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Speaker 1: Peace where passion is, peace is not where peace is passion.

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Is not To know this is to master the first

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letter in the divine language of perfect deeds. To know

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that passion and peace cannot dwell together is to be

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well prepared to renounce the lesser and embrace the greater.

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Men pray for peace, yet cling to passion. They foster strife,

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yet pray for heavenly rest. This is ignorance, profound spiritual ignorance.

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It is not to know the first letter in the

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alphabet of things divine Hatred and love. Strife and peace

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cannot dwell together in the same heart. Where one is

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admitted as a welcome guest, the other will be turned

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away as an unwelcome stranger. He who despises another will

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be despised by others. He who opposes his fellow man

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will himself be resisted. He should not be surprised and

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mourn that men are divided. He should know that he

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is propagating strife. He should understand his lack of peace.

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He is brave who conquers another, but he who conquers

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himself is supremely noble. He who is victorious over another

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may in turn be defeated. But he who overcomes himself

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will never be subdued by the way of self. Conquest

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is perfect peace achieved. Man cannot understand it, cannot approach

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it until he sees the supreme necessity of turning away

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from the fierce fighting of all things without and entering

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the noble warfare against evils within. He who has realized

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that the enemy of the world is within and not without,

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that his ungoverned thoughts are the source of confusion and strife,

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that his own unchastened desires are the violators of his

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peace and of the peace of the world. Such a

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man is already on the saintly way. If a man

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has conquered lust and anger, hatred and pride, selfishness and greed,

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he has conquered the world. He has slain the enemies

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of peace, and peace remains with him. Peace does not fight,

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It is not partisan, It has no blatant voice. The

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triumph of peace is an unassailable silence. He who is

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overcome by force is not thereby overcome in his heart.

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He may be a greater enemy than before, But he

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who is overcome by the spirit of peace is thereby

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changed at heart. He that was an enemy has become

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a friend. Force and strife work upon the passions and fears,

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but love and peace reach and reform the heart. The

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pure hearted and wise have peace in their hearts. It

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enters into their actions. They apply it in their lives.

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It is more powerful than strife. It conquers where force

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would fail. Its wings shield the righteous. Under its protection,

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the harmless are not harmed. It affords a secure shelter

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from the heat of selfish struggle. It is the refuge

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for the defeated, a tent for the lost, and a

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temple for the pure, where peace is practiced and possessed

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and known. Then sin in remorse, grasping and disappointment, craving

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in temptation, desiring and grieving, All the turbulence and torment

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of the mind are left behind in the dark sphere

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of the self, to which they belong and beyond which

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they cannot go. Beyond where these dark shadows move, the

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radiant plains of divine beautitude bask in eternal light. And

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to these the traveler on the high and holy Way

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comes in due time from the blinding swamps of passion,

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through the thorny forests of many vanities, Across the arid

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deserts of doubt and despair, he travels on, not turning

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back nor straying from his course. He ever moves towards

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his sublime destination, until at last he comes, a humble

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and lowly, yet strong and radiant conqueror to the beautiful

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city of Peace.