this. Although
the pages of a book know nothing of the words and the meanings traced upon
them, even so, because of their connection with these words, friends pass
them reverently from hand to hand. This connection, furthermore, is purest
bounty.

When the human soul soareth out of this transient heap of dust and riseth
into the world of God, then veils will fall away, and verities will come
to light, and all things unknown before will be made clear, and hidden
truths be understood.

Consider how a being, in the world of the womb, was deaf of ear and blind
of eye, and mute of tongue; how he was bereft of any perceptions at all.
But once, out of that world of darkness, he passed into this world of
light, then his eye saw, his ear heard, his tongue spoke. In the same way,
once he hath hastened away from this mortal place into the Kingdom of God,
then he will be born in the spirit; then the eye of his perception will
open, the ear of his soul will hearken, and all the truths of which he was
ignorant before will be made plain and clear.

An observant traveller passing along a way will certainly recall his
discoveries to mind, unless some accident befall him and efface the
memory.

150: O THOU HANDMAID AFLAME WITH THE FIRE OF GOD'S ...

O thou handmaid aflame with the fire of God's love! Grieve thou not over
the troubles and hardships of this nether world, nor be thou glad in times
of ease and comfort, for both shall pass away. This present life is even
as a swelling wave, or a mirage, or drifting shadows. Could ever a
distorted image on the desert serve as refreshing waters? No, by the Lord
of Lords! Never can reality and the mere semblance of reality be one, and
wide is the difference between fancy and fact, between truth and the
phantom thereof.

Know thou that the Kingdom is the real world, and this nether place is
only its shadow stretching out. A shadow hath no life of its own; its
existence is only a fantasy, and nothing more; it is but images reflected
in water, and seeming as pictures to the eye.

Rely upon God. Trust in Him. Praise Him, and call Him continually to mind.
He verily turneth trouble into ease, and sorrow into solace, and toil into
utter peace. He verily hath dominion over all things.

If thou wouldst hearken to my words, release thyself from the fetters of
whatsoever cometh to pass. Nay rather, under all conditions thank thou thy
loving Lord, and yield up thine affairs unto His Will