Elucidation of Objectives — Page 45
Tau di h-e-Mar a m 45 his responsibilities and opts for this ostensible darkness for a while not because he is genuinely inclined to it but because the All-Knowing and the All-Wise God is pleased to direct his attention towards it. This is to enable him to find a little relaxation from his arduous spiritual regimen with a view to recouping him to once again take on his extremely hard (spiritual) exercises and duties. The following verse is quite to the point: 55 Likewise, when overwhelmed by extreme mental fatigue, concern, stress and strain, these perfect persons permit themselves some relief in physical pleasure and their frail physique is re-charged with fresh strength and vigour to keep company with the spirit. Indeed because of this fractional diversion, he is able to cover vast spiritual distances. Apart from this, the human psyche also contains some other characteristics of the night as discovered through close scrutiny by astronomers and natural scientists. Similarly, the Perfect Man also resembles the heavens. Just as the spatial void of the heavens is so vast that nothing can possibly fill it, so is the mind and spirit of the godly elect extremely vast and expansive. Despite knowing thousands of spiritual 55 The knowledgeable hunters blindfold the eagle's eyes, to help sharpen its vision. [Translator]