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− | Let all things be exactly as they are. | + | <center>'''Let all things be exactly as they are.'''</center> |
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− | Let me not be Your critic, Lord, today, and judge against You. Let me not
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− | attempt to interfere with Your creation, and distort it into sickly forms. Let
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− | me be willing to withdraw my wishes from its unity, and thus to let it be as
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− | You created it. For thus will I be able, too, to recognize my Self as You
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− | created me. In love was I created, and in love will I remain forever. What
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− | can frighten me, when I let all things be exactly as they are?
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− | Let not our sight be blasphemous today, nor let our ears attend to lying | + | Let me not be Your critic, Lord, today, and [[judge]] against You. Let me not |
− | tongues. Only reality is free of pain. Only reality is free of loss. Only reality | + | attempt to [[interfere]] with Your [[creation]], and [[distort]] it into sickly forms. Let |
− | is wholly safe. And it is only this we seek today. | + | me be willing to withdraw my [[wishes]] from its [[unity]], and thus to let it be as |
| + | You created it. For thus will I be able, too, to recognize my [[Self]] as You |
| + | created me. In [[love]] was I created, and in love will I remain forever. What |
| + | can [[frighten]] me, when I let all things be exactly as they are? |
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| + | :''Let not our sight be blasphemous today, nor let our ears attend to lying'' |
| + | :''tongues. Only reality is free of pain. Only reality is free of loss. Only reality'' |
| + | :''is wholly safe. And it is only this we seek today.'' |
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