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THE JAINA GAZETTE
“Who is man that thou are mindful of him?" Shall we ask in vain, or shall we come to know? Am I ME or am I-I? The I of ME, Is that the answer? If this shell, This bag of tricks, this temple, ONLY me? Could that satisfy if I could not Find this other one ? Where shall I seek ? Where but within me? Deep Deep, deep within me? Where else? Is man here without A rudder, without a sail? Is he to wander, discontent with what He has, with what he sees, with what he thinks? This alone has brought me bliss This alone has brought me peace. The still small voice, the quiet, The Light we see when we truly seek. It is deep, deep within me. Deep, deep, deep within me Down deep and back of this bag of tricks The world calls ME, In the quiet of my innermost being, Safe, secure, waiting recognition I AM. That is the real, eternal I. Who can gainsay me? Can you or you or you? Have you seen your real self, known it ? I have, I have seen THE LIGHT.
E. KLEINSCHMIDT.
