WISDOM OF OUR THOUGHTS

                                                    THE TWIN THOUGHTS😇

                                                     CHAPTER 1

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                      ALL THAT WE ARE IS THE RESULT OF WHAT WE HAVE THOUGHT, IT IS FOUNDED ON OUT THOUGHTS, IT IS MADE UP OR OUR THOUGHTS. IF A MAN SPEAKS OR ACTS WITH AN EVIL THOUGHT, PAIN FOLLOWS HIM, AS THE WHEEL FOLLOWS THE FOOT OF THE OX THAT DRAWS THE CARRIAGE.

                     ALL THAT WE ARE IS TE RESULT OF WHAT WE THOUGHT, IT IS FOUNDED ON OUT THOUGHTS, IT IS MADE UP OR OUR THOUGHTS. IF A MAN SPEAKS OR ACTS WITH A PURE THOUGHTS, HAPPINESS FOLLOWS HIM, LIKE A SHADOW THAT NEVER LEAVES HIM.

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                  HE ABUSED ME, HE BEAT ME, HE DEFEATED ME, HE ROBBED ME, IN THOSE WHO HARBOR SUCH THOUGHTS HATRED WILL NEVER CEASE

                 HE ABUSED ME, HE BEAT ME, HE DEFEATED ME, HE ROBBED ME, IN THOSE WHO DO NOT CEASE BY HATRED WILL CEASE.

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                FOR HATRED DOES NOT CEASE BY HATRED AT ANY TIME. HATRED CEASES BY LOVE- THIS IS AN OLD RULE.

               THE WORLD DOES NOT KNOW THAT WE MUST ALL COME TO AN END HERE, BUT THOSE WHO KNOW IT, THEIR QUIRRELS CEASE AT ONCE.

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                HE  WHO LIVES LOOKING FOR PLEASURES ONLY, HIS SENSES UNCONTROLLED, IMMODERATE IN HIS FOOD, IDLE, AND WEAK, MARA( THE TEMPTER) WILL CERTAINLY OVERTHROW HIM, AS THE WIND THROWS DOWN A WEAK TREE.

               HE WHO LIVES WITHOUT LOOKING FOR PLEASURES, HIS SENSES WELL CONTROLLED, MODERATE IN HIS FOOD, FAITHFUL AND STRONG, HIM MARA WILL CERTAINLY NOT OVERTHROW, ANY MORE THAN THE WIND THROWS DOWN A ROCKY MOUNTAIN.

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               HE WHO WISHES TO PUT ON THE YELLOW DRESS WITHOUT HAVING CLEANSED HIMSELF FROM SIN, WHO DISREGARDS ALSO TEMPERANCE AND TRUTH, IS UNWORTHY OF THE YELLOW DRESS.

                         BUT HE WHO HAS CLEANSED HIMSELF FROM SIN, IS WELL GROUNDED IN ALL VIRTUES, AND ENDOWED ALSO WITH TEMPORANCE AND TRUTH, HE IS INDEED WORTHY OF THE YELLOW DRESS.

 

              

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                         THEY WHO IMAGINE TRUTH IN UNTRUTH, AND SEE UNTRUTH IN TRUTH, NEVER ARRIVE AT TRUTH, BUT FOLLOW VAIN DESIRES.

                      THEY WHO KNOW THE TRUTH IN TRUTH, AND UNTRUTH IN UNTRUTH, ARRIVE AT TRUTH, AND FOLLOW TRUE DESIRES.

                  

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               AS RAIN BREAKS THROUGH AN ILL-THRATCHED HOURSE, WILL BREAK THROUGH AN UNREFLECTING MIND.

               AS RAIN DOES NOT BREAK THROUGH A WELL-THATCHED HOUSE, PASSION WILL NOT BREAK THROUGH A WELL-REFLECTING MIND.

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                 THE EVIL-DOER MOURNS IN THIS WORLD, AND HE MOURNS IN THE NEXT, HE MOURNS IN BOTH. HE DELIGHTS AND REJOICES, WHEN HE SEES THE PURITY OF HIS OWN WORK. 

                 THE EVIL-DOER SUFFERS IN THIS WORLD, AND HE DELIGHTS IN THE NEXT HE SUFFERS IN BOTH. HE SUFFERS WHEN HE THINKS OF THE EVIL HE HAS DONE, HE SUFFERS MORE WHEN GOING ON THE EVIL PATH.

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                            THE VIRTUOUS MAN IS HAPPY IN THIS WORLD, AND HE IS HAPPY IN THE NEXT, HE IS HAPPY IN BOTH. HE IS HAPPY WHEN HE THINKS OF THE GOOD HE HAS DONE, HE IS STILL MORE HAPPY WHEN GOING ON THE GOOD PATH.

                        THE THOUGHTLESS MAN, EVEN IF HE CAN RECITE A LARGE PORTION OF THE LAW, BUT IS NOT A DOER OF IT, HAS NO SHARE IN THE PRIESTHOOD, BUT IS LIKE A COWHERD COUNTING THE COWS OF OTHERS.

                     THE FOLLOWER OF THE LAW, EVEN IF HE CAN RECITE ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF THE LAW, BUT, HAVING FORSAKEN PASSION AND HATRED AND FOOLISHNESS, POSSESSES TRUE KNOWLEDGE AND SERENITY OF MIND, HE, CARING FOR NOTHING IN THIS WORLD OR THAT TO COME, HAS INDEED A SHARE IN THE PRIESTHOOD.

                                                           THOUGHT CHAPTER 2

           AS A FLETCHER MAKES STRAIGHT HIS ARROW, A WISE MAN MAKES STRAIGHT HIS TREMBLING AND INSTEADY THOUGHT, WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO GUARD, DIFFICULT TO HOLD BACK.

          AS A FISH TAKEN FROM HIS WATERY HOME AND THROWN ON THE DRY GROUND, OUR THOUGHT TREMBLES ALL OVER IN ORDER TO ESCAPE THE DOMINION OF MARA, THE TEMPTER.

   

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                IT IS GOOD TO TAME THE MIND, WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO HOLD IN AND FLIGHTY, RUSHING WHEREVER IT LISTETH, A TAMED MIND BRINGS HAPPINESS.

               LET THE WISE MAN GUARD HIS THOUGHTS, FOR THEY ARE DIFFICULT TO PERCEIVE, VERY ARTFUL, AND THEY RUSH WHEREVER THEY LIST, THOUGHTS WELL GUARDED BRING HAPPINESS.

                THOSE WHO BRIDLE THEIR MIND WHICH TRAVELS FAR, MOVES ABOUT ALONE, IS WITHOUT A BODY, AND HIDES IN THE CHAMBER OF THE HEART, WILL BE FREE FROM THE BONDS OF MARA, THE TEMPTER.

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                IF A MAN'S FAITH IS INSTEADY, IF HE DOES NOT KNOW THE TRUE LAW, IF HIS PEACE OF MIND IS THOUGHTS HIS KNOWLEDGE WILL NEVER BE PERFECT.

              IF A MAN'S THOUGHTS ARE NOT DISSIPATED, IF HIS MIND IS NOT PERPLEXED, IF HE HAS CEASED TO THINK OF GOOD OR EVIL, THEN THERE IS NO FEAR FOR HIM WHILE HE IS WATCHFUL.

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            KNOWING THAT THIS BODY ID FRAGILE LIKE A JAR, AND MAKING HIS THOUGHT FIRM LIKE A FORTRESS, ONE SHOULD ATTACK MARA, THE TEMPTER, WITH THE WEAPON OF KNOWLEDGE, ONE SHOULD WATCH HIM WHEN CONQUERED, AND SHOULD NEVER REST.

           BEFORE LONG, ALAS! THIS BODY WILL LIE ON THE EARTH, DESPISED WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING, LIKE A USELESS LOG.

 

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          WHATEVER A HATER MAY DO TO A HATER, OR AN ENEMY TO AN ENEMY, A WRONGLY-DIRECTED MIND WILL DO HIM GREATER MISCHIEF.

           NOT A MOTHER, NOT A FATHER, WILL DO SO MUCH, NOR ANY OTHER RELATIVES, A WELL-DIRECTED MIND WILL DO US GREATER SERVICE.