There is a world within you where all is always well.
There is a sacred kingdom within us where all is sweetly serene.
Know this most sacred realm is here within the spirit of us all.
Know that the secret places are within the highest spirit of your soul,
and you have found the way.
We may step in beyond the gates and feel the joy, the peace, the life, the bliss
that this fair kingdom holds in store.
You may at any time take refuge there within the soul.
We must learn to live there.
We may learn to live in that sublime state almost continually.
You are in that world where all is always well.
The ways of the world or the thoughts of the world
do not affect you so long as you live in the secret places.
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There is a place somewhere in the upper regions of our own spiritual existence
where the ills of life can never enter,
but into which we may enter now, today or at any time.
There is an upper realm in every soul where all is always well.
There is such a realm in your own spiritual world
and you may enter at any time.
You may live constantly or almost constantly
in that realm of peace and freedom now while here on this earth.
When we enter the innermost and uppermost realms of the soul,
we find a wonderful world of peace, of joy, of light, of splendor -
seemingly apart from all others worlds in existence.
And it is a world wherein all things are always well.
The only barriers to that fair kingdom are made of mental states that do not know.
To him that knows, and knows so deeply and so well that doubt has ceased to be,
such barriers are not more.
To him the way is cleared, the gates are wide ajar;
and he may go and come according to his will.
But it is not only well with the soul
when we are there in that wonderful, beautiful world.
It is also well with all else in our world, internal and external.
The truth is that we cause all things in our own world to become as we are;
therefore, all will be well with all things in our world when we are in the secret places,
because in these places all is always well.
