essential reality which
transcends the plane and grasp of mind and man? That which comes within
human grasp is finite, and in relation to it we are infinite because we
can grasp it. Assuredly, the finite is lesser than the infinite; the
infinite is ever greater. If the reality of Divinity could be contained
within the grasp of human mind, it would after all be possessed of an
intellectual existence only--a mere intellectual concept without extraneous
existence, an image or likeness which had come within the comprehension of
finite intellect. The mind of man would be transcendental thereto. How
could it be possible that an image which has only intellectual existence
is the reality of Divinity, which is infinite? Therefore, the reality of
Divinity in its identity is beyond the range of human intellection because
the human mind, the human intellect, the human thought are limited,
whereas the reality of Divinity is unlimited. How can the limited grasp
the unlimited and transcend it? Impossible. The unlimited always
comprehends the limited. The limited can never comprehend, surround nor
take in the unlimited. Therefore, every concept of Divinity which has come
within the intellection of a human being is finite, or limited, and is a
pure product of imagination, whereas the reality of Divinity is holy and
sacred above and beyond all such concepts.

But the question may be asked: How shall we know God? We know Him by His
attributes. We know Him by His signs. We know Him by His names. We know
not what the reality of the sun is, but we know the sun by the ray, by the
heat, by its efficacy and penetration. We recognize the sun by its bounty
and effulgence, but as to what constitutes the reality of the solar
energy, that is unknowable to us. The attributes characterizing the sun,
however, are knowable. If we wish to come in touch with the reality of
Divinity, we do so by recognizing its phenomena, its attributes and
traces, which are widespread in the universe. All things in the world of
phenomena are expressive of that one reality. Its lights are shining, its
heat is manifest, its power is expressive, and its education, or training,
resplendent everywhere. What proof could there be greater than that of its
functioning or its attributes which are manifest? This plant or this
flower--we ask: Does it exist or not? Can this plant--this flower--comprehend
the reality of man? Can it put itself in touch with the human existence or
realit