Lamed

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   I AM the goad of action,Which impelleth and directethThe great Ox of the Breath of Life.I am the power of equilibrationWhich holdeth Ruach in balanceBetween formation and destruction,As a driver with his goadKeepeth his ox from straying off the highway.Yet is this directive power inherent in Ruach itself,For I myself am that great Breath of Life.

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   And because that Great Breath existeth before all else,I am the Leader,The Chief,And the JudgeOf all creatures.The wise find me thus concealed in LAMED.

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   Before this have I declared myself to beThe Teacher of teachers,And now I say unto thee, O Israel,That mine instruction is like unto a goad,Which guideth thee through the long circuit of existence,Until thou returnest to myself.

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   I am the root of all action.No work is anywhere performed whereof I am not thedoer.

   By action are all things determined,And every action proceedeth from my graspOf every condition of my self-manifestation.No man accomplisheth anything of himself-They are deluded who think otherwise.

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   "Have I not free will?" saith the fool;But the wise know that in all the chains of worldsThere is no creatureThat hath any will apart from my One Will.

   My Will is free indeed,And he who knoweth it as the wellspring of his willingRemaineth free from error.

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   Let thy meditation bring thee to rest in that Will.Then in the midst of action shalt thou be at peace,And in thy busiest hours shalt thou find the EternalWorkerDoing all things well in thee.

   Lo, I guide thee all the way.Rest thou in me.