Daily Archives: 2025-01-04

Because they took color
and controversy to the open,
They remained hidden
from the confidential,
They acquired from the
outward forms but,
On the inside, they were
undoubtedly helpless.

On the other hand, the esoterics (people of meaning) have not only drunk from the water and quenched their thirst, but have achieved colorlessness, so as an outcome, form, color, and smell have become meaningless to them, because they have achieved the reality of meanings, and have separated expression from meaning. So, they all spoke of agreement and unity and avoided division and dispute.

Expression is similar to a container and the meaning is like the water in that container. Now know that the exoterics (people of expression) have become obsessed with form, color, and smell, in other words, the appearances, and for this reason, they have fostered differences.

Know that expressions are that which can be seen and read with the eyes, but meanings are neither seen nor read but are incorporated into the intellect. meanings are pure like clear water, but expressions have forms and appearances, and color and smell. When a meaning is placed in an expression, it takes on the form, color, and smell of the expression, but as soon as the meaning is separated from the expression, it returns to its purity and clarity.