Editors’ note: Understanding from the spirit comes through into our ordinary consciousness in the form of flashes of enlightenment. When a man becomes completely enlightened he becomes immersed in God. This is the aim of all seekers. Understanding that seems to come in a flash is in reality the result of years and often lifetimes of work. The final release for a man is when he loses himself in the Beloved in real devotion. There are many degrees of enlightenment before the final stage when a person becomes nonattached and nonidentified. Then he is perfected.