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166 No incantations or spells, no hypocrisy, nor did any one play on the flute. There were no acts attaching to the soul, or religion, or the gadfly of mammon. No one saw caste or birth with his eyes. There was not the net of pride, nor was death written on man’s brow, nor did man meditate on aught created. There was no slander, no seed, no soul, no life. There was no Gorakh or Machhindar. Nor was there divine knowledge, or meditation, or nobility; nor did any one have conceit of himself. There was no caste or religious garb, no Brahman or Khatri; No demigod, no temple, no cow, no gayatri, No hom, no sacred feasts, no places of pilgrimage to bathe in, nor did any one perform worship. There was no Mulla or any Qazi; No Shaikh, no Disciple, no Haji; No subject or king; nor was pride in the world, nor did any one give himself a great name. There was no love, no service, no Shiv, or energy of his; No friend, no helper, no seed, no blood. God Himself was the merchant, Himself the dealer—such was the will of the True One—