Text of the meditation
Rejoice! For the morning has dawned: the Truth has awakened us. We have opened our eyes, and the dark night of terror is no more. Long have we slept in matter and sensation; long did we struggle in the painful nightmare of evil; but now we are awake in Spirit and Truth: we have found the Good, and the struggle with evil is ended.
We slept, yet did not know that we slept. We suffered, yet did not know that we suffered. We were troubled in our dreaming, yet none could awaken us, for all were dreaming like ourselves. Yet there came a pause in our dreaming; our sleep was stayed. Truth spoke to us, and we heard; and behold, we opened our eyes, and saw.
We slumbered and did not see; we slept and did not know; but now we are awake and see. Indeed, we know we are awake because we have seen Holiness, and we love sin no more. How beautiful is Truth! How glorious is the realm of reality! How ineffable is the bliss of Holiness!
James Allen (1864–1912), Book of Meditations for Every Day in the Year (1913) – public-domain text, gently modernised.
The original 1913 text is in the public domain.
