Veiling

Veiling is a way to talk about different steps toward becoming wise. It's like covering up the absolute truth with layers that hide it. When people start their spiritual journey, they don't directly see the most important things. These layers hide the deeper truths under their ideas, what they know, and their selves. But as they learn and grow, these layers lift, and they understand better.

At first, people mostly learn about the world through their senses and what their minds tell them. These layers of every day seeing and thinking block them from seeing more profound things that are important. As they learn more, they notice how their ideas and wants can stop them from profoundly understanding.

Later on, people might know many spiritual things, but they haven't felt or lived them. These layers of knowledge stop them from really using and feeling what they've learned. As they know even more, they see that the idea of being separate from everything is invalid.

When people get close to being wise, they might have moments where they feel connected to everything. Finally, after going through all these steps, the layers lift. People start to see that everything is connected with something divine. This is the highest level of wisdom, where people feel a strong and constant connection with the divine truth. They are free from the layers that used to hide this truth from them.