" 'A passion for the unattainable' is only a metaphysical way of saying that all the universes, all the various planes of existence, are finally a very big place. The beauty of it is that we human beings have the capacity to grasp a great deal of that very big place. We cannot have it all; there is too much, and some areas are restricted to particular beings (just trust me on this one). But we can have a lot.
"What is equally interesting is that no two people carry exactly the same items into the universes. We each bring a little something unique to ourselves. Within the spiral model of creation — by which I mean that human evolution has the quality of appearing circular, of appearing repetitive, but it is really always advancing upward — each person contributes something, and the complex interplay of all our contributions creates an amazingly balanced energy form, or it can. This actually works only when everyone links up. At the animalistic level, we call this energy a mob. At the angelic level, we call it the music of the spheres.
"I guess most of us are stuck somewhere in between, sounding our plaintive individual notes and hoping someone will harmonize with us. Hang out with the Sufis long enough, and you will eventually hear them say in some way or another that not only do they want you to sing well, but they want you to sing right out to the limit of your capabilities — which are always going to be bigger than you think they are, plus a little."
