Whereas if he knows himself to be a guest and spends the capital of his life within the sphere of permission of the Generous One of Whom he is the guest, he will strive for a long, eternal life within a broad sphere, then take his rest and ease. And later, he may rise to the highest of the high.

Moreover, all the members and systems given to Man will be happy with him and testify in favour of him in the hereafter. For sure, all the wonderful faculties given to Men were not for this insignificant worldly life, but for an everlasting life of great significance. For if we compare Man with the animals, we see that Man is very rich in regard to faculties and members, a hundred times more so than the animals. But in the pleasures of worldly life and in animal life he falls a hundred times lower. For in each pleasure he receives is the trace of thousands of pains. The pains of the past and fears of the future and the pain at each pleasure’s passing spoil the enjoyment to had from them, and leave a trace in the pleasure. But animals are not like that. They receive pleasure with no pains. They take enjoyment with no sorrow. Neither the sorrows of the past cause them suffering, nor the fears of the future distress them. They live peacefully, and offer thanks to their Creator.

This means that if Man, who is created on the most excellent of patterns, restricts his thought to the li-fe of this World, he falls a hundred times lower than a creature like a sparrow, although he is higher than the animals a hundred times in capital.