The Ocean of Light — Page 34
34 to the beauty and worth of this world; they thought its dry clouds were laden with rain; they perceived its drizzle to be a shower. They came to love the beauty of this world and were covetous for its camels and donkeys. They were beguiled by this world and its apparent beauty. They fell in love with its camels and mules. They were deceived by its sweet livelihood, the freshness of its rain, delicacy of its harvest and the seeming lustre of its countenance. They did not employ deep insight in identifying the reality of this mortal realm, nor did they use keen vision to recognise its true face. They congratulated their souls with lies and were hasty in kissing the hand of this deceitful beguiler. They were not able to recognise the reality by looking at the paint on its dilapidated walls and were instead seduced by its buildings, not remembering the anecdotes of its mowing down like grass. Their children, thinking they would protect them from evil spirits. [Publisher]