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The Standing "My Time Has Come"
He stood me, saying:
If you cannot see me, you are not with me If you see an other-than-me, you do not see me
Intimations of me in anything efface the meaning of meaning within it, and affirm it from, not through
In you is something that cannot be relinquished that cannot be turned away
When you are silent of yourself the proclaimer must speak
In everything is a trace of me If you speak of it, you change it
Put remembrance of me behind you, Or you'll revert to the other-than-me, between you and it, nothing
My moment has come The time has come for me to unveil my face and manifest my splendor
My light will reach the courtyards and what is beyond Eyes will gaze upon me, hearts will gaze You will see my enemy loving me, my intimate companions judging
I will raise up thrones for them They will send away the fire never to return I will inhabit once more my ruined abodes adorning them with the real You will see how a measure of me expels otherness
I will gather all people into well-being Never again will they be divided or abased Take out my hidden treasure Realize my tidings my readiness, my imminent rising I will rise and the stars will gather around me I will bring sun and moon together I will enter every dwelling "Peace to you," they will greet me "And to you, peace," I will reply At my beckon, the hour will rise I am the Almighty, the Compassionate.
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