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Rh seated upon the right hand of Power and Dominion. They are established and rest upon the Throne of Eternal Might, although outwardly in the utmost humiliation; and occupy the seat of Sovereignty and authority while apparently in the extremity of weakness.

Thus one day Jesus the Son of Mary, seated Himself upon a chair and made explanations through the melodies of the Holy Spirit, the import of which is this: "O people! My food is from the herbs of the earth, by which I satisfy my hunger. My bed is the bare ground; during the night my lamp is the light of the moon and I have no steed but my feet. Who upon earth is richer than I? "I swear by God that a hundred thousand wealths revolve around this poverty and a hundred thousand Kingdoms of glory seek after this lowliness. Shouldst thou attain to a sprinkling of the ocean of these significances thou wilt abandon the world of phenomena and existence and sacrifice thy life around the shining lamp, as doth the "bird of fire."

A similar instance is related of His Holiness Sadik. On a certain day, one of His followers complained of poverty, before His Holiness. That Eternal Beauty said: "Thou art rich and hast drunk from the wine of wealth." The indigent one, astonished at the words of that brilliant countenance, said, "How am I rich while I am in need of a single coin?" His Holiness replied, "Hast thou not love for us?" He said, "Yes, O Thou son of the Messenger of God!"