32. But if we go out from the will of this world, and enter into God, then the spirit of God ruleth in us, and establisheth us for his children; and then also the garland of paradise is set upon the soul; and then it becometh a child without understanding as to this world, for it loseth the master [or ruler] of this world, who formerly ruled it and led it in reason.
33. O Man! Consider who leadeth and driveth thee; for eternally without end is very long: temporal honour and goods are but dross and dung in the sight of God: it all falleth into the grave with thee, and cometh to nothing: But to be in the will of God is eternal riches and honour: there, there is no more care; but our mother careth for us, in whose bosom we live as children.
34. Thy temporal honour is thy snare [pitfall], and thy misery in divine hope [and confidence] is thy garden of roses: Patience is a precious herb; 0 how gloriously wilt thou be crowned! What is brighter than the sun? And yet thou shalt bo, far brighter, thou wilt obtain a garland in Ternario Sancto, [viz. in the angelical world, in the eternal essentiality, before the Holy Trinity].
35. Or dost thou suppose again, that we speak historically? No, we speak the very life, in our own knowledge [or experience]; not in an opinion from the mouth of another, but from our own mouth: we see with our own eyes; which we boast not of, for the power is the mother's; but we exhort thee, to enter into the bosom of the mother, and learn also to see with thy own eyes: so long as you suffer yourselves to be rocked in a cradle, and desire the eyes of others, [which are strange eyes in respect of your own], you are blind. But if you rise up from the cradle, and go to the mother, then you shall see the mother and her children.
36. O how good it is to see with one's own eyes. One that is blind, and seeth not the light of this world, is accounted as one that is asleep and dreameth: for he heareth of the pomp of the world, but he knoweth it not: he apprehendeth it by hearsay, and many times thinketh it is better, or worse, than it is, because he seeth it not, and so imagineth it by that which is said; but he that seeth the light, he speaketh according to the truth, for he apprehendeth the thing as it is.
37. So also I say, we are all asleep in the outward man; we lie in the cradle, and suffer ourselves to be rocked asleep by reason; we see with the eyes of the dissimulation of our hypocrites, who hang bells and baubles about our ears and cradles, that we may be lulled asleep, or at least play with their baubles; that they may be lords and masters in the house.
38. O blind reason ! Rise up from thy cradle: art thou not a child of the mother, and an heir to the goods; and, moreover, a child and lord of the house: why sufferest thou thy servants thus to use thee? Christ saith, / am the Light of the World, he that followeth me, shall have the light of the eternal life. He doth not direct us to the flattering hypocrites, murderers, and contenders; but only to himself: we should see (with the inward eyes) in his light, and so we should see him, for he is the light: when we see him, then we walk in th light: He is the Morning Star, and is generated in us, and riseth in us, and shineth in our Bodily Darkness.
39. O how great a triumph is there in the soul, when he ariseth! then a man seeth with his own eyes, and knoweth that he is in a strange lodging. Concerning which we will here write, what we see and know in the light.
40. We are children of the eternity: But this world is an out-birth out of the eternal; and its palpability taketh its original in the anger, the eternal nature is its root. But that which is an out-birth is corruptible, because it hath not been from eternity: and it must all return into the eternal essences, [out of which it was born].
41. The stars are out of the centre of nature, they are the essences of the seven forms of nature, and from each form there goeth another [form], all from [caused by] the wrestling wheel of nature; and therefore they are so various and numberless, in our
32. But if we go out from the will of this world, and enter into God, then the spirit of God ruls in us, and establishes us for his children; and then also the garland of paradise is set upon the soul; and then it becomes a child without understanding as to this world, for it loses the master [or ruler] of this world, who formerly ruled it and led it in reason.
33. O Man! Consider who leads and drivs you; for eternally without end is very long: temporal honour and goods are but dross and dung in the sight of God: it all falls into the grave with you, and comes to nothing: But to be in the will of God is eternal riches and honour: there, there is no more care; but our mother cars for us, in whose bosom we live as children.
34. Your temporal honour is your snare [pitfall], and your misery in divine hope [and confidence] is your garden of roses: Patience is a precious herb; 0 how gloriously will you be crowned! What is brighter than the sun? And yet you shall bo, far brighter, you will obtain a garland in Ternario Sancto, [viz. in the angelical world, in the eternal essentiality, before the Holy Trinity].
35. Or do you suppose again, that we speak historically? No, we speak the very life, in our own knowledge [or experience]; not in an opinion from the mouth of another, but from our own mouth: we see with our own eyes; which we boast not of, for the power is the mother's; but we exhort you, to enter into the bosom of the mother, and learn also to see with your own eyes: so long as you suffer yourselves to be rocked in a cradle, and desire the eyes of others, [which are strange eyes in respect of your own], you are blind. But if you rise up from the cradle, and go to the mother, then you shall see the mother and her children.
36. O how good it is to see with one's own eyes. One that is blind, and sees not the light of this world, is accounted as one that is asleep and dreams: for he hears of the pomp of the world, but he knows it not: he apprehends it by hearsay, and many times thinks it is better, or worse, than it is, because he sees it not, and so imagines it by that which is said; but he that sees the light, he speaks according to the truth, for he apprehends the thing as it is.
37. So also I say, we are all asleep in the outward man; we lie in the cradle, and suffer ourselves to be rocked asleep by reason; we see with the eyes of the dissimulation of our hypocrites, who hang bells and baubles about our ears and cradles, that we may be lulled asleep, or at least play with their baubles; that they may be lords and masters in the house.
38. O blind reason ! Rise up from your cradle: art you not a child of the mother, and an heir to the goods; and, moreover, a child and lord of the house: why sufferest you your servants thus to use you? Christ says, / am the Light of the World, he that follows me, shall have the light of the eternal life. He does not direct us to the flattering hypocrites, murderers, and contenders; but only to himself: we should see (with the inward eyes) in his light, and so we should see him, for he is the light: when we see him, then we walk in th light: He is the Morning Star, and is generated in us, and rises in us, and shines in our Bodily Darkness.
39. O how great a triumph is there in the soul, when he arises! then a man sees with his own eyes, and knows that he is in a strange lodging. Concerning which we will here write, what we see and know in the light.
40. We are children of the eternity: But this world is an out-birth out of the eternal; and its palpability takes its original in the anger, the eternal nature is its root. But that which is an out-birth is corruptible, because it has not been from eternity: and it must all return into the eternal essences, [out of which it was born].
41. The stars are out of the centre of nature, they are the essences of the seven forms of nature, and from each form there goes another [form], all from [caused by] the wrestling wheel of nature; and therefore they are so various and numberless, in our
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