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Inside the roo

eternity Only far outside, at the rim, went on the noise and

the destruction Here at the centre the great wheel was

motionless, centred upon itself Here was a poised, unflawed

stillness that was beyond ti, unexhausted

As they lay close together, coe, it was as if they were at the very centre of all

the sloheeling of space and the rapid agitation of life,

deep, deep inside them all, at the centre where there is utter

radiance, and eternal being, and the silence absorbed in praise:

the steady core of all movements, the unawakened sleep of all

wakefulness They found themselves there, and they lay still, in

each other's arms; for their moment they were at the heart of

eternity, whilst time roared far off, for ever far off, towards

the riradually they were passed away from the supreladness, further and

further out, towards the noise and the friction But their

hearts had burned and were telad

Gradually they began to wake up, the noises outside became

more real They understood and answered the call outside They