Whoso knoweth this secret will
assuredly hide it, and were he to reveal but its faintest trace they would nail
him to the cross. Yet, by the Living God, were there any true seeker, I would
divulge it to him; for they have said: “Love is a light that never dwelleth in
a heart possessed by fear.”
Verily, the wayfarer who
journeyeth unto God, unto the Crimson Pillar in the snow-white path, will never
reach unto his heavenly goal unless he abandoneth all that men possess: “And if
he feareth not God, God will make him to fear all things; whereas all things
fear him who feareth God.” [an Arabic quote]
(Baha’u’llah, The Four Valleys)
