Cleanse thou the rheum from out thine head
    And breathe the breath of God instead.(37)

In sum, the differences in objects have now been made plain.  Thus when the wayfarer gazeth only upon the place of appearance—­that is, when he seeth only the many-colored globes—­he beholdeth yellow and red and white; hence it is that conflict hath prevailed among the creatures, and a darksome dust from limited souls hath hid the world.  And some do gaze upon the effulgence of the light; and some have drunk of the wine of oneness and these see nothing but the sun itself.

Thus, for that they move on these three differing planes, the understanding and the words of the wayfarers have differed; and hence the sign of conflict doth continually appear on earth.  For some there are who dwell upon the plane of oneness and speak of that world, and some inhabit the realms of limitation, and some the grades of self, while others are completely veiled.  Thus do the ignorant people of the day, who have no portion of the radiance of Divine Beauty, make certain claims, and in every age and cycle inflict on the people of the sea of oneness what they themselves deserve.  “Should God punish men for their perverse doings, He would not leave on earth a moving thing!  But to an appointed term doth He respite them...."(38)

O My Brother!  A pure heart is as a mirror; cleanse it with the burnish of love and severance from all save God, that the true sun may shine within it and the eternal morning dawn.  Then wilt thou clearly see the meaning of “Neither doth My earth nor My heaven contain Me, but the heart of My faithful servant containeth Me."(39) And thou wilt take up thy life in thine hand, and with infinite longing cast it before the new Beloved One.

Whensoever the light of Manifestation of the King of Oneness settleth upon the throne of the heart and soul, His shining becometh visible in every limb and member.  At that time the mystery of the famed tradition gleameth out of the darkness:  “A servant is drawn unto Me in prayer until I answer him; and when I have answered him, I become the ear wherewith he heareth....”  For thus the Master of the house hath appeared within His home, and all the pillars of the dwelling are ashine with His light.  And the action and effect of the light are from the Light-Giver; so it is that all move through Him and arise by His will.  And this is that spring whereof the near ones drink, as it is said:  “A fount whereof the near unto God shall drink...."(40)

However, let none construe these utterances to be anthropomorphism, nor see in them the descent of the worlds of God into the grades of the creatures; nor should they lead thine Eminence to such assumptions.  For God is, in His Essence, holy above ascent and descent, entrance and exit; He hath through all eternity been free of the attributes of human creatures, and ever will remain so.  No man hath ever known Him; no soul hath ever found the pathway to His Being.  Every mystic knower hath wandered far astray in the valley of the knowledge of Him; every saint hath lost his way in seeking to comprehend His Essence.  Sanctified is He above the understanding of the wise; exalted is He above the knowledge of the knowing!  The way is barred and to seek it is impiety; His proof is His signs; His being is His evidence.(41)