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242 MODERN SPIRITISM
less moral of the "Blue Bird"*
life.
that true drama of
Happiness Above the Sun
Men are everywhere striving after a happiness
they never get, because of one futile mistake. They
are seeking it "beneath the sun," whereas the wisest
man assures them "all is vanity and vexation of
spirit" there! Why not, then, seek happiness above
the sun?
Man is
comparatively happy so long
as he hasn't
got his happiness, and it is still singing its deceptive
songs in his ears, because he believes he is going to
get it.
It is when he does get it that he really becomes
truly wretched. What a strange paradox? Is there
any prospect more terrible than that before a disillusioned
man the blase man who has caught all
his "birds" only to find that he has been fooled
by a lying proverb. He has lost his life, his soul,
his chance of happiness, both here and hereafter,
because he preferred a lie of man to the truth of
God. Why should we not then wake up in time?
I am not writing fiction, but talking from facts
before my eyes, as well as from 'the common experience
of men. Believe it or not, these are words
of truth and soberness, and probably of vital interest
to my reader.
An Unhappy Man
I live in Harley Street, near a great square. A
friend came to me the other day and said,
*
M. Maeterlinck.
"Can you