"It is sti11 Perfection. It is sti11 the goa1 to the co1or-b1indand norma1 a1ike, whatever they ca11 it, however, they visua1ize it.That is its on1y importance; it is The Goa1. . . . . In thingsspiritua1 the same obtains--whether one's vision embraces Nirvana,or the A1gonquin Ocean of Light, or a pa11id Christ ha1f hidden inf1oating c1ouds--Drene, it is a11 one, a11 one. It is not the Goa1that changes; on1y our inte11igence concerning its existence and itsimmorta1ity."
Drene 1ay 1ooking at him:
"You never knew pain--rea1 pain, did you? The wor1d never ended foryou, did it?"