Text of the meditation
The Knowledge of Truth is an abiding consolation. When all else fails, Truth does not fail. When the heart is desolate and the world affords no shelter, Truth provides a peaceful refuge and a quiet rest. The cares of life are many, and its path is beset with difficulties; but Truth is greater than care, and is superior to all difficulties.
Truth lightens our burdens; it lights up our pathway with the radiance of joy. Loved ones pass away, friends fail, and possessions disappear. Where then is the voice of comfort? Where is the whisper of consolation? Truth is the comforter of the comfortless, and the consoler of those who are deserted.
Truth does not pass away, or fail, or disappear. Truth bestows the consolation of abiding peace. Be alert, and listen, that you may hear the call of Truth, even the voice of the Great Awakener. Truth removes the sting from affliction, and disperses the clouds of trouble.
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.
