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The Masnavi
The Elephant in a Dark Room (32-41)
Keep silence, that you may hear Him speaking Keep silence, that you may hear from that Sun Keep silence, that the Spirit may speak to you; Give up swimming and enter the ark of Noah; Not like Canaan when he was swimming, Who said, "I desire not to enter the ark of Noah passing by." Noah cried, "Ho! child, come into the ark and rest, That you be not drowned in the flood, O weak one." Canaan said, "Nay! I have learned to swim, I have lit a torch of my own apart from thy torch."
Book of Enoch
Chapter X (2)
'〈Go to Noah〉 and tell him in my name "Hide thyself!" and reveal to him the end that is approaching: that the whole earth will be destroyed, and a...
Paraphrase of Shem
Rebouel Is Beheaded (2)
And the things that you lack, according to my will, will appear to you at that place upon the earth, that you may reveal them as they are. Do not let ...
Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth
Vision of the Eighth and the Ninth (9)
"Praise again, child, and sing while you are silent. Ask what you want in silence."
The Complete Sayings of Jesus
XXXII. Home Again: a Prophet Without Honor—mission of the Twelve: Instructions, Admonitions, Sparrows, Hairs Numbered—they Set Out (15)
For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (355)
Speak concerning the word about God as if you were saying it in the presence of God.
Egyptian Book of the Dead
Chapter XLI (4)
Let me speak to the divine Boatman at the gloaming, let me enter in and let me go out; that I may see who is there; that I may raise him up and speak...
Book of Enoch
Chapter LXV (2)
And he arose from thence and went to the ends of the earth, and cried aloud to his grandfather Enoch: and Noah said three times with an embittered voi...
Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth
Vision of the Eighth and the Ninth (11)
From now on do not speak about the vision. It is fitting to sing a song to the father till the day of leaving the body."...
Meister Eckhart - Sermons
Sermon IV: True Hearing (1)
The everlasting and paternal wisdom saith, "Whoso heareth Me is not ashamed." If he is ashamed of anything he is ashamed of being ashamed. Whoso...
Egyptian Book of the Dead
Chapter XV (28)
Come forth into Heaven, sail across the firmament and enter into brotherhood with the Stars, let salutation be made to thee in the Bark, let...
Chapter 22: Of the Birth or Geniture of the Stars, and Creation of the Fourth Day. (3)
For my part, I will obediently perform the command of the spirit, only, have thou a care, and suffer not thyself to be shut out by an open door; for h...
The Complete Sayings of Jesus
LXXI. The Temple Doomed—nation to Rise Against Nation—"i Will Give You Wisdom"—"in Your Patience Possess Ye Your Souls"—the Son of Man Coming with Power (9)
Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer; for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries sh...
Paraphrase of Shem
Impure Baptism Leads to Bondage (2)
And it is blessedness if it is granted someone to contemplate what is exalted, and to know the exalted time and the bondage. For the water is an insig...
The Complete Sayings of Jesus
XLI. Jesus Transfigured—moses and Elias Appear—a Lunatic Cured: "help Thou Mine Unbelief" (8)
Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.
Egyptian Book of the Dead
Chapter XXXVIII (3)
I utter his words to the men of the present generation [53] and I repeat his words to him who is deprived of breath
Egyptian Book of the Dead
Chapter CLXIX (10)
The great god speaks to thee: Let him be brought here for all that will happen. The hawk rejoices in thee, the cackler cackles to thee, Rā opens to...
The Complete Sayings of Jesus
XCVII. To the Church in Smyrna—"be Thou Faithful unto Death" (4)
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches;
The Complete Sayings of Jesus
XCVI. To the Church of Ephesus—"i Will Give to Eat of the Tree of Life" (6)
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches;
The Complete Sayings of Jesus
XCVIII. To the Church in Pergamos—"repent, or Else I Will Come Quickly" (6)
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches;
The Complete Sayings of Jesus
LI. Sermon to the Innumerable Multitude: Precepts, Parables: the Sparrows, the Self-Centered Rich Man, the Ravens, the Lilies—"the Hairs of Your Head Are Numbered"—"let Your Lights Be Burning" (6)
And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall ...
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