The Shining, Nameless Friend

Boldly lead my life, O Being

With the steps than cannot err,

On me visit the inner seeing

That reasons not nor needs infer.

Open wide the inner gate

Invite the Lord and Master in

For in His hands I place my fate

Who walks through sorrow, error, sin

Unmoved, untouched by earthborn care,

Supporting every fitful start

Hid deep within and waiting there

The Guide who never shall depart,

Far from us yet ever close

The silent One, the Avatar

Who is the sabre and the rose,

Igniter of the sun and star

Who lights our darkest vestibules

Severs the iron chains and bars

That shut us in with worldly rules

And heals the painful psychic scars,

He the Shining, Nameless Friend

In whose forge we gladly burn

That shaping us we may transcend

Our human state and Godhead earn.