Text of the meditation
All so-called evil is seen to be rooted in ignorance. Let it not be supposed that the children of the Kingdom live in ease and indolence (these two sins are the first that have to be eradicated when the search for the Kingdom is entered upon); they live in a peaceful activity; in fact, they alone truly live, for the life of self, with its train of worries, griefs and fears, is not real life.
They perform all their duties with the most scrupulous diligence, apart from thoughts of self, and employ all their means, as well as their powers and faculties, which are greatly intensified, in building up the Kingdom of Righteousness in the hearts of others, and in the world around them.
This is their work, first by example, then by precept. They sorrow no more, but live in perpetual gladness, for, though they see the suffering in the world, they also see the final Bliss and the Eternal Refuge. Whoever is ready may come now.
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.
