In the Arabian Nights there is the story that a man loved a princess. His love increased so much that he thought that if he could see her only once that would be enough for his whole life. It was very difficult, for she was a king's daughter, and you know that the zenana is a place that cannot easily be entered. He went to a mystic and said to him, "I do not want to learn any philosophy nor any metaphysics nor anything. I only want to know how to reach my beloved." The mystic said: "That is very difficult. She is a king's daughter. But you can put your soul into the person of someone else, and so be near her."