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Let all nations hear the word by sound or writing. Spare no place, spare not tongue nor
pen, but be obedient to the Lord God and go through the world and be valiant for the Truth
upon earth; tread and trample all that is contrary under.

Keep in the wisdom of God that spreads over all the earth, the wisdom of the creation, that
is pure. Live in it; that is the word of the Lord God to you all, do not abuse it; and keep
down and low; and take heed of false joys that will change. Q.F.P. 19.32

We are being asked to be faithful to the truth revealed by the awakened heart, to be guided by
that truth and not to be distracted from it. He tells us that by so doing:
we ‘will come to walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in every one.’
Q.F.P.9.32

Now that’s a promise worth exploring, isn’t it?

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The quest is silence: Mark Oakley talks to Judi Dench in The Friend May 20th
A small extract.

Do you pray ? Or meditate?

Yes, both those things – because it gives me a quietness of soul.
Meditating is, I think, just stopping for a minute and taking stock of oneself
when there’s a lot of other things [going on]
That’s why meeting is so wonderful. You know, sometimes it is an hour
without anybody getting up to say anything. The silence drops, You feel it
drop. People don’t understand that, I don’t think, until they go...But it just
descends. It’s wonderful! ….

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