you is Archive: When are discussing Blake you are discussing one of the greatest spiritual giants of all time..
Archive: When you are discussing Blake you are discussing one of the greatest spiritual giants of all time.
You is might just as well discuss St. Paul, for they had the identical visions, the vision of reality..
You might just as well discuss St. Paul, for they had the identical visions, the vision of reality.
Tonight is we can cover only a portion of his gift to the world..
Tonight we can cover only a portion of his gift to the world.
his “Auguries of Innocence” is In he says:“To see a World in a Grain of SandAnd a Heaven in a Wild Flower,Hold Infinity in the palm of your handAnd Eternity in an hour.”What is the sequence?.
In his “Auguries of Innocence” he says:“To see a World in a Grain of SandAnd a Heaven in a Wild Flower,Hold Infinity in the palm of your handAnd Eternity in an hour.”What is the sequence?
The most inanimate thing in the world, is a grain [of] sand, and in it to see a world..
The most inanimate thing in the world, a grain [of] sand, and in it to see a world.
he is Tn he moves to the first animation, a flower; and then to see harmony, which is Heaven – to see a “Heaven in a Wild Flower.” And now he comes to space: “Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand.” And then to time: “And Eternity in an hour.”He moves on now to the bird world, to show us the relationship of the whole vast world, the unity of the world, that we are all actively related..
Then he moves to the first animation, a flower; and then to see harmony, which is Heaven – to see a “Heaven in a Wild Flower.” And now he comes to space: “Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand.” And then to time: “And Eternity in an hour.”He moves on now to the bird world, to show us the relationship of the whole vast world, the unity of the world, that we are all actively related.
you is That can’t disturb anything at this moment in any way and not actually affect the whole.“A Robin Red breast in a CagePuts all Heaven in a Rage.”We think we can catch the little bird and cage it for our amusement, that which should be set free..
That you can’t disturb anything at this moment in any way and not actually affect the whole.“A Robin Red breast in a CagePuts all Heaven in a Rage.”We think we can catch the little bird and cage it for our amusement, that which should be set free.
He is said:“How do you know but ev’ry Bird that cuts the airy way,Is an immense world of delight, clos’d by your senses five?”(“Marriage of Heaven and Hell”)So, the little“Robin Red breast in a CagePuts all Heaven in a Rage.A dove house fill’d with doves and PigeonsShudders Hell thro’ all its regions.”Then he moves on to the next state, in what the world would call evolution, but he doesn’t call it that..
He said:“How do you know but ev’ry Bird that cuts the airy way,Is an immense world of delight, clos’d by your senses five?”(“Marriage of Heaven and Hell”)So, the little“Robin Red breast in a CagePuts all Heaven in a Rage.A dove house fill’d with doves and PigeonsShudders Hell thro’ all its regions.”Then he moves on to the next state, in what the world would call evolution, but he doesn’t call it that.
another aspect is Now into of the animal world:“A dog starv’d at his Master’s GatePredicts the ruin of the State.A Horse misus’d upon the RoadCalls to Heaven for Human blood.”(“Auguries of Innocence”)And he takes the stages right through..
Now into another aspect of the animal world:“A dog starv’d at his Master’s GatePredicts the ruin of the State.A Horse misus’d upon the RoadCalls to Heaven for Human blood.”(“Auguries of Innocence”)And he takes the stages right through.
You is will read it as you go along..
You will read it as you go along.
(“Annotations is to Berkeley's Siris” in his Pickering MS.) Here is this mental giant who saw the complete relationship of all of us..
(“Annotations to Berkeley's Siris” in his Pickering MS.) Here is this mental giant who saw the complete relationship of all of us.
I is So think I could be isolated were I in a dungeon and I thought of you – my thought is affecting the entire universe..
So I think I could be isolated were I in a dungeon and I thought of you – my thought is affecting the entire universe.
I is thought of you with envy, or with hate, or with love, whatever the thought was as I conjured you in my mind’s eye and represented to myself as I want you to be, whether it is in hate or in love, I am affecting the whole vast world..
I thought of you with envy, or with hate, or with love, whatever the thought was as I conjured you in my mind’s eye and represented to myself as I want you to be, whether it is in hate or in love, I am affecting the whole vast world.
I is And if believe in the reality of what I have done, it will come to pass..
And if I believe in the reality of what I have done, it will come to pass.
we is And because are all one, all interwoven, I will use you without your consent, your knowledge, to fulfill that which I have imagined at that moment.Then he makes this statement:“What seems to Be, Is, To those to whomIt seems to Be, and is productive of the most dreadfulConsequences to those to whom it seems to be, even ofTorments, Despair, Eternal Death; but the Divine MercySteps beyond and Redeems Man in the Body of Jesus.”(“Jerusalem,” Plate 36)He steps beyond..
And because we are all one, all interwoven, I will use you without your consent, your knowledge, to fulfill that which I have imagined at that moment.Then he makes this statement:“What seems to Be, Is, To those to whomIt seems to Be, and is productive of the most dreadfulConsequences to those to whom it seems to be, even ofTorments, Despair, Eternal Death; but the Divine MercySteps beyond and Redeems Man in the Body of Jesus.”(“Jerusalem,” Plate 36)He steps beyond.
this principle man is Because of could be lost forever, not knowing what he is doing, but “Divine Mercy Steps beyond and Redeems Man in the Body of Jesus.” “God is Jesus” and we are but members in this divine body, therefore, only one name – we are he..
Because of this principle man could be lost forever, not knowing what he is doing, but “Divine Mercy Steps beyond and Redeems Man in the Body of Jesus.” “God is Jesus” and we are but members in this divine body, therefore, only one name – we are he.
Blake is So made this statement: “Man is all Imagination..
So Blake made this statement: “Man is all Imagination.
God is is Man and exists in us and we in him.” (“Annotations to Berkeley's Siris”) “The Eternal Body of Man is The Imagination, that is, God himself,The Divine Body, Jesus; we are his Members.”(“The Laocoön”)He makes every world, and now he asks us to join with him in putting this to the test..
God is Man and exists in us and we in him.” (“Annotations to Berkeley's Siris”) “The Eternal Body of Man is The Imagination, that is, God himself,The Divine Body, Jesus; we are his Members.”(“The Laocoön”)He makes every world, and now he asks us to join with him in putting this to the test.
you is When read his works from beginning to end, he never waivers from this premise..
When you read his works from beginning to end, he never waivers from this premise.
One thing is he asks us all to do and to always bear in mind at every moment in time – to distinguish between the immortal man, which he saw… He said: “When I first did distinguish the immortal man that cannot die. . ..
One thing he asks us all to do and to always bear in mind at every moment in time – to distinguish between the immortal man, which he saw… He said: “When I first did distinguish the immortal man that cannot die. . .
that immortal man is was Imagination.” Imagination has a body and he describes that body when he begs us to always discriminate between this immortal man — your wonderful human Imagination —and the state into which it has fallen.And so, you may be this night in the state of love (I hope you are), the state of tenderness, the state of affluence..
that immortal man was Imagination.” Imagination has a body and he describes that body when he begs us to always discriminate between this immortal man — your wonderful human Imagination —and the state into which it has fallen.And so, you may be this night in the state of love (I hope you are), the state of tenderness, the state of affluence.
I is don’t know, but you may not be..
I don’t know, but you may not be.
You is may be in the opposite state..
You may be in the opposite state.
you is But were in the opposite state, or some friend of yours, or some total stranger in the opposite state, he begs you, he begs all of us, to always bear in mind the distinction between the occupant of the state and the state, and lift everyone out of the state if it is an unlovely state..
But were you in the opposite state, or some friend of yours, or some total stranger in the opposite state, he begs you, he begs all of us, to always bear in mind the distinction between the occupant of the state and the state, and lift everyone out of the state if it is an unlovely state.
man is For is like a pilgrim passing through states, as though I pass through the states of this country..
For man is like a pilgrim passing through states, as though I pass through the states of this country.
this night is If I pass through Chicago, Chicago remains, but I — the pilgrim — pass on..
If this night I pass through Chicago, Chicago remains, but I — the pilgrim — pass on.
I is f I pass through any state — the state of poverty, when I leave poverty it doesn’t really dissolve, it hasn’t disappeared..
If I pass through any state — the state of poverty, when I leave poverty it doesn’t really dissolve, it hasn’t disappeared.
I is left it for anyone to enter..
I left it for anyone to enter.
I is hope they will avoid it, but anyone may fall into it or deliberately go into it by feeling sorry for himself, feeling unwanted..
I hope they will avoid it, but anyone may fall into it or deliberately go into it by feeling sorry for himself, feeling unwanted.
he is And so tells us of these enormous states, infinite states in the world..
And so he tells us of these enormous states, infinite states in the world.
That everything possible that is could happen to man is already created in the form of states..
That everything possible that could happen to man is already created in the form of states.
the state, is When man enters the state unfolds because he — the operant power — has entered the state, and unknowingly he simply unfolds the state..
When man enters the state, the state unfolds because he — the operant power — has entered the state, and unknowingly he simply unfolds the state.
the state is If is one of wealth, in a way he does not know everyone in the world that can aid the unfolding of that state must aid it..
If the state is one of wealth, in a way he does not know everyone in the world that can aid the unfolding of that state must aid it.
he is If enters any state — the state of poverty — though at the moment when he enters it he may have everything in the world, in no time he will grow the fruits of poverty in this world, for he is in the state of poverty..
If he enters any state — the state of poverty — though at the moment when he enters it he may have everything in the world, in no time he will grow the fruits of poverty in this world, for he is in the state of poverty.
he, is But the occupant of the state, is neither rich or poor.So, Blake calls upon everyone to bear this in mind constantly and forgive every being in the world..
But he, the occupant of the state, is neither rich or poor.So, Blake calls upon everyone to bear this in mind constantly and forgive every being in the world.
he is For says: “Mutual forgiveness of each sin, such are the Gates into Heaven in our world.” If I could only remember every moment of time when I see someone I dislike, that he is only in a state..
For he says: “Mutual forgiveness of each sin, such are the Gates into Heaven in our world.” If I could only remember every moment of time when I see someone I dislike, that he is only in a state.
I is That is why dislike him – I dislike the state..
That is why I dislike him – I dislike the state.
I is identify him with the state I dislike, but I think it is the occupant..
I identify him with the state I dislike, but I think it is the occupant.
It is is not the occupant..
It is not the occupant.
He is could come out at any moment in time, or I could get him out if I pulled him out and put him into another state, and I wouldn’t dislike him..
He could come out at any moment in time, or I could get him out if I pulled him out and put him into another state, and I wouldn’t dislike him.
I is f I bear this in mind, knowing my power to pull him out of the state I could save him, at least temporarily, until he is actually redeemed by this “Divine Mercy that steps beyond and Redeems Man in the Body of Jesus.” And that is a true vision. We are “Redeemed in the Body of Jesus.” The day will come when you actually will be pulled into his presence, for it is he, divine mercy, that steps beyond, in spite of what we have done, and pulls us right into his presence.Then we are asked a very simple question..
If I bear this in mind, knowing my power to pull him out of the state I could save him, at least temporarily, until he is actually redeemed by this “Divine Mercy that steps beyond and Redeems Man in the Body of Jesus.” And that is a true vision. We are “Redeemed in the Body of Jesus.” The day will come when you actually will be pulled into his presence, for it is he, divine mercy, that steps beyond, in spite of what we have done, and pulls us right into his presence.Then we are asked a very simple question.
The world is will answer correctly or he would not have told us..
The world will answer correctly or he would not have told us.
It is is automatically done — we are divinely prompted what to answer, what to say when the question is asked..
It is automatically done — we are divinely prompted what to answer, what to say when the question is asked.
We is cannot make a mistake, for we are actually prompted from the depths of our soul and we answer..
We cannot make a mistake, for we are actually prompted from the depths of our soul and we answer.
he is At that very moment embraces us and we become one with him – Jesus..
At that very moment he embraces us and we become one with him – Jesus.
We is are fused into the body of Jesus.And you say: “Is Jesus a man?” Yes, he is a man..
We are fused into the body of Jesus.And you say: “Is Jesus a man?” Yes, he is a man.
Blake is So makes the statement:“If Thou Humblest Thyself, Thou humblest Me;Thou also dwell’st in Eternity.Thou art a Man, God is no more,Thy own Humanity learn to adore.”(“Everlasting Gospel”)So when you stand in his presence you are standing in the presence of Man and it is Infinite Man..
So Blake makes the statement:“If Thou Humblest Thyself, Thou humblest Me;Thou also dwell’st in Eternity.Thou art a Man, God is no more,Thy own Humanity learn to adore.”(“Everlasting Gospel”)So when you stand in his presence you are standing in the presence of Man and it is Infinite Man.
It is is Jesus, and you are actually saved in the body of Jesus, because he embraces you and you are locked in his body, one with his body..
It is Jesus, and you are actually saved in the body of Jesus, because he embraces you and you are locked in his body, one with his body.
You is are the body..
You are the body.
You is aren’t locked in the sense that you disappear — you are that being..
You aren’t locked in the sense that you disappear — you are that being.
You is become one with Jesus, yet you do not lose your identity..
You become one with Jesus, yet you do not lose your identity.
loss of identity is No and yet one with God, for God is Jesus..
No loss of identity and yet one with God, for God is Jesus.
Blake’s is Now this is teaching and I have proven much of it to my own satisfaction by my own mystical experiences.Now he comes to discuss the story of the “Virginity of the Virgin.” For are we not told in Isaiah 7:14: “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign..
Now this is Blake’s teaching and I have proven much of it to my own satisfaction by my own mystical experiences.Now he comes to discuss the story of the “Virginity of the Virgin.” For are we not told in Isaiah 7:14: “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign.
a virgin is Behold, shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” The word Immanuel means “God is with us.” Listen to it carefully: “She will conceive and bear a son, and call his name Immanuel.” The child will be given the name as a token..
Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” The word Immanuel means “God is with us.” Listen to it carefully: “She will conceive and bear a son, and call his name Immanuel.” The child will be given the name as a token.
The child is is not the great event; the child will be given a name and is the token of deliverance..
The child is not the great event; the child will be given a name and is the token of deliverance.
The child himself is is not the deliverer..
The child himself is not the deliverer.
The child is is simply the sign of an event taking place..
The child is simply the sign of an event taking place.
Blake is Now writes one single little verse and he speaks of it as the “Virginity of the Virgin.” You are the virgin, whether you be male or female, I am the virgin, we are all the virgin. I didn’t know what was happening to me any more than you will know what is happening to you..
Now Blake writes one single little verse and he speaks of it as the “Virginity of the Virgin.” You are the virgin, whether you be male or female, I am the virgin, we are all the virgin. I didn’t know what was happening to me any more than you will know what is happening to you.
He is puts it in four little lines:“Whate’er is done to her she cannot know,And if you’ll ask her she will swear it so.Whether ‘tis good or evil none’s to blame:No one can take the pride, no one the shame.”(“Poems from the Note-book”)[On the virginity of the Virgin Mary and Johanna Southcott]So we said in the story: “How can this thing be, seeing that I know not a man?” And through the centuries thousands of columns have been written condemning the act, for it was out of wedlock and they take it on this level..
He puts it in four little lines:“Whate’er is done to her she cannot know,And if you’ll ask her she will swear it so.Whether ‘tis good or evil none’s to blame:No one can take the pride, no one the shame.”(“Poems from the Note-book”)[On the virginity of the Virgin Mary and Johanna Southcott]So we said in the story: “How can this thing be, seeing that I know not a man?” And through the centuries thousands of columns have been written condemning the act, for it was out of wedlock and they take it on this level.
It is is not on this level..
It is not on this level.
You is are the bride of God, as told us in Isaiah 54:5: “For your Maker is your husband, the Lord of hosts is his name.” So the one who made me is going to sire me, without my knowledge, without my consent..
You are the bride of God, as told us in Isaiah 54:5: “For your Maker is your husband, the Lord of hosts is his name.” So the one who made me is going to sire me, without my knowledge, without my consent.
So“Whate’er is is done to me I cannot know,And if you’ll ask me I will swear it soWhether it is good or evil, none’s to blame:No one can take the pride, no one the shame.”No one can take the pride when I confess openly I gave birth to a child out of wedlock..
So“Whate’er is done to me I cannot know,And if you’ll ask me I will swear it soWhether it is good or evil, none’s to blame:No one can take the pride, no one the shame.”No one can take the pride when I confess openly I gave birth to a child out of wedlock.
child is For no one sired that and no one can claim he sired it..
For no one sired that child and no one can claim he sired it.
it is Now whether was a shameful thing to perform — well, the world must judge..
Now whether it was a shameful thing to perform — well, the world must judge.
it is Whether be good or evil, well, who knows?.
Whether it be good or evil, well, who knows?
one thing is But I know: no one can claim they did it, therefore “No one can take the pride, no one the shame” — if it’s shame. So the prophecy was made and he writes in four little lines the story of the “Virginity of the Virgin.”He is telling every being in the world that they are that virgin..
But one thing I know: no one can claim they did it, therefore “No one can take the pride, no one the shame” — if it’s shame. So the prophecy was made and he writes in four little lines the story of the “Virginity of the Virgin.”He is telling every being in the world that they are that virgin.
you is And will be sired by the Holy Spirit, and you will produce in visible form an infant, just as told us in the Gospel..
And you will be sired by the Holy Spirit, and you will produce in visible form an infant, just as told us in the Gospel.
it is Having produced you stand amazed because how could you produce it in such an unnatural way?.
Having produced it you stand amazed because how could you produce it in such an unnatural way?
It is doesn’t happen in a natural way..
It doesn’t happen in a natural way.
you is Therefore, were the virgin who conceived unknowingly, for she said: “How can I conceive, how can I have a child seeing I know not a man?” Then you are told the Holy Spirit will come upon you and the child will be the child of God..
Therefore, you were the virgin who conceived unknowingly, for she said: “How can I conceive, how can I have a child seeing I know not a man?” Then you are told the Holy Spirit will come upon you and the child will be the child of God.
it is But will only symbolize an event that is taking place, and you will be the son of God..
But it will only symbolize an event that is taking place, and you will be the son of God.
you is In that act were the child, who symbolized your acceptance..
In that act you were the child, who symbolized your acceptance.
the son of God is But is also God the son, and the son of God is made to say: “I and my Father are one.”Blake saw the whole vision so perfectly, so clearly, and told us in his fabulous works..
But the son of God is also God the son, and the son of God is made to say: “I and my Father are one.”Blake saw the whole vision so perfectly, so clearly, and told us in his fabulous works.
he is Said of the Bible: “I know of no other Christianity and no other Gospel than the liberty both of mind and body to exercise the Divine Arts of Imagination. Imagination the real and eternal world into which we shall all go after the death of this vegetable mortal body.” He would accept no other form of Christianity..
Said he of the Bible: “I know of no other Christianity and no other Gospel than the liberty both of mind and body to exercise the Divine Arts of Imagination. Imagination the real and eternal world into which we shall all go after the death of this vegetable mortal body.” He would accept no other form of Christianity.
he is And said: “All ritual, all creeds,” everything in the form of a ritual “was anti-Christ.” No religion means by definition a time, devotion to the most exalted reality that one has experienced..
And he said: “All ritual, all creeds,” everything in the form of a ritual “was anti-Christ.” No religion means by definition a time, devotion to the most exalted reality that one has experienced.
religion is But as practiced is simply artifice, creed, ceremony, confession, and all outward show, and Blake would have none of it..
But religion as practiced is simply artifice, creed, ceremony, confession, and all outward show, and Blake would have none of it.
The whole thing is to him was anti-Christian, because to him the whole thing was from within, something the individual experienced that no one by argument could shake.Years later, another brilliant mind, William James, made this observation and wrote it in a letter (not in a book) to his son..
The whole thing to him was anti-Christian, because to him the whole thing was from within, something the individual experienced that no one by argument could shake.Years later, another brilliant mind, William James, made this observation and wrote it in a letter (not in a book) to his son.
The son is allowed it to be published in 1920 in The Atlantic Monthly..
The son allowed it to be published in 1920 in The Atlantic Monthly.
this letter, is In James said: “The mother seed, the fountain-head of religion, begins in the mystical experience of the individual..
In this letter, James said: “The mother seed, the fountain-head of religion, begins in the mystical experience of the individual.
All theology, is all ecclestiastism, are secondary growth, superimposed..
All theology, all ecclestiastism, are secondary growth, superimposed.
These experiences is belong to a region that is deeper, wiser and more practical than that which the intellect inhabits..
These experiences belong to a region that is deeper, wiser and more practical than that which the intellect inhabits.
they is For this are indestructible by intellectual arguments and criticism.” Blake would have endorsed that one hundred per cent.You couldn’t disturb him..
For this they are indestructible by intellectual arguments and criticism.” Blake would have endorsed that one hundred per cent.You couldn’t disturb him.
They is called him a mad person..
They called him a mad person.
day is Even to this very they speak of him as one who was unbalanced..
Even to this very day they speak of him as one who was unbalanced.
He is confessed in one of his letters that William Cowper [came to him..
He confessed in one of his letters that William Cowper [came to him.
Cowper is was] one of the great poets and himself considered one of the six greatest of all writers of letters in the English tongue..
Cowper was] one of the great poets and himself considered one of the six greatest of all writers of letters in the English tongue.
He is was a contemporary..
He was a contemporary.
He is died in 1800, Blake in 1827..
He died in 1800, Blake in 1827.
He is was much older than Blake, and Blake in his letter did not say whether Cowper came to him while he walked this earth or after he made his exit from this earth, because Blake could not conceive of death in any sense of the word — nothing died, all things survived..
He was much older than Blake, and Blake in his letter did not say whether Cowper came to him while he walked this earth or after he made his exit from this earth, because Blake could not conceive of death in any sense of the word — nothing died, all things survived.
He is said: “Cowper came to me and said to me: ‘Would that I were mad always, I cannot rest. Would you not make me truly mad?’ Then he said: ‘Look at you, you are healthy, and yet you are more mad than all of us..
He said: “Cowper came to me and said to me: ‘Would that I were mad always, I cannot rest. Would you not make me truly mad?’ Then he said: ‘Look at you, you are healthy, and yet you are more mad than all of us.
I is Would that were as mad..
Would that I were as mad.
I is cannot rest until I am as mad as you are.’” He claimed that was what Cowper said to him..
I cannot rest until I am as mad as you are.’” He claimed that was what Cowper said to him.
he is That would now be a “refugee from unbelief.”We think we are sane when we believe in the evidences of the senses, when we believe in some mathematical state that proves itself in performance..
That he would now be a “refugee from unbelief.”We think we are sane when we believe in the evidences of the senses, when we believe in some mathematical state that proves itself in performance.
He is spoke of Blake as one who was a “real refugee from unbelief.” I tell you a fantastic story and you don’t believe it..
He spoke of Blake as one who was a “real refugee from unbelief.” I tell you a fantastic story and you don’t believe it.
you is Would that would believe!.
Would that you would believe!
it, is Believe though reason would deny it and your senses deny it..
Believe it, though reason would deny it and your senses deny it.
it is Just to believe and become a refugee from unbelief, because true religion cannot be analyzed..
Just to believe it and become a refugee from unbelief, because true religion cannot be analyzed.
You is can’t rationalize it; it is based upon these mystical experiences in the depths of the soul.Blake said of the Bible: “The entire Hebrew Bible” . . ..
You can’t rationalize it; it is based upon these mystical experiences in the depths of the soul.Blake said of the Bible: “The entire Hebrew Bible” . . .
he is did not mention a few of the works..
he did not mention a few of the works.
He is didn’t mention Ruth, Nehemiah, and things of that sort, but he said: “The Five books of the Decalogue; the books of Joshua and Judges, Samuel , a double book, and Kings , a double book, the Psalms and Prophets, The Four-fold Gospel, and the Revelations everlasting.” (“Jerusalem,” Plate 48) He did not name the prophets, which he called the latter prophets (also the major): Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel..
He didn’t mention Ruth, Nehemiah, and things of that sort, but he said: “The Five books of the Decalogue; the books of Joshua and Judges, Samuel , a double book, and Kings , a double book, the Psalms and Prophets, The Four-fold Gospel, and the Revelations everlasting.” (“Jerusalem,” Plate 48) He did not name the prophets, which he called the latter prophets (also the major): Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel.
He is said these are true vision..
He said these are true vision.
He is did not mention the Epistles, but he said the four Gospels, Revelation, and the Hebrew Bible are eternal visions of what really exists..
He did not mention the Epistles, but he said the four Gospels, Revelation, and the Hebrew Bible are eternal visions of what really exists.
He is saw it so clearly, that all these characters are personifications of eternal states and communed with these states, for when you commune with them they seem as real as you are..
He saw it so clearly, that all these characters are personifications of eternal states and communed with these states, for when you commune with them they seem as real as you are.
they is But are personifications of God’s infinite mind; every aspect of his mind is personified..
But they are personifications of God’s infinite mind; every aspect of his mind is personified.
You is are not an aspect of the mind, something entirely different..
You are not an aspect of the mind, something entirely different.
You is are one with God..
You are one with God.
“Man is is All Imagination..
“Man is All Imagination.
God is is man and exists in us and we in him.” (“Annotations to Berkeley's Siris”)“The Eternal Body of Man is The Imagination, that is God himself; The Divine Body Jesus; we are his Members” — part of the body of Jesus, and because there is only one name, we are he..
God is man and exists in us and we in him.” (“Annotations to Berkeley's Siris”)“The Eternal Body of Man is The Imagination, that is God himself; The Divine Body Jesus; we are his Members” — part of the body of Jesus, and because there is only one name, we are he.
we is So pass through a process, a simple process which you can’t evoke, you can’t hasten it..
So we pass through a process, a simple process which you can’t evoke, you can’t hasten it.
you is But when least expect it, divine mercy steps beyond and redeems man right into the body of Jesus..
But when you least expect it, divine mercy steps beyond and redeems man right into the body of Jesus.
he is Tn he passes through these stages, where he is born from above, where suddenly he beholds the divine Son [David] as his son; then the great woven structure of the body, the temple, is torn from top to bottom and he ascends to be one around this infinite throne of Jesus, who is God.I actually believe it..
Then he passes through these stages, where he is born from above, where suddenly he beholds the divine Son [David] as his son; then the great woven structure of the body, the temple, is torn from top to bottom and he ascends to be one around this infinite throne of Jesus, who is God.I actually believe it.
I is can’t prove it to you and I can’t take you with me into that moment of time where I experienced it..
I can’t prove it to you and I can’t take you with me into that moment of time where I experienced it.
I is can only tell you I have experienced it and ask you to believe it and share with me in belief, that you yourself may become a refugee from unbelief..
I can only tell you I have experienced it and ask you to believe it and share with me in belief, that you yourself may become a refugee from unbelief.
the man is For who cannot leave what he can touch with his hands and rationalize, cannot believe..
For the man who cannot leave what he can touch with his hands and rationalize, cannot believe.
something is And this is you are called upon, although you have not seen it..
And this is something you are called upon, although you have not seen it.
the man is “Blessed is who has not seen and still believes.” That is how the Gospel of John 20:29 ends..
“Blessed is the man who has not seen and still believes.” That is how the Gospel of John 20:29 ends.
it, is Those who heard about who would eventually experience it, like Job (42:5) — he said: “I have heard of thee with the hearing of the ear but now my eye sees thee.” He heard about it and then came the experience, and he saw exactly what Blake is talking about, because Blake saw it.I ask you to believe with me and take his works. I wouldn’t attempt to interpret for you..
Those who heard about it, who would eventually experience it, like Job (42:5) — he said: “I have heard of thee with the hearing of the ear but now my eye sees thee.” He heard about it and then came the experience, and he saw exactly what Blake is talking about, because Blake saw it.I ask you to believe with me and take his works. I wouldn’t attempt to interpret for you.
I is have so many commentaries of Blake and they cost much more than all of Blake’s works put together, any one of them..
I have so many commentaries of Blake and they cost much more than all of Blake’s works put together, any one of them.
You is can buy Blake for $5.00, all this including his letters..
You can buy Blake for $5.00, all this including his letters.
I is have invested in Blake’s works at home close to a thousand dollars in commentaries, and no two agree as to what Blake means by his fantastic experiences..
I have invested in Blake’s works at home close to a thousand dollars in commentaries, and no two agree as to what Blake means by his fantastic experiences.
I is But bought all these commentaries of Blake before I had the experience..
But I bought all these commentaries of Blake before I had the experience.
I is could have saved a thousand dollars..
I could have saved a thousand dollars.
I is don’t regret it..
I don’t regret it.
I is have them at home and there they stand in my library..
I have them at home and there they stand in my library.
Three volumes is I paid $100.00 for, published by a dealer just back from England..
Three volumes I paid $100.00 for, published by a dealer just back from England.
volumes. is These are rare.
These are rare volumes.
Others is he made me pay $55.00 and $65.00 for single volumes..
Others he made me pay $55.00 and $65.00 for single volumes.
I is And have the whole of Blake in a nonesuch volume.So you read him and all of a sudden you see exactly what he is trying to tell you, because you had a similar experience..
And I have the whole of Blake in a nonesuch volume.So you read him and all of a sudden you see exactly what he is trying to tell you, because you had a similar experience.
the flower is Then comes the unfolding of within you, the tree, and you have the experience, the same thing because all will have the identical experience, colored a little bit differently because we are all unique in God’s eye..
Then comes the unfolding of the flower within you, the tree, and you have the experience, the same thing because all will have the identical experience, colored a little bit differently because we are all unique in God’s eye.
we is So have the same experience as we unfold on this great tree of life..
So we have the same experience as we unfold on this great tree of life.
it. is Just think of.
Just think of it.
I is f I can tell you what I would feel from Blake..
If I can tell you what I would feel from Blake.
Someone is said: “He was the last civilized man.” Well, I hope not, but that is what was said of him. Blake had no venom in him, no impulse to hurt. He didn’t have to restrain the impulse; being all virtuous he acted from impulse and not from rules..
Someone said: “He was the last civilized man.” Well, I hope not, but that is what was said of him. Blake had no venom in him, no impulse to hurt. He didn’t have to restrain the impulse; being all virtuous he acted from impulse and not from rules.
He is was simply a virtuous man in the sense that he loved people.If I would take a summary of Blake and tell you what I get out of it, I would say tell your children while they are little tots and teach them: never unnecessarily hurt a creature or desecrate a flower..
He was simply a virtuous man in the sense that he loved people.If I would take a summary of Blake and tell you what I get out of it, I would say tell your children while they are little tots and teach them: never unnecessarily hurt a creature or desecrate a flower.
the beginning of reverence, is That is and reverence is the beginning of wisdom..
That is the beginning of reverence, and reverence is the beginning of wisdom.
you is If couldn’t hurt a flower, you couldn’t desecrate it..
If you couldn’t hurt a flower, you couldn’t desecrate it.
You is see little children — not knowing what they are doing but in the presence of adults who should know better — and they will take a lovely rose and tear it and desecrate it..
You see little children — not knowing what they are doing but in the presence of adults who should know better — and they will take a lovely rose and tear it and desecrate it.
the parent is If at that moment (or the adult, whether he is the parent or not) would stop the child and explain not at any time to unnecessarily hurt a creature, take the wings from a butterfly..
If the parent at that moment (or the adult, whether he is the parent or not) would stop the child and explain not at any time to unnecessarily hurt a creature, take the wings from a butterfly.
I is did it myself..
I did it myself.
the wings is To take from a fly, to take the wings from something else..
To take the wings from a fly, to take the wings from something else.
reason is No for it, but I did it as a child..
No reason for it, but I did it as a child.
I is But did it when possibly there was no one around like my father or mother to stop me in the act..
But I did it when possibly there was no one around like my father or mother to stop me in the act.
I is But know today from experience: you can take a child in its youth, in its infancy, teach it never unnecessarily to hurt a creature or desecrate a flower..
But I know today from experience: you can take a child in its youth, in its infancy, teach it never unnecessarily to hurt a creature or desecrate a flower.
it is That would be to the beginning of reverence, and reverence is the beginning of wisdom.Take George Washington Carver, who would take a flower in his hands and talk to it..
That would be to it the beginning of reverence, and reverence is the beginning of wisdom.Take George Washington Carver, who would take a flower in his hands and talk to it.
The man is couldn’t hurt it, he was incapable of hurt..
The man couldn’t hurt it, he was incapable of hurt.
He is would talk to a sick flower and ask the flower what was wrong with it and try to tell him, that he in turn may bring in the solution to that rose bush — which he did..
He would talk to a sick flower and ask the flower what was wrong with it and try to tell him, that he in turn may bring in the solution to that rose bush — which he did.
he is And gave us, because he couldn’t hurt, this synthetic world of ours..
And he gave us, because he couldn’t hurt, this synthetic world of ours.
He is took the ordinary little peanut..
He took the ordinary little peanut.
He is talked to the peanut and wondered “What are you for why did God make you? He made you for a purpose.” And then the peanut communed with George Washington Carver..
He talked to the peanut and wondered “What are you for why did God make you? He made you for a purpose.” And then the peanut communed with George Washington Carver.
we is And today have 300 by-products from the peanut and hundreds of by-products from the southern pines, and from other things..
And today we have 300 by-products from the peanut and hundreds of by-products from the southern pines, and from other things.
I is heard that gentleman the year he died..
I heard that gentleman the year he died.
he is Just before died he spoke in New York City at the forum held every year by the Herald Tribune, always held at the old Waldorf Astoria..
Just before he died he spoke in New York City at the forum held every year by the Herald Tribune, always held at the old Waldorf Astoria.
He is said (and I heard him, I saw him) that: “This concern about tomorrow’s not being able to feed the world..
He said (and I heard him, I saw him) that: “This concern about tomorrow’s not being able to feed the world.
the southern states of this country, is From forget the northern states, the southern states, we could feed the entire world, and clothe the entire world from the by-products..
From the southern states of this country, forget the northern states, the southern states, we could feed the entire world, and clothe the entire world from the by-products.
we is What could extract from the southern pine and the peanut and all things, the synthetic world.” (He called it “the synthetic world.”)Today you can go into a store and they brag about the synthetic garments..
What we could extract from the southern pine and the peanut and all things, the synthetic world.” (He called it “the synthetic world.”)Today you can go into a store and they brag about the synthetic garments.
They is call it Dacron or some other name and tell you how much better it is than the so-called natural thing that you would normally wear..
They call it Dacron or some other name and tell you how much better it is than the so-called natural thing that you would normally wear.
garments is All these are synthetic and they claim they are better in feeling, lasting wear, and everything else..
All these are synthetic garments and they claim they are better in feeling, lasting wear, and everything else.
a man is All that goes back to who couldn’t hurt..
All that goes back to a man who couldn’t hurt.
he is And was born a slave (I think he was sold for a horse or something)..
And he was born a slave (I think he was sold for a horse or something).
we is So have to redeem him..
So we have to redeem him.
Here is was a man born into slavery who couldn’t hurt, and he is one of the mental, spiritual giants of the world..
Here was a man born into slavery who couldn’t hurt, and he is one of the mental, spiritual giants of the world.
you is If met him beyond the grave you would see a glorious being like a Blake, because he couldn’t hurt.So I would say to everyone here who is in contact with tomorrow’s children: start it..
If you met him beyond the grave you would see a glorious being like a Blake, because he couldn’t hurt.So I would say to everyone here who is in contact with tomorrow’s children: start it.
you is If start and tell the children never hurt unnecessarily..
If you start and tell the children never hurt unnecessarily.
I is By that mean if a horse breaks its foot then you have to destroy it..
By that I mean if a horse breaks its foot then you have to destroy it.
You is can’t mend it and the merciful thing to do would be to blow its brains out..
You can’t mend it and the merciful thing to do would be to blow its brains out.
a merciful act, is That would be but then you would do it not unnecessarily..
That would be a merciful act, but then you would do it not unnecessarily.
Blake is said: “A Horse misus’d upon the RoadCalls to Heaven for Human blood.A dog starv’d at his Master’s GatePredicts the ruin of the StateA Robin Red breast in a CagePuts all Heaven in a Rage.”To take this wonderful thing and cage it for your own amusement when it should cut the airy way..
Blake said: “A Horse misus’d upon the RoadCalls to Heaven for Human blood.A dog starv’d at his Master’s GatePredicts the ruin of the StateA Robin Red breast in a CagePuts all Heaven in a Rage.”To take this wonderful thing and cage it for your own amusement when it should cut the airy way.
he is And tn he says:“A Skylark wounded in the wing,A Cherubim does cease to sing.”You wouldn’t think a cherub, one with the seraphim around the throne of God, would — at that very moment when we wound the skylark in its wing — would be silent. But in the inter-related world, all things by a law divine in one another’s being mingle..
And then he says:“A Skylark wounded in the wing,A Cherubim does cease to sing.”You wouldn’t think a cherub, one with the seraphim around the throne of God, would — at that very moment when we wound the skylark in its wing — would be silent. But in the inter-related world, all things by a law divine in one another’s being mingle.
you is So could not wound a skylark in the wing and expect a cherubim to continue to sing..
So you could not wound a skylark in the wing and expect a cherubim to continue to sing.
a sudden things is All of come to an end by our misuse of this fantastic power that is ours..
All of a sudden things come to an end by our misuse of this fantastic power that is ours.
all imagination, is For being as we misuse the power that is imagination we cause cherubim to become silent..
For being all imagination, as we misuse the power that is imagination we cause cherubim to become silent.
We is cause the whole of heaven to cry out when we cage something that should be set loose and free in this world.But you start, and I am quite sure it wouldn’t take more than one generation, if the world would believe it, if you start it in the home with children..
We cause the whole of heaven to cry out when we cage something that should be set loose and free in this world.But you start, and I am quite sure it wouldn’t take more than one generation, if the world would believe it, if you start it in the home with children.
them is Take into the garden and let them see and then watch their reactions..
Take them into the garden and let them see and then watch their reactions.
it is Some may be more violent and tear off, but stop them right there..
Some may be more violent and tear it off, but stop them right there.
them, is Don’t hit just stop them and explain to them that it is a creation of God — the one who made the stars made this for your enjoyment, not for your destruction — and explain they should not desecrate the flower..
Don’t hit them, just stop them and explain to them that it is a creation of God — the one who made the stars made this for your enjoyment, not for your destruction — and explain they should not desecrate the flower.
you is Then if see them taking off the wings of the butterfly, because they are human that way, explain they should never unnecessarily hurt a creature..
Then if you see them taking off the wings of the butterfly, because they are human that way, explain they should never unnecessarily hurt a creature.
They is would believe it, they trust you, and then suddenly that’s part of their structure..
They would believe it, they trust you, and then suddenly that’s part of their structure.
They is couldn’t violate that conditioned mind..
They couldn’t violate that conditioned mind.
it is Why, wouldn’t take any time to really become a world like a Blake, and what a world that would be!So I say to you: Blake, read him..
Why, it wouldn’t take any time to really become a world like a Blake, and what a world that would be!So I say to you: Blake, read him.
I is could talk about him from now to the end of time and never exhaust him..
I could talk about him from now to the end of time and never exhaust him.
He is lived to be seventy years old..
He lived to be seventy years old.
He is never went to school..
He never went to school.
His visions is began at four, and he thanked his father for not sending him to school to be flogged into memorizing the works of a fool..
His visions began at four, and he thanked his father for not sending him to school to be flogged into memorizing the works of a fool.
today’s paper, is Even in the New York Times, a science editor wrote the story of a man’s new concept of the universe – radical departure from what was held last year..
Even in today’s paper, the New York Times, a science editor wrote the story of a man’s new concept of the universe – radical departure from what was held last year.
you is Well, this is not final know..
Well, this is not final you know.
a radical departure is This will be from what it will be called next year, and that is man’s concept..
This will be a radical departure from what it will be called next year, and that is man’s concept.
the thing is Whether is really expanding to the limit of complete explosion, or whether it is like a breath — where it will go to a certain point and then once more begin to contract, taking unnumbered trillions of years — they don’t know and they hope to find it out through telescopes..
Whether the thing is really expanding to the limit of complete explosion, or whether it is like a breath — where it will go to a certain point and then once more begin to contract, taking unnumbered trillions of years — they don’t know and they hope to find it out through telescopes.
they is So are experimenting through the telescope to the mathematical concept..
So they are experimenting through the telescope to the mathematical concept.
Blake is But made this observation: “God is not a Mathematical Diagram.”(“Annotations to Berkeley's Siris”)Not in eternity will you find God as a mathematical diagram..
But Blake made this observation: “God is not a Mathematical Diagram.”(“Annotations to Berkeley's Siris”)Not in eternity will you find God as a mathematical diagram.
you is When find him you’ll find him as man..
When you find him you’ll find him as man.
he is So said:“God Appears and God is LightTo those poor Souls who dwell in Night,But does a Human Form DisplayTo those who Dwell in Realms of day.”(“Auguries of Innocence”)When you meet him, it’s man..
So he said:“God Appears and God is LightTo those poor Souls who dwell in Night,But does a Human Form DisplayTo those who Dwell in Realms of day.”(“Auguries of Innocence”)When you meet him, it’s man.
I is But how can describe him when he himself describes the body and the form as love..
But how can I describe him when he himself describes the body and the form as love.
you is (How do describe love?.
(How do you describe love?
I is Yet stood in the presence of love and he was human.) But he said:“For Mercy has a human heart,Pity a human faceAnd Love, the human form divine.(“The Divine Image”)So how are you going to describe love?.
Yet I stood in the presence of love and he was human.) But he said:“For Mercy has a human heart,Pity a human faceAnd Love, the human form divine.(“The Divine Image”)So how are you going to describe love?
I is When stood in the presence of love it was human and it was Jesus and it is form, but it is infinite love..
When I stood in the presence of love it was human and it was Jesus and it is form, but it is infinite love.
you is Then understand the words concerning forgiveness:“In Heaven the only Art of LivingIs Forgetting and Forgiving.”(“Notes,” Plate 81)And you stand in his presence and you hear these words ring out: “Forgive them; for they know not what they do.” (Luke 23:34) “Mutual forgiveness of each vice; such are the Gates of Paradise.” No one can get through holding any resentment, because you are holding it against a being when it should be a state, and the states are fixed forever through which we pass.I would encourage everyone to read Blake..
Then you understand the words concerning forgiveness:“In Heaven the only Art of LivingIs Forgetting and Forgiving.”(“Notes,” Plate 81)And you stand in his presence and you hear these words ring out: “Forgive them; for they know not what they do.” (Luke 23:34) “Mutual forgiveness of each vice; such are the Gates of Paradise.” No one can get through holding any resentment, because you are holding it against a being when it should be a state, and the states are fixed forever through which we pass.I would encourage everyone to read Blake.
He is grows every year bigger and bigger in the minds of men, yet he died and is buried in an unknown grave..
He grows every year bigger and bigger in the minds of men, yet he died and is buried in an unknown grave.
I is doubt if anyone truly knows where he is buried..
I doubt if anyone truly knows where he is buried.
he is Possibly, because was poor in those days in England, they buried the paupers four and six to a grave..
Possibly, because he was poor in those days in England, they buried the paupers four and six to a grave.
he is So who knows wre he is buried?.
So who knows where he is buried?
we is At least have his works, those that survived..
At least we have his works, those that survived.
years is And so, after 200 here is this giant, and in his day we had men that can only be remembered because there was certain violence, like George III, who reigned where he lived, when this was a colony..
And so, after 200 years here is this giant, and in his day we had men that can only be remembered because there was certain violence, like George III, who reigned where he lived, when this was a colony.
here is And this mad George, truly mad, and nothing was more sane than Blake..
And here this mad George, truly mad, and nothing was more sane than Blake.
George is And who was then King of England – we founded his colony – could give away sections of it, vast areas to those that he favored – mad as a hatter!.
And George who was then King of England – we founded his colony – could give away sections of it, vast areas to those that he favored – mad as a hatter!
they is And called Blake the madman!.
And they called Blake the madman!
Cowper, is And who did go mad (three times he was put away) – he appeared to Blake and asked Blake to make him truly mad..
And Cowper, who did go mad (three times he was put away) – he appeared to Blake and asked Blake to make him truly mad.
the world is Not mad as judges it, because there are unbalanced mental states, no question about it..
Not mad as the world judges it, because there are unbalanced mental states, no question about it.
me is “Make as mad, Blake, till I become like you, a refugee from unbelief.&r.
“Make me as mad, Blake, till I become like you, a refugee from unbelief.&r