Thy letter was received and a sweet odor wafted from the rose-garden of
its meanings. Thou hast offered thanks before the threshold of the One
God, for that thou hast stepped into the Court of the Manifestation in
such a blessed day and hast partaken a share and portion from the bounties
of the Pre-existent Beauty(98) . This mortal world is fickle and unstable
like unto a shifting shadow, and the human life is like unto a mirage and
a reflection on the water. When thou lookest at the result thou wilt
consider the preliminaries as important, otherwise, preliminaries without
a result are of no fruit or harm; they are pure fancy and sheer darkness.
Therefore even a short duration of life is sufficient.
I beg of God that He may render thee successful so that thou mayest find
the result of the supernal life from the temporal life and attain to the
gift of the heavenly food and be strengthened to serve the Cause of God.
“O thou who art esteemed in the Threshold of the...”
O thou who art esteemed in the Threshold of the Almighty!
Praise thou God, for that thou hast found the Light of Guidance,
recognized the Lord of the Kingdom, art engaged in the service of the
Divine Garden and hast guided a number of souls and led them to the
Kingdom of Existence. When thou occupiest thyself with all thy strength in
service, thou wilt become a magnet of attraction and cause every seeker to
reach the presence of the Desired One; thou wilt raise a great clamor in
the world and evince such an ecstasy and rapture that will astonish the
minds.
Send my loving greeting to those souls whom thou hast guided unto the
divine kingdom and say unto them: “Ye must appreciate Miss ....... Move
your tongues in thanksgiving and be obliged for her great effort; for she
gave you to drink the wine of guidance from the cup of the love of God and
led you to the kingdom of lights. Were you to thank her for many years as
a reward for this guidance, ye will not be able to repay your obligation
for this gift.”
Thou hast written concerning the Impersonality of the Divinity.
Personality is in the Manifestation of the Divinity, not in the Essence of
the Divinity. The reality of the divine world is purified and sanctified
from limits and restriction. But the pure Mirror, which is the Manifestor
of the Sun of Truth and in which the Sun of Truth is manifest in
appearance—that mirror is restricted, not the lights. The soul pervadeth
throughout the whole body, and its commands are effective in all the parts
and limbs of man. Notwithstanding its utmost sanctification (or
abstraction) this soul is manifest and evident in all its grades, in this
material form. By seeing God is meant beholding the Manifestation of
Himself; for witnessing the sun in its entire splendor, in a clear glassy
surface, is identical with witnessing the essence of the sun itself.
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