Did I not say to you,
“Go not there, for I am your friend;
in this mirage of annihilation I am the fountain of life? ”
Even though in anger you depart a hundred thousand years from me,
in the end you will come to me,
for I am your goal.
Did I not say to you,
“Be not content with worldly forms,
for I am the fashioner of the tabernacle of your contentment? ”
Did I not say to you,
“I am the sea and you are a single fish;
go not to dry land,
for I am your crystal sea? ”
Did I not say to you,
“ Go not like birds to the snare;
come,
for I am the power of flight and your wings and feet? ”
Did I not say to you,
“ They will waylay you and make you cold,
for I am the fire and warmth and heat of your desire? ”
Did I not say to you,
“ They will implant in you ugly qualities
so that you will forget that
I am the source of purity to you? ”
Did I not say to you,
“Do not say from what direction the servant’s affairs come into order? ”
I am the Creator without directions.
If you are the lamp of the heart,
know where the road is to the house;
and if you are godlike of attribute,
know that I am your Master.