The Way of the Seven Fold Secret by Lilias Trotter

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the ,.i>.J that you seek in the ecstacy that is produced
through the dhikr. For even those who have attained to
it cannot testify that it is an abiding experience: more
often it seems like a beautiful dream, from which the
sleeper is roughly awakened by returning to the daily
life around.
And in attestation of the truth that Christ is to His
people the Bread of Life, He has ordained that in all
ages and lands, His disciples should meet and break
bread together and drink the juice of the grape, in
memory of His Body that was broken for them and His
Blood that was shed.· And in this we affirm that our
spirit's hunger is satisfied in Him, and that in Him the
thirst of our hearts is quenched. And in this memorial
He often draws near to us unseen, and visits our souls
with the revelation of His love.
But of all this you will know later, if you become
saved by Him. The first step, and the present step for
thee, 0 my brother that hungerest, is that as thy lips open
to receive the earthly bread day by day, thus must thou
open thy heart, and receive the Lord Christ.
And in this act thou wilt prove that the satisfying
that thou thinkest to be far away, is close at hand. God
the Most High has not set it at the end of our mystical
journey, but at the beginning, even as in daily life, if
your children had a long day's travd before them, you
would give them bread to eat in the morning to strengthen
them, and not wait till night falls.
This is the first of the seven secrets, that in Christ
the satisfying can be thine in this hour, for, like the
manna of old that fell in the wilderness, He has come
where thou art. Thou dost need to go no weary search