Fourteenth ray

Know that just as creatures bear witness to the All-Glorious One's necessary existence and Oneness, so too they testify to His Attributes of Majesty, Beauty and Perfection. They also bear witness to the perfection of His Essence and that there is no defect or deficiency in either His Being or essential "Qualities" or Attributes or Names or acts.

Surely, the perfection of a work visibly and manifestly points to the perfection of the act. The perfection of the act evidently points to the perfection of the title. The perfection of the title necessarily points to the perfection of the attribute. The perfection of the attribute surely points to the essential capacity or indispensable quality of the being, and the perfection of the essential or indispensable quality points for certain to the perfection of the being himself.

Consider this: The perfection of the structure and decoration of a palace manifests the perfection of the work of the engineer who built it. The perfection of his work clearly shows the perfection of his title as an engineer. That is, you regard him as a skillful, expert and able engineer. The perfection of his title displays the perfection of the qualities he has an as engineer. That is, you recognize him by his knowledge, intelligence, ability and efficiency. The perfection of his qualities bears witness to these essential capacities. That is, he has superior capacities and distinguished potential he has fully realized. The perfection of his capacities reveals his perfection as an engineer.

Similarly, the perfection of the works we observe in the universe bears witness to the perfection of the activity behind them. The perfection of the activity evidently bears witness to the perfection of the titles of the one who does those works. The perfection of the titles necessarily testifies to the perfection of the qualities or attributes. For, as is known, names or titles issue from attributes. The perfection of the attributes reveals the perfection of the essential capacities that are the sources of the attributes. The perfection of the essential capacities testifies for certain to the perfection of the All-Glorious Being.

Actually, compared to His glorious Perfection and majestic Beauty, whatever perfection or beauty is in the universe, is only a dim or vague shadow.