The ladder from the basement leads to light of day. Each step brings one closer, until, with hand outstretched one is helped to stand in the sun. Not until the cellar is left can one be of the day.
Closer to You, my Love, I leave each step and stage, veil of shadow, darkness of thought, desire; until clear of these, I see and know. Lift me to this starting height. Expansion continues, now, no end. Clarity and being You are. and I become as nothing for You are all.
One heart lifting, raising all the world. Truth lifts one and with it all is raised: my arm humanity, heart the world within; for as one person is saved and knows the Truth, so are all.
It is like climbing the staircase, floor by floor in a great building - high. As one goes further the view increases, but it is not until one reaches the top and stands upon the roof that one enters the city with unrestricted view. From here one see all below and knows also how far one can see is only the next step. To fly as the bird, the soul unfettered, heart soaring, breath connecting, supporting the wings.
As the veil is taken from the eyes, the dance of a thousand veils: of mind, and thought, and self; finally no more, naked in the sunlight, one soars as the dove.