Thunder, Perfect Mind

Thunder, Perfect Mind

[A revelation spoken in the voice of a divine female power, in paradoxes.]

I was sent forth from the power,

and I have come to those who reflect upon me,

and I have been found among those who seek me.

Look upon me, you who reflect upon me;

and you hearers, hear me.

For I am the first and the last.

I am the honored one and the scorned one.

I am the harlot and the holy one.

I am the wife and the virgin.

I am the mother and the daughter.

I am the barren one,

and many are her sons.

I am she whose wedding is great,

and I have not taken a husband.

I am knowledge and ignorance.

I am shame and boldness.

I am shameless; I am ashamed.

I am strength, and I am fear.

Do not be arrogant to me when I am cast down,

and do not look upon me on the dung heap and go away.

For I am the one who is disgraced and the great one.

Give heed to me.

I am the silence that is incomprehensible,

and the thought whose remembrance is great.

I am the voice whose sound is many,

and the word whose appearance is multiple.

I am the utterance of my own name.

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