the human understanding is a quality of the existence
of man, and that man is a sign of God: how can the quality of the sign
surround the creator of the sign?--that is to say, how can the
understanding, which is a quality of the existence of man, comprehend God?
Therefore, the Reality of the Divinity is hidden from all comprehension,
and concealed from the minds of all men. It is absolutely impossible to
ascend to that plane. We see that everything which is lower is powerless
to comprehend the reality of that which is higher. So the stone, the
earth, the tree, however much they may evolve, cannot comprehend the
reality of man and cannot imagine the powers of sight, of hearing, and of
the other senses, although they are all alike created. Therefore, how can
man, the created, understand the reality of the pure Essence of the
Creator? This plane is unapproachable by the understanding; no explanation
is sufficient for its comprehension, and there is no power to indicate it.
What has an atom of dust to do with the pure world, and what relation is
there between the limited mind and the infinite world? Minds are powerless
to comprehend God, and the souls become bewildered in explaining Him. "The
eyes see Him not, but He seeth the eyes. He is the Omniscient, the
Knower."(120)

Consequently, with reference to this plane of existence, every statement
and elucidation is defective, all praise and all description are unworthy,
every conception is vain, and every meditation is futile. But for this
Essence of the essences, this Truth of truths, this Mystery of mysteries,
there are reflections, auroras, appearances and resplendencies in the
world of existence. The dawning-place of these splendors, the place of
these reflections, and the appearance of these manifestations are the Holy
Dawning-places, the Universal Realities and the Divine Beings, Who are the
true mirrors of the sanctified Essence of God. All the perfections, the
bounties, the splendors which come from God are visible and evident in the
Reality of the Holy Manifestations, like the sun which is resplendent in a
clear polished mirror with all its perfections and bounties. If it be said
that the mirrors are the manifestations of the sun and the dawning-places
of the rising star, this does not mean that the sun has descended from the
height of its sanctity and become incorporated in the mirror, nor that the
Unlimited Reality is limited to this place of appearance. God forbid!