on the dung heap.
Don't desert me or cast me out; you'll find me in the Kingdom.
Don't gaze at me when I'm ejected in disgrace, nor mock me.
Don't hurl me amongst those who are slain violently. I am merciful and
cruel.
Be vigilant! Don't despise my servitude. Don't admire my self-control;
don't forsake me in my ineptitude.
Never fear my power; don't hate my timidity or pour scorn on my
arrogance.
I am She who dwells in all terror , the strength and the trembling.
I am She who is pathetic and pleased in a pleasant place. I am stupid
and I am wise.
Why do you despise me in your councils? I'll be quiet among the quiet.
I shall manifest and speak, yet why do Greeks hate me? I am a
Philistine among Philistines, yet have the wisdom of Athens and
craftiness of the barbarians.
My image is great in ancient Egypt, but is nothing amongst Philistines.
I've been hated everywhere, but also adored. I am that which people
5call life and you call death.
I am called the law and lawlessness. I am the hunted and captured.
I am the dispersed and the collected. I don't keep festivals, but have
many feasts.
I am both godless and She who knows God is Great! I am the One
you've contemplated and mocked.
I am ignorant, yet I teach. I am despised, yet admired.
I am the One who conceals and then reveals her Self.
But when you conceal your Self, I shall appear.
When you appear I'll hide. Hold me to your Self from comprehension
and regret.
Take me to your Self in ugly and ruined places. Rob those who are
good, even in their ugliness.
Ashamed, take me to your Self shamelessly; scold my organs in
yourself.
Advance, all that know me and my organs; establish high creatures
amongst the lowly.
March onto childhood; don't hate that state because it appears tiny.
Don't reject greatness in smallness.
6My nature is peace, but war comes from me.
I am an exile and a subject; I am substance and unsubstantial.
Those who do not cling to me are ignoramuses, but those who dwell in
my substance know me.
Those who are close don't know me. When you are near, I'm distant.
On the day you're distant I am close. I am within, in your heart; I am
your true nature, the creativity of your Self.
Statements from Yehoshua Ben Pandirah
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