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FROM THE HOLY PROPHET - ee Then every man of earth will read the words of life in language o native , and men will see the Li and walk i i be the ght ght, in the light and And man again will be at one with Allah.” ' CHAPTER HI ELIHU'S LESSONS—~THE UNITY OF LIFE 1. Again Elihu met his pupils in the sacred grove and said: 2 “No man live unto himself, for every living thing ia bound by cords to every other living thing. - a ns 3. Blessed are the pure in heart; for they will love and not femand °F leve in return. . , — 4. They will not do to other men what they would not have other men do unto them. , a oh, 5. There are two selfs; the higher and lower self. a Of 6. The higher self is human spirit clothed with soul, made in the 0° Ee form of Allah. Oe Ry Ft Fe = ¥, The lower self, the carnal self, the body of desires, ts 2 reflection -g _e~of higher self, distorted by the murky ethers of the flesh. oT Rages! ' 8 The lower self is an illusion and will pass sway; ts Allah in man, and will not pass away. en 9. The higher self is the embodiment of truth, the lower self. reversed and so is falsehood manifest. eed Ay 10. The higher self is justice, mercy, love and right; the lower van ‘jg what the higher self is not. : Se 1 eB Se 1]. The fower self breeds hatred, slander, lewdness, murder, and everything that harms, the higher self is mother of the virtues the harmonies of life. . . Lo Aye aS 12. The lower self is rich in promises, but poor in blessedness and. peace; it offers pleasure, joy and satisfying gain; bet gives unrest, misery J 13. It gives men apples that are lovely to the cye and pleasant 5, the amell; their cores are full of bitterness . wee GE Fa os 8 a 14. If you would ask what to study I would say, yourselves; and. * * you well have studied them; and then would ask me what to study next, ls: = would reply, yourselves. 2 a rr 15. He who knows well his lower self, knows the illusions of ‘the world, knows of the things that pass away; and he knows bis higher pelf, knows Allah; knows well the things that cannot pass away. “ 16. Thrice blessed is the man who bas made purity and Jove this” = ;; . very own: he bas been ransomed from the perils of the lower self and ig "sy himself. his higher self. . . ee ee “ "47. Men seek salvation from an evil that deem a living monstet of ete neither world; and they have gods that are but demons in disgyide a2. ot B powerful, yet full of jealousy and hateandiust. 7" Oe OSE Pe 28. Whose favors must be bought with costly sacrifice of fruite, and of the lives of birds and animals and human kind. a erst ~ wee s 4 <2 La ..