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Spiritual Dialogue Between the Soul, the Body, Self-Love, the Spirit, Humanity, and the Lord God

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Spiritual Dialogue Between the Soul, the Body, Self-Love, the Spirit, Humanity, and the Lord God

FIRST PART
CONTAINING THE DISCOURSE OF THE SOUL WITH THE BODY AND SELF-LOVE;
AND ALSO OF THE SPIRIT WITH HUMANITY

CHAPTER I

The soul and the body propose to travel in company, and to take self-love for a third party.
I saw, said the saint, a Soul and a Body conversing with one another; and first, the Soul
said: My Body, God has created me to love, and to enjoy myself; I wish, therefore, to go
where I can best accomplish this design, and to have you accompany me in a friendly way,
since it will be to your advantage also. We will go through the world; if I find anything which
pleases me, I will enjoy it; you can do the same when you find anything which pleases you;
and let him do better that can.

The Body answered: Though I may be obliged to do whatever pleases you, yet I see that
you cannot accomplish all that you wish without me. Therefore, if we are to set forth together
let us come to a perfect understanding before we start, in order that we may not fall out by
the way. For my own part, I agree to your proposal, but let each of us be satisfied with the
success of the other when he meets with anything that pleases him, for such forbearance,
will keep us in peace. I advise this beforehand, because I do not wish that you should deceive
me, and say whenever I find something that I like: “I do not wish you to linger here, for I
am going elsewhere to attend to my own concerns,” and thus I might find myself obliged
to abandon my own plans in order to follow yours. In that case, I assure you I should die,
and our design would be frustrated. To prevent this, I think it would be well to take with us
a third companion, some just person who has no share in our partnership, and to whom all
our dif

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