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ThereforeistheDooracauseofseparation,andofthesettingofonepartagainstanother.
Iamtheknowledgeofthewise,andinmetheignoranceofthefoolishhasitsroot,andfrommecome forthallconditions,theevilaswellasthegood. Withoutthesettingoflimits,thereisnobringingforth,andthustherecanbenocreationwithout seemingevil. Creationhathitsorigininlifeunlimited,yetforthesakeofmanifestation,doesthatlifedescendinto theappearance,ofTimeandPlace,andthatwhichhasneitherendnorbeginning,appearstobeborn, andtobebroughtatlasttodeath. Deludedbythisappearancearethoseignorantones,inwhomthelightofmywisdomhathnotyet dawned. Fromtheirdelusionspringsafalsedesire,andfromthatfalsedesireisgeneratedunrighteousaction. Yetnothingisperformedsavebymypower,andIamtherealActorinthesedeludedones,astrulyas inanysage. Fromthefiresofpainandsuffering,kindledbytheirignorance,inmygoodtimeshalltheycomeforth, cleansedfromthedrossofillusion,resplendentimagesofmygoldenself. Mycreativepoweristheprojectionofmyself,anditproducesthesemblanceofanother. Butknow,thatbesidesmethereisnoneother. IonlyamtheKnowerandtheActor,theoneIAM,whetheraloneandunmanifest,orappearinginthe multiplicityofcreatedthings. Theprimalforceofmyideas,dwellscontinuallyinthehighestplaneofemanation,thusitflowsforth intothethreelowerworlds,throughtheDoorofUnderstanding. TheheavenswhereestablishedbyUnderstanding. Iamthefruitfulwomb,whereallcreatureshavetheirbirth. IamtheMotherofmothersandalsotheFather,andifyouhonorme,theGiverofLife,thenshaltyou triumphatthelast,evenoverdeath.