"Nothing in reality exists, except God, the Absolute Being."

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“Don't worry, He will not separate his lovers from Himself. It is not possible to unrecognize after having full cognition of Him. But one must not give up struggle, nor becomes negligent.”

“All sorts of perfections are attained to the gnostic. He is also confidant of Divine mysteries.”

“Every particle of the dust has universal unity. The individual is only in the same way a part of the Infinite Being who fills in the universe, a particle whish has been momentarily detached there from only to return thither.”

“Inner travel is a blessed journey. So it is complete now in good manner. Then who can object the worldly travel?”

“Every individual being has the ability to acquire intuitive knowledge.”

“Aspiration lead to mystic path and the end of mystic path i gnosis. But gnosis itself has no end. Its gate is always open. The traveler must cross it.”

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