Great Heaven is intelligent, and is with you in all of your goings. Great Heaven is clear-seeing, and is with you in your wanderings and indulgences.
The Book of Songs
Great Heaven Is
Topic: Ultimate Reality, God, Heavenly Parent
“Revere the anger of Heaven, and presume not to make sport or be idle. Revere the changing moods of Heaven, and presume not to drive about at your pleasure. Great Heaven is intelligent, and is with you in all of your goings. Great Heaven is clear-seeing, and is with you in your wanderings and indulgences.“
The Book of Songs
Wilson, Andrew, editor. World Scripture - a Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts. Paragon House, 1991, pp. 68-69 [Book of Songs, Ode 254].
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Book of Songs, Ode 254
This is a classic statement of the teaching that the rulers must pay regard to the Mandate of Heaven, without which their reign becomes untenable. It is one stanza of a longer poem given on pp. 769-770
–Andrew Wilson, editor [World Scripture – a Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts] pp. 68-69