missives arriving from the Sublime Assembly may raise you up to the certainty of the highest of the high.

Indication

By reason of the source of assistance and point of support in his heart, man's conscience does not forget the Maker. Even if his mind ceases to work, his conscience does not; it is preoccupied with two important duties. It is like this: if one refers to his conscience, [he will see that] like the physical heart conveys life to all the parts of the body, knowledge of the Maker, the source of the heart's vitality, spreads life to all his various desires and inclinations which arise from his unlimited abilities and potentialities; it affords them pleasure and value and expands and extends them. This is the point of assistance.

It is also knowledge of the Maker which is the only point of support against the calamities and troubles of the tumultuous world in which life — the field of conflict and struggle — is constantly under attack.

Yes, if a person does not believe in the All-Wise Maker and His works, all of which are in accordance with wisdom and order, and blindly ascribes them to chance, and if he thinks of the total insufficiency of his power in the face of disaster, he will become more wretched than anything due to the resulting hellish, piteous state comprising terror, desolation, anxiety, and fear, and he will oppose the perfect order and regularity of the universe. This is the point of support; yes, his only refuge is knowledge of the Maker.

This means that since, to be dominant in the world's order through these two points is the exclusive quality of the truth itself, from them the Maker's existence is manifested in the conscience, for they are two windows. Even if the intellect does not see this, man's essential nature does. The conscience is the observer and the heart, its window.

Note

There are four methods by which to ascend to knowledge of the Maker, the throne of attainment and perfections: