The Question of the Student about Anxiety

The student came to the teacher and said : teacher I am weary of this word! What shall I do! I want to go home and fly amongst the stars, and feel the endless light in my soul to take me where my knowledge is pure and whole. What shall I do now? I am tired by the thought of this world.

The Teacher pondered the question, and then smiled, and said;

Dear one, you have discovered only the borders of things.  Only when you awakened your eyes to see the new day have you discovered that you are still tired too. And so you are perplexed,  as all who see are also perplexed, who suddenly discover they have not awakened refreshed!  And have you not seen you have always awakened so? And alas you see the 1st voice of your self that always grows a little afraid for the coming day!  

And consider too this, you have indeed discovered the things you need for this day as it was the day before too! But the soul does not remember it, nor does it know how to apply anything this day, for the world is also different from what it was!  The soul never knows until it comes. And also consider how the darkness seemed so long too! And the soul is also eager to come!  

 As all of these change; and the world wills to change so! She is a spirit and she comes at times to inspire and whisper into souls knowledge and lifeListen for her on your awakening! Trust her, as she who knows the hidden soul. She knows wisdom and how to show you the spiritual path of love.  She is your spiritual soul companion on your path.  She inspires you to find your light, and to discover how to make the light and illumine your soul in the night of your being.  And in your day to see her there as a living soul with you.   

So one can say that one confronts border after border, law after law, rule after rule, and all of these the world presents to the soul until one grow weary as well....and tires from endless borders. A mystery yes! But then, one has already felt the attraction of the something the world wants too. And she haunts the dream and draws you out after your rest - if not before it - and says "come! Come, that we may know more and see and know what it means!  

And so we go out and cross the borders. 1st, one has now to do well and to prepare itself in reflective thought and then to enter again, refreshed into any kingdom, lower of higher. The soul that knows well the elements of fire, earth, air, and water and can make a meal, and turn a strong wind to sail, and a raging fire to a slow cooking stove, a river to a mill, and the parched and barren earth to a garden.

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