that time when you took the step that has seemed
such a mistake was the outcome of the myriads of thoughts that went before.
The tendencies of character obey that natural law, so familiar in mechanics, of moving along the line of the least resistance. With the desires you had, and the
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