…were they to reach the ultimate object of their quest for
God and their attainment unto Him, they would have but reached that abode which
hath been raised up within their own hearts. How then could they ever hope to
ascend unto such realms as have not been ordained for them or created for their
station? Nay, though they journey from everlasting to everlasting, they will
never attain unto Him Who is the midmost Heart of existence and the Axis of the
entire creation, He on Whose right hand flow the seas of grandeur, on Whose
left stream the rivers of might, and Whose court none can ever hope to reach,
how much less His very abode! For He dwelleth in the ark of fire, speedeth, in
the sphere of fire, through the ocean of fire, and moveth within the atmosphere
of fire. How can he who hath been fashioned of contrary elements ever enter or
even approach this fire? Were he to do so, he would be instantly consumed.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gems of Divine Mysteries’)
