Based on the provided quotations, it can be said that the high demands imposed by God are not dictated by arbitrary strictness but rather reflect the fundamental difference between the infinity of being and our limited capacity to perceive it.

Divine Challenge: Bridging Finite Perception and the Infinite

Based on the provided quotations, it can be said that the high demands imposed by God are not dictated by arbitrary strictness but rather reflect the fundamental difference between the infinity of being and our limited capacity to perceive it. Thus, one of the quotations emphasizes that our “worldly” experience is conditional and that the true, unconditional signs of being cannot be grasped within the framework of everyday perception:

"Good-natured preachers love to soothingly talk about the signs and indications placed along the path to conversion. Although they are correct, there is a strong suspicion that they themselves have not walked the hard way; otherwise, they would know that all signs can only be read from the side opposite to the traveler’s direction, so that while he looks forward, they remain invisible to him—and he is often forbidden from looking back. Frankly speaking, everything said about the security, certainty, and even identification of our worldly self is extremely conditional. In a captive existence, everything is imaginary and conditional, including, by the way, numbness. Although, while remaining in the world, we somehow label everything, in the strict sense it is unclear on what basis and under what authority we do so. From this earthly point of view, not a single true sign or inscription can be read."

Another quotation forces us to reflect on why we perceive only a small part of being, why its fullness remains inaccessible to us:

"We begin with the fact that we carry within us some knowledge of being, and no critic can free themselves from this...

But why are boundaries set for the given being?

Why do we not incorporate the full fullness of being within ourselves? Obviously, there is some defect in the mechanism of perception that has tormented all philosophers... Perhaps the heights of being are transcendent to our lower, afflicted, secondary consciousness..."

These reflections indicate that our nature is limited in its ability to perceive and grasp the full depth of being. Thus, if God's demands seem excessive, it is not because they are imposed capriciously, but because they are directed toward that which we have not yet been fully prepared to comprehend—the understanding of the absolute and the eternal. God's demands can be seen as a challenge for spiritual transformation and elevation, which implies a change in consciousness and internal aspiration in order to at least partially touch upon what originally exceeds our capabilities.