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 OF THE DESPISERS OF BODY 39

Tools and toys are sense and spirit : behind them there lieth the self. The self also seeketh with the eyes of the senses, it also listeneth with the ears of the spirit.

The self ever listeneth and seeketh : it compareth, subdueth, conquereth, destroyeth. It ruleth and is the ruler of the ' I ' as well.

Behind thy thoughts and feelings, my brother, standeth a mighty lord, an unknown wise man whose name is self. In thy body he dwelleth, thy body he is.

There is more reason in thy body than in thy best wis,dom. And who can know why thy body needeth thy best wisdom ?

Thy self laugheth at thine I and its prancings : What are these boundings and flights of thought? it saith unto itself. A round-about way to my purpose. I am the leading-string of the I and the suggester of its concepts.

The self saith unto the I : ' Feel pain here ! ' And there it suffereth and meditateth, how to get rid of suffering and that is why it shall think.

The self saith unto the I : ' Feel lust here ! ' There it rejoiceth and meditateth how to rejoice often and that is why it shall meditate.

I am going to say a word unto the despisers of body. Their contempt maketh their valuing. What is it that created valuing and despising and worth and will ?

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