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Summa
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Summum Bonum of Life 49. The glorious lustre, free from bonds,
With perfect beauty, peace and joy, Permeating all, compassing all, Forms the essence of divine soul. 93 This is the thing to be seen and asked, This is the thing to be ever yearned, There is nothing greater, more sublime, This is the highest truth of life. 94
Brief Story of Truth 50. Self is self, and matter is matter,
The twain can never meet in one, Their visible union is unreal, A work of foolish whims of self. 95 Egotism is the greatest devil, Which robs divinity of the self, Confines its vast glorious heights, Into dark nasty physical cells. 96 To curb the sin of egotism, Life should be made to ever grow, From low to high from dark to light, From self-conceit to love of all. 97 This is in brief the story of truth, Conveyed to us by sages of yore, So let us take this truth to heart, And make our lives free and vast. 98
