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Chapter 16
Restoration

a
Be clear minded to attain emptiness
Hold firm to the stillness
The rising and falling of all things will end
b
c
I bear witness to their return

d
All comes from dust, and to dust all shall return
b
Returning is achieving perfect stillness
b
Stillness is returning to the nature of God
e
Returning to the nature of God is the Eternal

Knowing the Eternal is insight f
Not knowing the never-changing leads to misfortune
Knowing the never-changing embraces all
Embracing all is impartiality
g
Impartiality is an attribute of sovereignty
And sovereignty is of Heaven

h
He who is of Heaven is One with God
e
He who is One with God is Eternal
Count yourself dead but eternally alive in the Son of God i