moeite 3

Also in the natural order, all things are veiled. 

Fruits have the veil of the skin... Who enjoys the good of eating them? One who does the work of drawing near the tree... of picking it... of removing the skin... that hides the fruit. Thís one enjoys and makes the desired fruit his food. 

The fields are veiled by straws... Who takes the good that those straws hide? One who uncovers them of those straws... has the good of taking the grain... in order to form the bread... to make of it his daily food. 

In sum, all things down here have the veil that covers them... 

to give to man the work and the will, the love... 

to possess them and enjoy them. 

Now, My Truths surpass natural things by far.

And they present themselves to the creature like noble queens, veiled, in the act of giving themselves to them. But they want their wórk. They want them to draw near them by the steps of their will, in order to know them, possess them, and love them—necessary conditions in order to tear the veil that hides them.

Once the veil is torn... 

with their light, of their own... 

they make their way, giving themselves... 

in possession to those who have... 

searched for them.

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