O thou who seekest the Kingdom of heaven! This world is even as the body
of man, and the Kingdom of God is as the spirit of life. See how dark and
narrow is the physical world of man's body, and what a prey it is to
diseases and ills. On the other hand, how fresh and bright is the realm of
the human spirit. Judge thou from this metaphor how the world of the
Kingdom hath shone down, and how its laws have been made to work in this
nether realm. Although the spirit is hidden from view, still its
commandments shine out like rays of light upon the world of the human
body. In the same way, although the Kingdom of heaven is hidden from the
sight of this unwitting people, still, to him who seeth with the inner
eye, it is plain as day.
Wherefore dwell thou ever in the Kingdom, and be thou oblivious of this
world below. Be thou so wholly absorbed in the emanations of the spirit
that nothing in the world of man will distract thee.