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In like manner, when thou strippest the wrappings of illusion from off thy heart, the lights of oneness will be made manifest. (24:1) Then it is clear that even for the rays there is neither entrance nor exit-- how much less for that Essence of Being and that longed-for Mystery. O My Brother, journey upon these planes in the spirit of search, not in blind imitation. A true wayfarer will not be kept back by the bludgeon of words nor debarred by the warning of allusions. (24:2) How shall a curtain part the lover and the loved one? Not Alexander's wall can separate them! (24:3) Secrets are many, but strangers are myriad. Volumes will not suffice to hold the mystery of the Beloved One, nor can it be exhausted in these pages, although it be no more than a word, no more than a sign. "knowledge is a single point, but the ignorant have multiplied it."
(24:4)
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