The World of Shadows

This is the day when vain imaginings part like a curtain, to reveal what lies beyond them.

Now is what is really there made visible, while all the shadows which appeared to hide it merely sink away.

Now is the balance righted, and the scale of judgment left to Him Who judges true.

And in His judgment will a world unfold in perfect innocence before your eyes.

Trust not your good intentions. They are not enough. But trust implicitly your willingness, whatever else may enter.

Concentrate only on this, and be not disturbed that shadows surround it. That is why you came.

If you could come without them you would not need the holy instant. Come to it not in arrogance, assuming that you must achieve the state its coming brings with it.

The miracle of the holy instant lies in your willingness to let it be what it is. And in your willingness for this lies also your acceptance of yourself as you were meant to be.