"My Lord, Is There Anything Which,...

"My Lord, is there anything which,

once attained, is never lost?"

"Yes, My child, there is something.

There is something, and you already have it."

"I have it?

Yet I do not know what it is.

My Lord, for God's sake,

do not torture my curiosity.

Please let me know what it is that I have

that will never be lost."

"My supremely stupid child,

you can never and will never lose

your self-knowledge, your self-realisation."