1 January (Hadit) Liber CCXX, 2:58-60
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(v. 124) 58. Yea! deem not of change: ye shall be as ye are, & not other. Therefore the kings of the earth shall be Kings for ever; the slaves shall serve. There is none that shall be cast down or lifted up: all is ever as it was. Yet there are masked ones my servants; it may be that yonder beggar is a King. A King may choose his garment as he will: there is no certain test: but a beggar cannot hide his poverty.
(v. 125) 59. Beware therefore! Love all, lest perchance is a King concealed! Say you so? Fool! If he be a King, thou canst not hurt him.
(v. 126) 60. Therefore strike hard & low, and to hell with them, master! -
@Jim Eshelman said
"(v. 125) 59. Beware therefore! Love all, lest perchance is a King concealed! Say you so? Fool! If he be a King, thou canst not hurt him."
Wariness ("Beware") is not the point. One does not love all because a King may perchance be concealed. One simply loves all. Period. Get the motive right; or, rather, get rid of the motive. Love is the law, the nature of will, and the fundamental fabric of reality - the body of Nuit. It does not need excuses which vainly strive to "lift up" one or "cast down" another.