Now if someone asks why it is that one who is deemed worthy of the vision of God and the knowledge of mysteries is not acquainted with the things that are on the earth, let him know this, that the friend of God does not remove his mind from contemplation of God and conversation with him to learn his sacred mysteries for the sake of wandering about on the earth and knowing the things pertaining to it; rather, he resists this, since he is not pleased by the sight of these things nor does he desire them. (D13) 

     Then from this unapproachable Cloud of Light in which God is said to dwell there shines forth, upon the mind made worthy by Mercy, flashes of light whose glorious, majestic beauty surpasses the sight of the Cloud's light, as the latter surpasses the splendour of the sun. Blessed is the one who has been made worthy of entering this place and of seeing this sight. (D13) 

     When the soul becomes worthy to behold its own being, it penetrates from there to the place of the spiritual beings and sees the magnificience of their organization, their beauty, their dignity, and their unity; and together with them it becomes like them in glorious sight, attaining to their knowledge only according to its ability. (D13) 

     Sometimes the soul sees itself in worship and meditation all the time; while the mind sees the divine light in which all is clad and which pervades everything unimpededly; and in it it observes all the limits of Creation and beyond the limits and above every heaven, and the oceans and the depths of everything in them; and in it it ascends and penetrates from one light to another more excellent light, that it to say, it penetrates into the light and is concealed, until everything is taken from its sight, including the spirits and their worlds, and the sight of its own self. This is at the time of prayer and visitation. In this light the soul sees every soul. This is the contemplation, and through this it sees the angels in their place and in their nature and in their spirituality, just as the eyes of the body see the corporeal natures in their nature through the medium of the created light. (D13)

     The invitation comes from the Spirit for the energetic mind, the impulses of whose visionary powers are wearied, to enter, to gaze, to behold the One who is in all and in whom is everything. (D13) 

     Here begins the entering into the treasury, the place of glorious visions (var. revelations), the place of joy and exultation, the place without shadow, the place of light where no mention of darkness is made, the place of life (var. repose) and delight, the place of peace, whose inhabitants are illuminated by the sight of the beauty of the King. (D13) 

     When the divine power adheres to a person he is completely filled with a shining flame, tranquil pleasure, and ignorance and forgetfulness with regard to the things of this life with supernatural amazement; and mental and spiritual faculties are perfectly stilled and thenceforth; as if he is no longer in life, he knows that he is in the supernatural life. (D12)