{‘The Spirit returns to God who gave it’}[2nd April 1991]

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‘…before the silver thread snaps.

or the golden bowl is cracked,

or the pitcher shattered at the fountain,

or the pulley broken at the well-head:

the dust returns to the earth from which it came,

and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

‘Sheer futility, Qoheleth says, everything is futile.’*

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*’mist’, ‘breath’ → N[ew] J[erusalem] B[ible] Qo 1:1d (note) –

‘the illusory nature of things’ (hence Illusion)

**Qo[heleth] 12:6-8 (N[ew] J[erusalem] B[ible])

& VIII.[[Redbook8:354][19910322:1201b]{‘Everything is Illusion’ [continued]}[22nd March 1991],] 354

[The final line begins & ends the sayings recorded for Qoheleth/Ecclesiastes]

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