(50) The life-current is either outward, or inward, or balanced; it is regulated according to place, time, number; it is prolonged and subtle.

(18) When the soul had overcome the third power, it went upwards and saw the fourth power, which took seven forms.

(3) Then the Seer comes to consciousness in his proper nature.

(25) But here I will shew thee: 1. How the body of this world came to be; and 2. How it is at present; and then, 3. How the regimen or government therein is.

(21) The very essence of things seen is, that they exist for the Seer.

(160) Therefore, O Child of man! have a care, trust not too much upon worldly wisdom, it is blind, and is born blind; but when the flash of life is generated therein, then it is no more blind, but seeth.

(97) I. For behold! thou canst not deny that the life in a creature existeth in the heat of the heart; and in that life also stands the light of the animated or soulish birth or geniture.

(93) But in this hard, severe and cold power stands [i.e. consisteth] the corporeal essence or the body, wherein the spirit of life generateth itself; and out of that same spirit the light and the understanding [generate themselves]; and then through these the senses and the trial or testing of all powers ariseth.

(34) Observe, when the gracious, amiable, blessed, joyful glance and light, together with the sweet power out of the Son of God, shineth into all powers in the whole Father, then all the powers are kindled by the gracious, amiable, blessed, lovely light and sweet power, in a triumphing and joyful manner.

(100) Thou must see that all this is really so. For example, take a root which is of a hot quality, put it in warm water, or take it into thy mouth, and make it warm and supple or moist; then thou wilt soon perceive its life, and active or operative quality: But so long as it is without or absent from the heat, it is captivated in death, and is cold, as any other root or piece of wood is.

(67) When the sweet spring or fountain-water riseth up in the light, through all the spirits, then the one tasteth the other; and then the spirits become living, and the power of life penetrateth through all.

(8) And now it is possible to leave all three of these experiences. But not everything can be expressed. Different things appear to each person according to his gifts. If one experiences these things, it is a sign of a good aptitude. With these things it is just as it is when one drinks water. One can tell for oneself whether the water is warm or cold. In the same way a man must convince himself about these experiences, then only are they real.

(33) For thou must know that all things bow before the Three Supernals.

(18) Things seen have as their property manifestation, action, inertia. They form the basis of the elements and the sense-powers. They make for experience and for liberation.

(25) You are a triple power, you are a threefold replication, truly you are replicated three times, the eternal realm of eternal realms.

(6) life is but a concentration of the vital fluid, whose longest and shortest terms of existence vary by an inappreciable space,—-hardly enough for the classification of Yao and Chieh. "Tree-fruits and plant-fruits exhibit order in their varieties; and the relationships of man, though more difficult to be dealt with, may still be reduced to order. The true Sage who meets with these, does not violate them. Neither does he continue to hold fast by them. Adaptation by arrangement is Tê. Spontaneous adaptation is Tao, by which sovereigns flourish and princes succeed. "Man passes through this sublunary life as a white horse passes a crack. Here one moment, gone the next. Neither are there any not equally subject to the ingress and egress of mortality. One modification brings life; then another, and it is death. Living creatures cry out; human beings sorrow. The bow-sheath is slipped off; the clothes-bag is dropped; and in the confusion the soul wings its flight, and the body follows, on the great journey home!

(4) You are a triple power, you are a great One from a pure One.

(61) Though it be impossible for the hands of men to describe this sufficiently, yet the enlightened spirit of man seeth it; for it riseth up just in such a form and birth as the light [does] in the divine power, and also in [such a form and birth as] the qualities which are in God [rise up].

(66) When the light riseth up, then one spirit seeth another.

(14) When the embodied soul has risen above the three gunas of which its body is made, it gains deliverance from birth, death, old age, and pain and becomes immortal.