All these small ideas that I am a man or a woman, sick or healthy, strong or weak, or that I hate or love or have little power, are but hallucinations. Stand up then. Know that every thought and word that weakens you in this world is the only evil that exists. Whatever makes men weak and fearful is the only evil that should be shunned. Stand as a rock; you are the Infinite Spirit. Say, "I am Existence Absolute, Bliss Absolute, Knowledge Absolute, I am He," and like a lion breaking its cage, break your chains and be free forever.

What frightens you, what holds you down? Only ignorance of your true nature, of your blessedness; nothing else can bind you. You are the Pure One, the Ever-Blessed. Therefore, if you dare, stand on that –– mold your whole life on that. You are one with the Eternal Soul. Know then that thou art He, and model your whole life accordingly; for he who knows this and models his life accordingly will no more suffer in darkness.

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