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He is there where the tiller is tilling the hard ground and where

the pathmaker is breaking stones. He is with them in sun and in

shower, and his garment is covered with dust. Put of thy holy

mantle and even like him come down on the dusty soil!

Deliverance? Where is this deliverance to be found? Our master

himself has joyfully taken upon him the bonds of creation; he is

bound with us all for ever.

Come out of thy meditations and leave aside thy flowers and

incense! What harm is there if thy clothes become tattered and

stained? Meet him and stand by him in toil and in sweat of thy

brow.

12.

The time that my journey takes is long and the way of it long.

I came out on the chariot of the first gleam of light, and

pursued my voyage through the wildernesses of worlds leaving my

track on many a star and planet.

It is the most distant course that comes nearest to thyself, and

that training is the most intricate which leads to the utter

simplicity of a tune.