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Kim

CHAPTER 12
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Here sat the Gods on high--and they were dreams of dreams.

Here was our Heaven and the world of the demi-Gods--horsemen fighting among the hills.
Here were the agonies done upon the beasts, souls ascending or descending the ladder and therefore not to be interfered with.

Here were the Hells, hot and cold, and the abodes of tormented ghosts.

Let the chela study the troubles that come from over-eating--bloated stomach and burning bowels.

Obediently, then, with bowed head and brown finger alert to follow the pointer, did the chela study; but when they came to the Human World, busy and profitless, that is just above the Hells, his mind was distracted; for by the roadside trundled the very Wheel itself, eating, drinking, trading, marrying, and quarrelling--all warmly alive.


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