Elucidation of Objectives — Page 50
Tau di h-e-Mar a m 50 also found in the human self. Indeed, the light of spiri- tual experience and the heat of fervent devotion found in the souls of perfect human beings are far more mi- raculous than the light and heat of the Sun. Now if the Sun can exist as a self-existent entity, why can't the human soul which in properties is its equal and peer and even superior. Similarly, God swears by the Moon when it follows the Sun. The sense and substance of the oath is that the Moon testifies to the human soul as an existent and enduring entity because the Moon has the characteristic quality of deriving light from the Sun. Just as the Moon is recipient of light from the Sun, the human soul also, as an eager seeker after truth, by following the Perfect Man, comes to partake of his spiritual bliss even more than the Moon could ever partake of the light of the Sun. This is because after owning the sunlight, the Moon also disowns it, which the human self or soul never does. Since the soul is the dominant partner with the Moon in the acquisition of light and contains all the remaining properties and characteristics peculiar to the Moon, there is no earthly reason why the Moon should be considered an existent and subsistent entity and the human soul denied its equally enduring existence. In short, all the objects of oath mentioned prior to the oath regarding the human soul are declared by God, because of their intrinsic qualities, as crucial proof, testimony and reminder that