Lust is insatiable and is a great devil. Know this as the enemy. As the fire is covered by smoke, as the mirror by dust, and as the embryo by the amnion, similarly, self-knowledge gets covered by the different degrees of this insatiable lust, the eternal enemy of the wise [Chokmah, Samboghakaya].

Behold I’m sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves. Be therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

It takes time.

With patience thou shalt possess thy souls.