BOOK II — THE COMING

Chapter VII — Of Peace Among Men

(The Veil Version — VV)
1. Many searched for Heaven in distant places,
beyond clouds, beyond time,
beyond one another.
2. They lifted their eyes upward,
yet kept their hearts guarded.
3. For they believed peace would descend,
rather than be chosen.
4. But Heaven is not hidden in height;
it waits in harmony.
5. When suspicion is laid down,
and pride is unarmed,
the air itself grows lighter.
6. No trumpet announces it,
no throne confirms it—
only the quiet recognition
that fear has no foothold.
7. The stranger becomes neighbor,
the rival becomes brother,
and the crowd becomes a people.
8. In that moment,
provision is no longer scarce,
for generosity replaces grasping.
9. Strength is no longer domination,
but restraint.
10. And the ground once contested
bears fruit without resistance.
11. Those who stand in such peace
discover it was never far—
only obscured by division.
12. So it was written:
where men dwell without enmity,
there Heaven is revealed among them.