In order to better understand this, consider the following example: The glass on the helmets of astronauts is created in a shape that deflects the intensity of the sun’s light, and protects the astronauts’ sensitive eyes from the full luminosity of the sun, assuring they do not go blind. The astronauts’ helmets may veil their eyes from the true brightness of the sun, but this veil is a mercy because it allows the astronauts’ eyes to have an experience of the light. In this same way, despite the ego being a veil before God, when transformed and purified it allows us to have a true experience of
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