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William Blake
1757–1827
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Little Lamb who made thee
Dost thou know who made thee
Gave thee life & bid thee feed.
By the stream & o'er the mead;
Gave thee clothing of delight,
Softest clothing wooly bright;
Gave thee such a tender voice,
Making all the vales rejoice!
Little Lamb who made thee
Little Lamb I'll tell thee,
Little Lamb I'll tell thee!
He is called by thy name,
For he calls himself a Lamb:
He is meek & he is mild,
He became a little child:
I a child & thou a lamb,
We are called by his name.
Little Lamb God bless thee.
Little Lamb God bless thee.
Source: The Complete
Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by David E. Erdman (Anchor Books,
1988)
Blake is not speaking of a little lamb
of the field. What could it tell you if you asked it? Nothing. It is the symbol
of the Christ Child that comes out of the mind of man. This is the symbol of
the separation of the form from the lamb. How do I do it? By living completely
by faith. If you do not live by faith you delay the coming of the Child, for it
does not come by the passage of time, it comes out of the mind of man when that
mind is prepared for the coming. I must learn to actually live in the reality
of invisible states.
No matter what it is, start with a job or a house that seems beyond your reach, and then live in the feeling that you have it. In the degree that you are faithful to these images you are preparing the way for the coming of the Child. I place my image in a garden (Eden), and then out of it comes a river and it parts into four sections. It is not actually water. If I wanted to realize my dream, what must I do to make it real so I can share it with this, my shadow world called man? I must know the taste and touch and sight and sound of what it would be if it were true. If I could see what I would see if my dream were true, and remain faithful to that imagery, I would make it real in the world of shadows. The only risk is that after it becomes real, man is likely to lose himself in the thing he created in the world of effects and deny his faithfulness to the image that produced it. So then he goes sound asleep once more. So many people do that. It is nice to meet, now and then, someone who has not forgotten. Neville Goddard 9-11-1959 THE SECOND VISION
No matter what it is, start with a job or a house that seems beyond your reach, and then live in the feeling that you have it. In the degree that you are faithful to these images you are preparing the way for the coming of the Child. I place my image in a garden (Eden), and then out of it comes a river and it parts into four sections. It is not actually water. If I wanted to realize my dream, what must I do to make it real so I can share it with this, my shadow world called man? I must know the taste and touch and sight and sound of what it would be if it were true. If I could see what I would see if my dream were true, and remain faithful to that imagery, I would make it real in the world of shadows. The only risk is that after it becomes real, man is likely to lose himself in the thing he created in the world of effects and deny his faithfulness to the image that produced it. So then he goes sound asleep once more. So many people do that. It is nice to meet, now and then, someone who has not forgotten. Neville Goddard 9-11-1959 THE SECOND VISION
“All that you behold, though it appears to be without,
it is within,
in your imagination of which this world of mortality is but a shadow.”
in your imagination of which this world of mortality is but a shadow.”
January 5
You can master the business of the world if you
investigate its ways and do not cease from believing:
"All things are mine, for God is my Friend." ECH
"All things are mine, for God is my Friend." ECH
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