"Control thyself, and with thy senses send thy soul unto its elements, there to wring out the secret of its birth and end."
And the gentle voice of the silence whispers soft and low, and bids me reader, write you the answer here below!
I myself am heaven, I myself am hell, I am the cause creative, I am the way, the end.
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This then is a vision of heaven that fulfiller of all desires, and this is the shade of gehenna the sorrows that life acquires.
Cast thyself boldly on this ocean, fear not though the current is strong, thy body's the boat, thy will the helm, thy life the sails doth fill.
And serenely sitting, all composed, thy Soul doth grasp the helm and steers thy Barque through storms and stress, in safety past the shoals of death.
With its cargo that's consigned to him who rules the winds, the tides, oh master pilot, hail to thee! thou giver of eternity.