Elucidation of Objectives — Page 44
Tau di h-e-Mar a m 44 the seekers after truth and the wayfarers of the spiritual paths carry out their spiritual assignments with facility and ease by following the example of the Perfect Man. In other words, the Perfect Exemplar, like the bright day, can manifest himself to perfection because he is the embodiment of all the characteristics of daylight. 54 In a way, the Perfect Man has a kind of resemblance to a dark night. Despite his extreme devotion to the Divine and withdrawal from the mundane—each a gift of God, he sometimes, under Divine expedience and wisdom, happens to pay attention to the human needs of his person. In other words, he carries out all the obligations pertaining to the human person which might appear to oppose and obstruct Divine light, for instance, eating, drinking, sleeping, carrying out his duties towards his spouse and finding time for the children. He fulfills all 54 Divine wisdom has so ordained that the Sun symbolizes some 730 functions and thus exerts its multifarious influences on the world. Each function has a name of its own. Indeed the days of the week—Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc. are but the names of the Sun vis-à-vis its specialized functions, imperatives and influences. We call it the Sun when we do not refer to the special functions and merely mean the singular and commonly applied condition. But when we denote the same Sun in the context of its unique functions, influences and phases, we designate it as day or night, or Sunday or Monday and even call it July, August or September. In short, all these are the names of the Sun. Human soul too in the context of different functions, stations, phases and conditions is addressed differently. At times it is called the emancipated soul, the impulsive soul, the accusing soul, and the satisfied and serene soul. In short, the human soul too has as many names as does the Sun. To avoid further elaboration, we had better stop short here. [Author]