Neglect me ? Child , I have lived on thy strength as an old tree lives on the lime of a new wall . Day by day , since Shamlegh down , I have stolen strength from thee . Therefore , not through any sin of thine , art thou weakened . It is the Body -- the silly , stupid Body -- that speaks now . Not the assured Soul . Be comforted ! Know at least the devils that thou fightest . They are earth-born -- children of illusion . We will go to the woman from Kulu . She shall acquire merit in housing us , and specially in tending me . Thou shalt run free till strength returns . I had forgotten the stupid Body . If there be any blame , I bear it . But we are too close to the Gates of Deliverance to weigh blame . I could praise thee , but what need ? In a little -- in a very little -- we shall sit beyond all needs . ' And so he petted and comforted Kim with wise saws and grave texts on that little-understood beast , our Body , who , being but a delusion , insists on posing as the Soul , to the darkening of the Way , and the immense multiplication of unnecessary devils . ` Hai ! hai !
Let us talk of the woman from XXXXX .
Hai Kim Kulu Shamlegh art beast day devils needs strength