As the beams reflected from the mountain top are of the sun, and not the mountains, so are these spiritual rays of the spiritual sun, and not of the individual reflecting them, or through whom they may chance to shine.
This metaphor illustrates the idea that spiritual insights come from a higher source, not from the individual alone.
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