The Same Theme

We were once sublime letters, then we came down into lowly lines of script. We appeared after being hidden, and now we have become all created things. In truth, the whole universe is nothing but us, for we are the beings, the things that are possible. So we became the worlds and their ranks, an essence, then a name for every attribute. We veiled ourselves from ourselves by ourselves, and after that we fell into troubles. We forgot the covenant of the days of union, and no longer remembered the vows of those bygone times. After that a messenger came from among us, announcing to us with his miracles. He called within us, to us, from us, back to us, and so we rose and climbed beyond all directions. We passed beyond pure souls, and beyond the ranks of essences that receive. We arrived, we joined, we became one with the very Essence; we became the Essence itself. In all the details, nothing but us was found, and likewise nothing else was found in the whole.