That which was lost in Paradise was brought back again by her, that noble likeness which the Father had fashioned like unto Himself, and which had been spoiled. These are the words of the Heavenly Father Who guides and entices us to this birth. This restlessness, which should always and unceasingly be ours, is delayed and hindered by the strange births that are born of man. Ask not me, but ask thyself, why thou hast no love or desire. Delight in God and delight in the creature cannot exist side by side.
Some men go about blindly, and all that they do is done blindly and foolishly in unfruitfulness.
Thou must also know that, if thou art found thus wantonly possessed, loving the creature more than thou lovest God, thou wilt never appear before the Face of God. This is said everywhere in Scripture, and in all parts of the Gospel. There is the command in the Old and New Testaments, that man should love God above all things. Which is in heaven, he shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. Thy Order can neither make thee holy nor blessed.