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<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:center;line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size="4">Occult Experiences</font><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>IT seems my predecessors were
telling you stories <span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>―</span> stories
of their own lives; their experiences, so I thought I should follow in their
footsteps. But I am not going to tell you about my own experiences, I am going
to tell a story, rather a history, that happened in the life of another person.
It will be interesting and also instructive. So I will begin the story, I am
the narrator:</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:11.75pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>I
was a traveller, going about from place to place, seeing all things of interest
<span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>―</span> especially those of
pilgrimage <span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>―</span> and I happened to
be in Madras. I was waiting there to take a bus to the railway-station which
was a few miles off. I saw that there were also many other travellers waiting
to board a bus. A busman was inviting people, so I approached his bus. Suddenly
a lady came out of the crowd and said, &quot;Please don't go there!&quot; She
was an elderly Tamil lady. I was surprised and asked, &quot;Why, why?&quot; She
said, &quot;Well, wait; you'll see,&quot; and I stopped. Then there were three
buses that started <span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>―</span> I was in
one, the lady was in another and the third was the one I had wanted to board.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:11.5pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>The
lady's bus came last and the other two were running very fast <span
style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>―</span> competing as to which should go
first. Well, what happened is quite natural; the bus in which I was to go dashed
against a wayside tree and was damaged, and the passengers were mostly killed
or seriously injured. We reached our destination and naturally I was very
eager to see the lady who had stopped me from boarding the bus. I asked her,
&quot;How did you know it? How did you guess?&quot; &quot;I'll tell you later
on.&quot; So we started again, and went to a holy place on a hillside. It was a
sort of jungle and woodland, full of bushes. The lady and I were walking
quietly together. Then I stepped aside. I wanted to see what was to my left.
Suddenly the lady said, &quot;Please, 
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;'>
<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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– 40<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>please don't go to that
side!&quot; Naturally I was surprised and asked her the reason. Then I saw that
behind the bushes was a 200 ft. deep precipice. If 1 had taken one step more I
would have gone down! Then I pleaded with the lady: &quot;Please tell me what
it is; how did you see it?&quot; She said, &quot;All right, I'll tell you the
story, let us sit down.&quot; Then she narrated the story. She said, &quot;When
I was young I lived with my grand father, and we loved each other exceedingly,
we were very much attached to each other. He used to tell me stories and
pleased me in all ways, so I was with him almost all the time. Then one day he
fell rather seriously ill. Doctors were called and they couldn't do anything.
Then my grandfather called me and said, 'My child, go and pray to Shiva'-Shiva
was the household deity. So I went and knelt down before the image of Shiva and
prayed, '0 Shiva, my grandfather is ill, please cure him.' One or two days I
did that. But he continued to be ill, he became rather worse! Then one day the
doctors gave up all hope. I was weeping standing a little away from him.
Suddenly I saw a girl by the side of my grandfather, and I was astonished, she
looked exactly like myself. Then I asked someone near me if he could see
anyone by my grandfather <span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>―</span> 'No,
I don't see anybody'. Then I went to the bedside, and the image and I stood
together. Gradually my grandfather was cured. From that time on, wherever there
is any danger, any difficulty, this image of myself comes, and helps me. So
when you wanted to go in that bus I saw the same figure coming to me and
telling me, 'Beware'. I don't know who she is.&quot; </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:10.05pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>So
this is the story. I have brought these books because some of the poets have
had such an experience.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:10.05pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Alfred
de Musset says that from his childhood he had a comrade who was always with him
<span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>―</span> he was like a brother to him;
he accompanied him in life's joys and sorrows, in dangers and happiness-he was
always with him. I shall read out some stanzas:</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:10.05pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:9.0pt;
mso-line-height-alt:11.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Nuit de Dlcembre</i><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua";
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>¹</span><i><o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:11.0pt;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Du
temps que </i>j'<span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>é</span><i>tais <span
style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>é</span>Icolier,<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Je
restais un soir <span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>à</span>
veiller<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></i><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>¹</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Alfred de Musset: <i>Po</i></span><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>é</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>sies Choisies, </span></i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>p. 38.</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>
<span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;'>Page – 41<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Dans
notre salle solitaire.<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Devant
ma table vine s' assenir<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Un
pauvre enfant v<span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>ê</span>tu de
noir,<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Qui me ressemblait comme un fr<span
style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>è</span>re.<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Son
visage <span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>é</span>tait triste et
beau: <o:p></o:p> </i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>A
la lueur de mon flambeau, <o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Dans
mon livre ouvert il vine lire.<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>II
pencha son front sur ma main, <o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Et
resta jusqu' au lendemain,<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Pensif,
avec un doux sourire.<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Comme
</i>j' <i>allais avoir quinze ans, <o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Je
marchais un jour, <span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>à</span> pas
lents, <o:p></o:p> </i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Dans
un bois, sur une bruy<span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>è</span>re.<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Au
pied d'un arbre vine s'asseoir <o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Un
jeune homme vetu de noir,<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Qui
me ressemblait comme un fr<span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>è</span>re.<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></i><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Je
lui demandai mon chemin;<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>II
tenait un luth d' une main, <o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>De
I' autre un bouquet d' <span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>é</span>glantine.
<o:p></o:p> </i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>II
me fit un salut d' ami,<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Et,
se d<span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>é</span>tournant <span
style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>à</span> demi,<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Me
montra du doigt la colline.<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Je
m' en suis si bien souvenu,<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Que
je I' ai toujours reconnu<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>A
tous les instants de ma vie.<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>C'
est une <span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>é</span>trange vision,<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Et
cependant, ange ou demon,<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>J' <i>ai
vu partout cette ombre amie.</i><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:
10.05pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Partout
o<span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>ù</span>, Ie long des chemins,<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>J' <i>ai
pos<span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>é</span> mon front dans mes
mains <o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Et
sanglo<span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>é</span> comme une femme;<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Partout
o<span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>ù</span>, </i>j' <i>ai, comme
un mouton<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Qui
laisse sa laine au buisson,<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;
border:medium none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:0in;
mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 11.0pt 0in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Senti se d<span style='font-family:
"Book Antiqua"'>é</span>nuer mon <span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>â</span>me;<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:27.0pt;
line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:
none;border:medium none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:0in;
mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 11.0pt 0in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>Page – 42</span></p>

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	<i>Partout
o<span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>ù</span>, </i>j' <i>ai voulu
dormir,<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Partout
o<span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>ù</span>, </i>j' <i>ai voulu
mourir,<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Partout
o<span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>ù</span>, </i>j' <i>ai touch<span
style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>é</span> la terre,<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Sur
ma route est venu s' asseoir </i><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><i><o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Un
malheureux v<span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>ê</span>tu de noir,<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Qui
me ressemblait comme un fr<span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>è</span>re.<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:10.05pt;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>&quot;Qui
donc es-tu, spectre de ma jeunesse,<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>P<span
style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>é</span>lerin que rien n' a lass<span
style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>é</span>?<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Dis-moi
pourquoi je te trouve sans cesse<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Assis
dans I' ombre o<span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>ù</span>, j' ai
pass<span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>é</span>.<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Qui
donc es-tu, visiteur solitaire,<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>H<span
style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>ô</span>te assidu de mes douleurs?&quot;<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:10.05pt;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Now this form, that the
poet saw, replies:</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:10.05pt;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>&quot;<span
style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>―</span>Ami, noire P<span
style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>èr</span>e est Ie lien.<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Je
ne suis ni I' ange gardien,<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Ni
Ie mauvais destin des hommes . . .</i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:
10.05pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Lee
ciel m' a confi<span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>é</span> ton
cmur. <o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Quand
tu seras dans la douleur, <o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Viens
<span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>à</span> moi sans inqui<span
style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>é</span>tude.<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Je
te suivrai sur Ie chemin;<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Mais
je ne puis toucher ta main,<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Ami,
je ne suis que la Solitude.&quot;<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:10.05pt;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:10.05pt;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Here is the
English translation</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:10.05pt;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in;mso-line-height-alt:
10.05pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>A&nbsp; DECEMBER&nbsp; NIGHT</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>In the
days when I was a schoolboy</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>One
evening I kept awake</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>In
my lonely room.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>In
front of my table there came and sat </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>A
poor child robed in black</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Who
looked like me even as a brother.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<div style='border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:
solid windowtext .75pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:
11.5pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;
border:medium none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:0in;
mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>His face was sad and beautiful: </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:
11.5pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;
border:medium none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:0in;
mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>In the light of my lamp<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:27.0pt;
line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:
none;border:medium none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:0in;
mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;'>Page – 43</span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></i></p>

</div>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:
11.75pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>He
came to read in my open book.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:
11.75pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>He
bent his head upon my hand </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:
11.75pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>And
waited till the morn</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:
11.75pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Musing
with a sweet smile.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>When
I was about to be fifteen years old </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>I
was walking one day leisurely</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>In a
woodland upon the heath,</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>At
the foot of a tree there came and sat </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>A
young man robed in black</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Who
looked like me even as a brother.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>I
asked him my way;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>He
held a lute in one hand,</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>And
in the other a bouquet of eglantine. </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>He
gave a friendly salute to me</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>And,
half turning,</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>With
his finger pointed to the hillock.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>I
remember him so well,</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>I
have recognised him always</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>At
every moment of my life.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>It
was a strange vision,</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>And
yet, angel or demon,</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>I
saw everywhere this friendly shadow.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Wherever
all along my way</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>I
held my forehead in my hands </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>And
sobbed like a woman; </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Wherever,
like a lamb</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>That
leaves his wool in the bush, </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>I
felt my soul being shed;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Wherever
I sought to sleep, </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Wherever
I sought to die, </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Wherever
I touched the earth </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>On
my road came and sat</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>A
miserable one robed in black, </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Who
looked like my own brother.<span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:27.0pt;
line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:
none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;'>Page
– 44<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:12.0pt;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'>

<hr size=2 width="100%" align=center>

</div>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&quot;Who
art thou, phantom of my youth,</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Pale
pilgrim whom nothing fatigues?</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Tell
me, why do I find thee constantly,</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Seated
in the shadow I have passed through?</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Who
art thou, lonely visitor, </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Tireless
guest of my pain?&quot;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&quot;Friend,
our father is also thine,</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I am neither the guardian angel </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Nor
the evil destiny of men. . . .</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Heaven
has entrusted thy heart to me. </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>When
thou art in pain</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Come
to me carefree,</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>I
shall follow thee on thy way;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>But
I cannot touch thy hand, </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Friend,
I am Solitude.&quot;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:11.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>The
poet thinks that it is the personification of solitude, but it is something
more than that. As I said, it is your other self, your subtle self. The body,
the personality that you see externally is only a reflection of the inner being
that you are. I don't mean your spiritual personality, but your subtle material
self <span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>―</span> which is physically your
true personality. And that is inspired by something greater which you all know <span
style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>―</span> your true individuality <span
style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>―</span> your psychic being. But that being
can only be perceived, seen and experienced and heard in solitude, in
loneliness <span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>―</span> what you call
calmness and quietness and detachment. This vision here, this being of Alfred
de Musset says: &quot;I can approach you but I cannot touch you; there is a
separation between the two. We can touch only when there are some conditions
fulfilled in the physical body.&quot;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:11.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Another
French poet speaks of a similar experience. He speaks of it in a jocular way,
in a funny way. He says that this inner self sees things in a quite different
way than the external being does. Sometimes it does quite the opposite. While
the physical eye says 'It is this', the other says 'No, it is that'. Different
values and perceptions <span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>―</span> what
we see externally is only Maya. There is only a rope, but you see a snake there
<span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>―</span> that is Maya.<span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>
<span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;'>Page – 45<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:12.0pt;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'>

<hr size=2 width="100%" align=center>

</div>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:9.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:-4.5pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>He is a modern French poet, Supervielle. The poem is
amusing: </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:9.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:114.7pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                                   </span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:9.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:114.7pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                                   </span>ALTER
EGO<span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>¹</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:9.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:114.7pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&nbsp;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:9.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>In
my outward experience I see a mouse running away.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0;text-align:justify;text-indent:
.5in;mso-line-height-alt:11.5pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-bottom:0'>&quot;Une souris s' <span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>é</span>chappe&quot;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;mso-line-height-alt:
11.5pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(A mouse
runs out)</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:9.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>But
the other person says: </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&quot;ce n'
en <span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>é</span>tait pas une&quot; </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(It was not
there)</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:9.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>The
outward person says:</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&quot; Une
femme s' <span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>é</span>veille&quot;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(A woman
wakes)</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:9.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>The
other says:</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;mso-line-height-alt:
11.75pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&quot;Comment
le savez-vous?&quot;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;mso-line-height-alt:
11.75pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>(How do you know?)</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:9.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>And
then my outward sense says:</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&quot;Et La
porte qui grince&quot;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(And the
squeaking door) </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%;
mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:144.75pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:
none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>On l' huila ce matin&quot;<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>       </span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(It was
oiled this morning)</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:9.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:
11.75pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>But
if it was oiled this morning, how can it make noise?</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;mso-line-height-alt:
11.75pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&quot;Pr<span
style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>è</span>s du mur de cloture&quot;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;mso-line-height-alt:
11.75pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(Near
the cloister wall)</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&quot;Le
mur n'existe plus&quot;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(There is
now no wall)</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&quot;Ah!
je ne puis rim dire&quot; </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(Oh! I
can't say a thing) </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0;text-align:justify;text-indent:
9.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none; margin-bottom:0'>Because you always say the contrary.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0;text-align:justify;text-indent:
9.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none; margin-bottom:0'>The inner being says:</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;mso-line-height-alt:
11.75pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Eh
bien, vous vous taisez! </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;mso-line-height-alt:
11.75pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(Well,
now you'll be quiet!)</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;mso-line-height-alt:
11.75pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&nbsp;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>¹</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>
Translated by James Kirkup (New Direction).<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>
<span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>Page – 46<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:16.55pt;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'>

<hr size=2 width="100%" align=center>

</div>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:9.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>The outward
person says: I can't walk</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0;text-align:justify;text-indent:
.5in;mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-bottom:0'>&quot;Je ne puis pas bouger&quot;,</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;mso-line-height-alt:
11.75pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(I
cannot move)</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;mso-line-height-alt:
11.75pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&quot;Vous
marchez sur La route&quot; </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;mso-line-height-alt:
11.75pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(You're
walking along the road)</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:9.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>The
outer questioning mind says:</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0;text-align:justify;text-indent:
.5in;mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-bottom:0'>&quot;O<span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>ù</span>
allons-nous aussi?</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;mso-line-height-alt:
11.75pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(Does
all this get us anywhere?) </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;mso-line-height-alt:
11.75pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&quot;C'est
moi qui le demande&quot;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;mso-line-height-alt:
11.75pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(I am
asking you)</p>

<div style='border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:
solid windowtext .75pt;padding:0in 0in 2.0pt 0in'>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:9.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;
border:medium none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:0in;
mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>I think:</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;border:medium none;
mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&quot;Je
suis seul sur La Terre&quot;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;border:medium none;
mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>(I am alone on Earth)</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:9.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;
border:medium none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:0in;
mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>The other r person says:</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;border:medium none;
mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&quot;Je
suis La pres de vous&quot;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;border:medium none;
mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>(</span>I
am here beside you)</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:9.0pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;
border:medium none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:0in;
mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>The outer person says</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;border:medium none;
mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&quot;Peut-on
<span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>ê</span>tre si seul?&quot;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;border:medium none;
mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(Can
one be so alone?)</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;border:medium none;
mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&quot;Je
Ie suis plus que vous&quot;</p>

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am more alone than you)</p>

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style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>&quot;Je vois votre visageâ€</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%;
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mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(I
can see your face)</p>

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mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&quot;Nul
ne m'a jamais VU&quot;</p>

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style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>(No one has ever seen mine).</p>
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150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;
border:medium none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:0in;
mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>‘I see you but nobody has seen me’ <span
style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>―</span> that is the inner personality. </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:9.35pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;
border:medium none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:0in;
mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 2.0pt 0in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>These outer personalities <span
style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>―</span> there is not one, there are many <span
style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>―</span> you consider this body of yours as
your only form, but you have many. Each level has its own individual form and a
recognisable one. Each one has special eyes, nose, ears, so this inner
personality also has recognisable features. If you know, you can even name them
<span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>―</span> it is this person, that
person. The subtle physical is more concrete. Only the physical form, the<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

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form does not change much. It changes, yes, according to your age, slowly but for
sometime you are the same. These inner forms are changeful; they are not
restricted to one rigid figure. Still they are recognisable. There is a
plasticity which is very natural; according to the situation, according to your
mood, according to your feeling, they change. But the most important, the most
original form is your psychic being <span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>―</span>
your true being <span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>―</span> that which we
must strive to realise and attain. As the Mother says: It is the Divine
personality in each one of us. Your outer personality is sometimes only a
caricature, but still it tries to reflect, though with difficulty, something of
the needs and urges of this inmost reality of yours. Someone has asked me:
&quot;How to find, how to know this inner being, the true being in me?&quot;
For, as the poet here says, he can't touch you and you can't touch him, but
what you want is to touch that person. The fact is that it is not so altogether
out of contact, not altogether <span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>―</span>
unless a man is a total villain, which is very rare. You can't obliterate that
true existence of you, it is there. It expresses itself in all the movements
that are good and noble and selfless. Whenever you see something beautiful or
do something nice, be sure that it is your psychic being that sees or does it.
The psychic being in you is the Mother <span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>―</span>
for it is an emanation of Herself that She has put in you, in order to protect
you. When you see the sunset and feel happy, it is the psychic being in you
that sees it. It is a small beginning but it is a beginning. Let your psychic
being guide your acts. The only thing necessary is to be sincere. You have to
be sincere. First day you will find it very difficult, second day you will find
it easier, third day it will become still easier and then on the fourth day it
will become your nature. It is not easy, but if you try you will be able to do
it.<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

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