O thou who hast eyes to see! That which thou didst witness is the very
truth, and it pertaineth to the realm of vision.
The perfume is intimately commingled and blended with the bud, and once
the bud hath opened the sweet scent of it is spread abroad. The herb is
not without its fruit, although it seemeth so, for in this garden of God
every plant exerteth its own influence and hath its own properties, and
every plant can even match the laughing, hundred-petalled rose in
rejoicing the sense with its fragrance. Be thou assured of 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.