Did I not say to you, “Go not there, for I am your friend; in this br mirage of annihilation I am the fountain of life? ” br Even though in anger you depart a hundred thousand years br from me, in the end you will come to me, for I am your goal. br Did I not say to you, “Be not content with worldly forms, for I br am the fashioner of the tabernacle of your contentment? ” br Did I not say to you, “I am the sea and you are a single fish; br go not to dry land, for I am your crystal sea? ” br Did I not say to you, “ Go not like birds to the snare; come, for br I am the power of flight and your wings and feet? ” br Did I not say to you, “ They will waylay you and make you br cold, for I am the fire and warmth and heat of your desire? ” br Did I not say to you, “ They will implant in you ugly qualities br so that you will forget that I am the source of purity to you? ” br Did I not say to you, “Do not say from what direction the ser- br vant’s affairs come into order? ” I am the Creator without br directions. br If you are the lamp of the heart, know where the road is to the br house; and if you are godlike of attribute, know that I am your br Master.