"Thunder Perfect Mind" lyrics - JARBOE

I was sent forth from the power
And I have come to those who reflect upon me
And I have been found among those who seek after me
Look upon me you who reflect upon me
And you hearers hear me
You who are waiting for me take me to yourselves
And do not banish me from your sight
And do not make your voice hate me nor your hearing
Do not be ignorant of me anywhere or any time
Be on your guard
Do not be ignorant of me
For I am the first and the last
I am the honoured one and the scorned one
I am the whore and the holy one
I am the wife and the virgin
I am the mother and the daughter
I am the members of my mother
I am the barren one and many are her sons
I am she whose wedding is great
And I have not taken a husband
I am the midwife and she who does not bear
I am the solace of my labour pains
I am the bride and the bridegroom
And it is my husband who begot me
I am the mother of my father and the sister of my husband
And he is my offspring
I am the slave of him who prepared me
I am the ruler of my offspring
But he is the one who begot me before the time on a birthday
And he is my offspring in due time
And my power is from him
I am the staff of his power in his youth
And he is the rod of my old age
And whatever he wills happens to me
I am the silence that is incomprehensible
And the idea whose remembrance is frequent
I am the voice whose sound is manifold
And the word whose appearance is multiple
I am the utterance of my name
Why you who hate me do you love me
And hate those who love me
You who deny me confess me
And you who confess me deny me
You who tell the truth about me lie about me
And you who have lied about me tell the truth about me
You who know me be ignorant of me
And those who have not known me let them know me
For I am knowledge and ignorance
I am shame and boldness
I am shameless I am ashamed
I am strength and I am fear
I am war and peace
Give heed to me
I am the one who is disgraced and the great one
Give heed to my poverty and my wealth
Do not be arrogant to me when I am cast out upon the earth
And you will find me in those that are to come
And do not look upon me on the dung heap
Nor go and leave me cast out
And you will find me in the kingdoms
And do not look upon me when I am cast out among those who are disgraced and in the least places
Nor laugh at me
And do not cast me out among those who are slain in violence
But I, I am compassionate and I am cruel
Be on your guard
Do not hate my obedience and do not love my self-control
In my weakness do not forsake me
And do not be afraid of my power
For why do you despise my fear and curse my pride
But I am she who exists in all fears and strength in trembling
I am she who is weak and I am well in a pleasant place
I am senseless and I am wise
Why have you hated me in your counsels
For I shall be silent among those who are silent
And I shall appear and speak
Why then have you hated me you Greeks
Because I am a barbarian among the barbarians?
For I am the wisdom of the Greeks
And the knowledge of the barbarians
I am the judgment of the Greeks and of the barbarians
I am the one whose image is great in Egypt
And the one who has no image among the barbarians
I am the one who has been hated everywhere
And who has been loved everywhere
I am the one whom they call Life
And you have called Death
I am the one whom they call Law
And you have called Lawlessness
I am the one whom you have pursued
I am the one whom you have seaced
I am the one whom you have scattered
And you have gathered me together
I am the one before whom you have been ashamed
And you have been shameless to me
I am she who does not keep festival
And I am she whose festivals are many
I, I am godless and I am the one whose God is great
I am the one whom you have reflected upon
And you have scorned me
I am unlearned and they learn from me
I am the one that you have despised and you reflect upon me
I am the one whom you have hidden from and you appear to me
But whenever you hide yourselves I myself will appear
For whenever you appear I myself will hide from you
Those who have to it senselessly
Take me understand me from grief
And take me to yourselves from understanding and grief
And take me to yourselves from places that are ugly and in ruin
And rob from those which are good even though in ugliness
Out of shame take me to yourselves shamelessly
And out of shamelessness and shame
Upbraid my members in yourselves
And come forward to me you who know me
And you who know my members
And establish the great ones among the small first creatures
Come forward to childhood
And do not despise it because it is small and it is little
And do not turn away greatnesses in some parts from the smallnesses
For the smallnesses are known from the greatnesses
Why do you curse me and honor me
You have wounded and you have had mercy
Do not separate me from the first ones whom you have known
And do not cast anyone out nor turn anyone away
I know the first ones and those after them know me
But I am the mind of and the rest of
I am the knowledge of my inquiry
And the finding of those who seek after me
And the command of those who ask of me
And the power of the powers in my knowledge of the angels who have been sent at my word and of Gods in their seasons by my counsel
And of spirits of every man who exists with me
And of women who dwell within me
I am the one who is honoured and who is praised
And who is despised scornfully
I am peace and war has come because of me
And I am an alien and a citizen
I am the substance and the one who has no substance
Those who are without association with me are ignorant of me
And those who are in my substance are the ones who know me
Those who are close to me have been ignorant of me
And those who are far away from me are the ones who have known me
On the day when I am close to you you are far away from me
And on the day when I am far away from you I am close to you
I am control and the uncontrollable
I am the union and the dissolution
I am the abiding and I am the dissolution
I am the one below and they come up to me
I am the judgment and the acquittal
I, I am sinless and the root of sin derives from me
I am lust in our appearance and interior self-control exists within me
I am the hearing which is attainable to everyone
And the speech which cannot be grasped
I am the mute who does not speak and great is my multitude of words
Hear me in gentleness and learn of me in roughness
I am she who cries out and I am cast forth upon the face of the earth
I prepare the bread and my mind within
I am the knowledge of my name
I am the one who cries out and I listen
I am the one who is called Truth
You honour me and you whisper against me
You who are vanquished judge them and vanquish you
Before they give judgment against you
Because the judge and partiality exist in you
If you are condemned by this one who will acquit you
Or if you are acquitted by him who will be able to detain you
For what is inside of you is what is outside of you
And the one who fashions you on the outside
Is the one who shaped the inside of you
And what you see outside of you you see inside of you
It is visible and it is your garment
Hear me you hearers and learn of my words you who know me
I am the hearing that is attainable to everything
I am the speech that cannot be grasped
I am the name of the sound and the sound of the name
I am the sign of the letter and the designation of the division
And I will speak his name
Look then at his words and all the writings which have been completed
Give heed then you hearers and you also the angels
And those who have been sent
And you spirits who have arisen from the dead
For I am the one who alone exists
And I have no one who will judge me
For many are the pleasant forms which exist in numerous sins
And incontinencies and disgraceful passions and fleeting pleasures
Which embrace until they become sober and go up to their resting place
And they will find me there
And they will live
And they will not die again