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plain\ql{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 Mind}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 to
Hermes}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\
pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 1. }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2
Mind}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 . Mark my words and remember what I have said,
Hermes}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3
Trismegistus. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\
cf3 I shall not hesitate to speak what comes to me.}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\
pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 Hermes}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 . Since
many people have spoken much that is contradictory}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\
cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 about the }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 A}{\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 ll and about God, I have not learned the truth. }\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 Lord,}{\lang1033\
langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 make it clear to me; for I can
only trust what you have revealed.}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 2. }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 Mind}{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 . My son, hear about time, God and the }{\lang1033\langfe1033\
f2\fs32\cf3 A}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 ll: God, eternity,}{\lang1033\langfe1033\
f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 the }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 C}
{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 osmos, time and generation. God creates eternity;
eternity,the }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 C}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3
osmos; the }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 C}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 osmos,
time; and time , generation. The Supreme}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 Good, beauty, bliss and wisdom are, as it were, the
essence of God.}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\
fs32\cf3 The essence of eternity is unchanging identity; of the }{\lang1033\
langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 C}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 osmos,}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\
cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 order; of time, change; of
generation, life and death. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 But the active}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 power of God is mind and soul; that of eternity, duration and}
{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 immortality; of the
}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 C}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 osmos, the
everlasting revolution of stars and}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 planets; of time, growth and diminution; of generation, the
creation}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 of
qualities. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3
Therefore, eternity is in God, the }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 C}{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 osmos in}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\
f2\fs32\cf3 eternity, time in the }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 C}{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 osmos, generation in time. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\
pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 Eternity stands}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\
fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 still before god, the }{\lang1033\
langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 C}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 osmos is moved in}{\lang1033\
langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 eternity, time passes}{\
lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 through the }{\
lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 C}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 osmos and generation
takes place in time.}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\
f2\fs32\cf3 3. The source of }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 A}{\lang9\langfe9\
f2\fs32\cf3 ll is God, the essence of }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 A}{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 ll is eternity, the}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\
ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 substance of all is the }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\
fs32\cf3 C}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 osmos; the potentiality of God is eternity,}
{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 the work of
eternity is the }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 C}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3
osmos, which is never}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\
cf3 born, but is}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3
always coming into existence through eternity. Therefore it will}{\lang1033\
langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 never be destroyed, for
eternity is}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3
indestructible; nor does anything in the }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 C}{\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 osmos perish, as the }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3
C}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 osmos is encompassed by}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\
fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 eternity.}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\
pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 Hermes}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 . What
is the w}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 i}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 sdom of God?}\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 Mind}
{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 . The Supreme Good, beauty, bliss, every excellence
and}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3
eternity. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3
All eternity instills immortality and permanence into}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\
fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 matter, it orders the }{\lang1033\
langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 C}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 osmos.}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\
cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 4. For the generation of matter
depends on eternity, just as eternity}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf4 }{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 depends on God. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4\par\pard\plain\ql{\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 Generation and time are both in heaven and}{\lang1033\
langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf4 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 earth and have two forms: in
heaven they are unchangeable and}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf4 }{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 incorruptible; on earth they are both changeable and
corruptible.}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\
cf4 God is the soul of eternity; eternity of the }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3
C}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 osmos; and heaven of}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\
cf4 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 earth. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4\par\pard\
plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 God is in }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2
Mind}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 , }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 Mind}{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 in the soul, soul in matter; and all}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\
fs32\cf4 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 these things exist through eternity. From
within the soul fills this}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 whole body, which contains all bodies, itself being filled by }
{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 Mind}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4\par\pard\plain\
ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 and by God. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4\par\pard\
plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 From without, it contains and enlivens the
whole,}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4
encompassing this vast and perfect being, the }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 C}
{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 osmos, and enlivening}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf4
}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 all creatures from within. Above, in heaven, the
identity of the}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf4 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4
soul remains unchanging, but on earth it gives birth to changing}{\lang1033\
langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf4 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 forms.}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\
cf4\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 5. Eternity maintains all this,
whether by necessity, providence,}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4\par\pard\plain\ql{\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 nature or what}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf4 }{\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 ever anyone may suppose; and this whole is God in}{\
lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf4 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 activity, an
unsurpassable power, to which one should not}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf4 }{\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 compare}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf4 }{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 anything human or divine. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4\par\pard\
plain\ql\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4
Thus , Hermes, you should never believe}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf4 }{\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 that anything above or below is similar to God, since
then you}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf4 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4
will stray from the truth. For nothing is like that which has no like,}{\lang1033\
langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf4 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 and is alone and one. Do not
believe that any of God's power is}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf4 }{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 given to anyone else. Who is there apart from Him, whose
nature}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf4 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 is life,
death and immortality? }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 What else does He do but create?}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4\
par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 God is not idle else all would be
idle, for everything is full of God.}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4\par\pard\plain\ql{\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 There is nothing in the }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\
cf3 C}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 osmos, or anywhere else that is idle. For}{\
lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf4 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 the very word 'idle'
is empty with regard to the Creator and the}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf4 }{\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4 creation.}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4\par\pard\plain\ql{\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 6. Everything must always be begotten at exactly the
right place.}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\
cf3 The Creator is in everything. He does not dwell just in one thing,}\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 nor does He just
create in one; He begets them all . His power being}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\
cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 active is not separate from what He has begotten,
for all that is}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3
begotten exists by reason of Him. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 Through me behold the }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3
C}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 osmos}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 open to your vision and contemplate deeply its beauty: its
body}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 without taint.
}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 Nothing is
more ancient. It is ever new and ever in}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 its prime; indeed, it exceeds its prime.}\lang9\langfe9\
f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 7. See how the seven
worlds, arranged in an eternal order, lie}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\
plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 beneath it, filling out eternity by their
different courses. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\
fs32\cf2 All is full}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\
cf2 of light, yet nowhere is there fire, for love and the blending of}{\lang1033\
langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 opposites and dissimilarities
has given birth to light, which shines}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 forth by the power of God, source of every good being,
principle of}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 all
order, ruler of the seven worlds. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 See the moon, forerunner of}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\
fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 them all, instrument of nature, transforming
matter below. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\
cf2 See}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 the earth,
set in the midst of all, fixed foundation of the beautiful}{\lang1033\langfe1033\
f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 C}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2
osmos, nourisher and nurse of earthly creatures. Consider the}{\lang1033\
langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 vast multitude of beings, both
immortal and mortal and how}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\
fs32\cf2 between them the moon pursues her round.}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\
pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 8. And all beings are full of soul, and
are moved by it; some around}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\
f2\fs32\cf2 heaven, others around the earth; those on the right do not move to}{\
lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 the left, nor do
those on the left move to the right; likewise, those}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\
cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 above do not move down nor do those below move
up. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 And
that all}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 these
things have been brought into being, most beloved Hermes,}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\
fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 you no longer need to learn from me. }\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 For they are
bodies, have a}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 soul
and are moved. These things could not merge into one without}{\lang1033\langfe1033\
f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 that which causes them to merge}{\
lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 therefore there must
be such a}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 cause,
which is one alone.}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\
fs32\cf2 9. Since the movements are multiple and different and the bodies}{\
lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 are not alike, yet
one constant speed has been ordained for all,}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }
{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 therefore there cannot be two or more creators. }\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 One order
could}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 not be kept
by many creators. Where there are many there is}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\
cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 jealousy of the more potent. I will explain to
you: if there were}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2
another creator of changeable and mortal beings, he would have}{\lang1033\
langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 wished to create immortals,
just as the creator of the immortals}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 would wish to}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 create mortals. But consider, since there is only one}{\
lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 matter and one soul,
if there were two creators, which of them}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 would take charge of creation? }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\
cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 If both, to whom would fall the}{\
lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 greater part?}\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 10. But understand
this, that every living body consists of matter}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\
cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 and soul, whether that body is of an immortal or
a mortal being or}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3
that of a dumb creature. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 For all living bodies have a soul, whereas}{\lang1033\
langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 those which are not alive, are
simply matter; likewise soul, by}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 itself, present with the Creator, is the cause of life. }\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 But He who
is}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 the cause of the
immortals is the whole cause of}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 life. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 How is it that}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 He creates other living creatures from mortals? How can what
is}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 immortal and
creates immortality not create what belongs to}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }
{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 living creatures?}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\
plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 Clearly there is a Creator of these things, and
it is very evident}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\
fs32\cf3 that there is only one. For soul is one, life is one, and matter is one.}\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 Who is He?}\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 Who else but
the one God?}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\
cf2 Who else could give living creatures a soul, but the one God?}\lang9\langfe9\
f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 Therefore God is one. }\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 It is quite
ridiculous that you acknowledge}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 the Cosmos to be everlasting, the }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\
fs32\cf3 S}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 un to be one, the moon to be one,}{\
lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 and the divine nature
to be one, yet you think God to be one of a}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\
plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 series?}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\
plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 12. This one God makes everything; a plurality
of gods would be}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\
fs32\cf2 absurd. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\
fs32\cf2 Is it surprising that God creates life and soul, immortality}{\lang1033\
langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2
}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 and transformation when you yourself do so many
things? }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2
For you}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 see and}{\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf5 . }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 speak, hear and smell,
touch, walk about, think and}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\
f2\fs32\cf2 breathe. There is not one who sees and another who hears, one who}{\
lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 speaks and another
who touches, one who smells and another who}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 walks, one who thinks and another who breathes; there is
a single}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 one who
does all these things. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 But none of this is possible without}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\
fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 God. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\
plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 For just as if you cease doing these things you
are no longer}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\
cf2 a living being, so if God ceases from these things, though it is}\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 impious to say it,
He is no longer God.}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\
f2\fs32\cf3 13. For if it could be shown that without doing these things you}\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 cannot
exist, how much more is this true of God? }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\
plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 For if there is}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\
cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 anything he does not create, then, disgraceful
though it be to say}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3
it, He is not perfect. And since He is not idle but is perfect, He}{\lang1033\
langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 creates all things.}\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 Gived me your
undivided attention for a while, Hermes, and}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\
plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 you will easily understand how the work of God
is one, to bring all}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\
cf2 things into being, those that are, those that have once been and}{\lang1033\
langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 those that will be.}\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 This is life, my
beloved; this is beauty, this is the Supreme Good,}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\
cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 this is God.}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\
plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 14. And if you want to understand this in
practice, watch what}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\
f2\fs32\cf2 happens when you desire to beget. But it is not the same with Him;}{\
lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 for He does not
experience the pleasure, since He has no partner.}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\
pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 For working by Himself He is always in His
work, for He is what}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\
f2\fs32\cf2 He creates. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 If He were separated from it, all would collapse, and}{\
lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 all would by
necessity perish, because life would be no more. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\
pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 Since}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }
{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 everything is alive and life is one, God is also
one. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 If
again}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 everything is
alive, both in heaven and earth, and there is one life}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\
fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 for all which comes into existence through
God, God is also that}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\
cf2 life. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2
All then is made by God and life is the union of }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2
Mind}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 and soul.}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\
plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 Death is not the destruction of what has been
put together but the}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\
cf2 dissolution of the union.}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 15. Eternity is the image of God; the }{\lang1033\langfe1033\
f2\fs32\cf2 C}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 osmos, of eternity; the }{\lang1033\
langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 S}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 un,}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\
fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 of the }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 C}
{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 osmos; and man, of the }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\
cf2 S}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 un. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\
ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 People call transformation}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\
fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 death, because the body is dissolved, but in
fact life withdraws into}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\
fs32\cf2 the unmanifest.}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 I shall tell you, as you are listening with such reverence,
my}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 beloved
Hermes, that all these things that have been thus dissolved}{\lang1033\langfe1033\
f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 and indeed the }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\
fs32\cf2 C}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 osmos, are transformed. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\
fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 Each day a part of}{\
lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 the }{\lang1033\
langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 C}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 osmos withdraws into the
unmanifest, but the }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 C}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\
cf2 osmos is}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 never
dissolved. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2
This is what happens to the }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 C}{\lang9\langfe9\
f2\fs32\cf2 osmos, these are its}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 cycles and its mysteries. The cycles are a continual rotation
and}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 the mystery is
the renewal.}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\
cf3 16. The }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 C}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 osmos
assumes all forms, it does not hold constant the}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\
pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 forms that are within it but it changes
them within itself. Since}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 the }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 C}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\
fs32\cf3 osmos is omniform, of what form would the Creator be? For}{\lang1033\
langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 He cannot be without a form.
And if He is omniform He will be like}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 the }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 C}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\
fs32\cf3 osmos: But if He has one form, He will be inferior to the}{\lang1033\
langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 C}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\
fs32\cf3 osmos. What then shall we say of Him, if we are not to bring our}{\
lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 discussion into
difficulty? }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\
cf3 And we cannot conceive a difficulty}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 about God. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\
ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 If He has any form, He has one form which is not
visible}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 and is
bodiless and reveals all forms by means of bodies.}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\
pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 17. And don't be amazed if there is a
bodiless form, for it is life the}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 form of a word. In paintings mountain peaks appear to stand
out}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 sharply, but
they are actually smooth and flat. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 If you consider}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 What I have said, we could formulate it even more boldly
and truly:}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 just as
man cannot live without life, so God cannot live without}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\
fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 emanating the Supreme Good. }\lang9\langfe9\
f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 This . is, as it were, the
life and}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 movement
of God, to move all things and to make them live.}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\
pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 18. Some of the things being said need
special attention. Understand}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\
f2\fs32\cf2 what I am saying. All is within God; but not as if lying in a}{\
lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 place. For a place is
not only a body, but an immovable body, and}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 what lies in a place has no motion.
}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 Within
God everything lies in}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\
cf2 bodiless imagination. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 Think of Him who contains it all. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\
par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 There is}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\
fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 nothing to limit the incorporeal, there is
nothing quicker or more}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\
fs32\cf2 powerful. It is absolutely without limit, the quickest and most}{\
lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 powerful of all.}\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 19. Consider
this yourself. Command your soul to go anywhere,}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\
pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 and it will be there quicker than your
command. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3
Bid it to go to the}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3
ocean and again it is there at once, not as ifit had gone from place}{\lang1033\
langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 to place but was}{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf6 ' }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 already there. Order it to fly
up to heaven and it}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3
will need no wings, nor will anything}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 impede it, neither the fire of}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\
cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 the sun, nor the ether, nor the whirlwind, nor
the other heavenly}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3
bodies, but cutting through them all it will soar up to the last body.}\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 And if you wish to
break through all this and to contemplate what}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }
{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 is beyond it is in your}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\
cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 power.}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\
ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 20. See what power you have and what speed! You can
do all these}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 things
and yet God cannot? }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\
f2\fs32\cf2 Reflect on God in this way as having}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2
}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 all within Himself as ideas: the }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\
fs32\cf3 C}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 osmos, Himself, the whole. }\lang9\langfe9\
f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 If you}{\lang1033\
langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 do not make yourself equal to
God you cannot understand Him.}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 Like is understood by like. Grow to immeasurable size. Be
free}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 from
every body, transcend all time. Become eternity and thus you}{\lang1033\langfe1033\
f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 will understand God. Suppose nothing to
be impossible for yourself.}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 Consider yourself immortal and able to understand everything:}\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 all arts,
sciences and the nature of every living creature.}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\
pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 Become higher than all heights and lower
than all depths. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\
fs32\cf2 Sense}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 as
one within yourself the entire creation: fire, water, the dry and}{\lang1033\
langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 the moist. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\
fs32\cf2\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 Conceive yourself to be in
all places at the same time:}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\
f2\fs32\cf2 in earth, in the sea, in heaven; that you are not yet born, that you}{\
lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf2 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf2 are within the womb,
that you are young, old, dead; that you are}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf4\par\pard\
plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 beyond death. Conceive all things at once:
times, places, actions,}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 qualities and quantities; then you can understand God.}\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 21. But if you
lock up your soul in your body, abase it and say: 'I}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\
par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 understand nothing; I can do nothing;
I am afraid of the sea; I}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\
langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 cannot reach heaven; I do not know who I was nor who I shall
be.}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 What
have you to do with God? For you cannot conceive anything}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\
cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 beautiful or good while you are
attached to the body and are evil.}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 For the greatest evil is to ignore what belongs to
God. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 To be
able}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 to know and to
will and to hope is the straight and easy way}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }
{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 appropriate to each that will lead to the Supreme Good.
}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 When you}
{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 take that road this
Good will meet you everywhere and will be}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 experienced everywhere, even where and when you do not
expect}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 it; when
awake, asleep, in a ship, on the road, by night, by day,}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\
fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 when speaking }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf5 .
}{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 and when silent, for there is nothing which it is}{\
lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 not.}\lang9\langfe9\
f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 22. Now do you say that
God is invisible? Be careful. Who is more}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\
lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 manifest than He? He has made all things for this reason:
that}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 through them
you should see Him. This is the goodness of God; this is His excellence: that He is
made manifest}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3
through all. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\
cf3 Though you cannot see what is bodiless }{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 Mind}
{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 is seen}{\lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 ,}{\
lang1033\langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 in the act of
contemplation, God in the act of creation: These things}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\
par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 have been made clear to you Hermes
thus far. }\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\ql\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\
par\pard\plain\ql{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 Reflect on all other}{\lang1033\
langfe1033\f2\fs32\cf3 }{\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3 things in the same way within
yourself and you will not be led astray.}\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf3\par\pard\plain\
ql\sl275\slmult1\sa200\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\cf7\par\pard\plain\ql\sl275\slmult1\
sa200\lang9\langfe9\f2\fs32\par}