l of all his father's
gifts and provision. How ignorant and heedless is man! The Father has
willed for him glory eternal and he is content with blindness and
deprivation. The Father has built for him a royal palace but he is playing
with the dust; prepared for him garments of silk but he prefers to remain
unclothed; provided for him delicious foods and fruits while he seeks
sustenance in the grasses of the field.

Praise be to God! you have heard the call of the Kingdom. Your eyes are
opened; you have turned to God. Your purpose is the good-pleasure of God,
the understanding of the mysteries of the heart and investigation of the
realities. Day and night you must strive that you may attain to the
significances of the heavenly kingdom, perceive the signs of divinity,
acquire certainty of knowledge and realize that this world has a creator,
a vivifier, a provider, an architect,--knowing this through proofs and
evidences and not through susceptibilities,--nay, rather, through decisive
arguments and real vision; that is to say, visualizing it as clearly as
the outer eye beholds the sun. In this way may you behold the presence of
God and attain to the knowledge of the holy, divine Manifestations.

ETERNAL UNITY

What is real unity? When we observe the human world we find various
collective expressions of unity therein. For instance, man is
distinguished from the animal by his degree or kingdom. This comprehensive
distinction includes all the posterity of Adam and constitutes one great
household or human family which may be considered the fundamental or
physical unity of mankind. Furthermore, a distinction exists between
various groups of humankind according to lineage, each group forming a
racial unity separate from the others. There is also the unity of tongue
among those who use the same language as a means of communication;
national unity where various peoples live under one form of government
such as French, German, British, etc.; and political unity which conserves
the civil rights of parties or factions of the same government. All these
unities are imaginary and without real foundation, for no real result
proceeds from them. The purpose of true unity is real and divine outcomes.
From these limited unities mentioned only limited outcomes proceed whereas
unlimited unity produces unlimited result. For instance, from the limited
unity of race or nationality the results at most are limited. It is like a
family li