The essence of the “Truth” most glorious and most exalted is nothing but Being. His* Being is not subject to defect or diminution. He is untouched by change or variation, and is exempt from plurality and multiplicity; He transcends all manifestations, and is unknowable and invisible. Every “how” and “why” have made their appearance through Him; but in Himself He transcends every “how” and “why”. Everything is perceived by Him, while he is beyond perception. The outward eye is too dull to behold His beauty, and the eye of the heart is dimmed by the contemplation of His perfection.

Thou, for whose love I've sacrificed existence,
Art, yet art not, the sum of earth's existence;
Earth lacks true Being, yet depends thereon—
Thou art true Being: Thou art pure existence.

The Loved One is quite colourless,* O heart;
Be not engrossed with colours, then, O heart:
All colours come from what is colourless,
And “who can dye so well as God”,* O heart?