ECSTASY: THE HEART AS MEDIUM.
All the earth I’d wandered over, seeking still the beacon light,
Never tarried in the day time, never sought repose at night;
Till I heard a reverend preacher all the mystery declare,
Then I looked within my bosom, and ‘twas shining brightly there.
(E. H. Palmer, Orient. Myst.)
Who so knoweth himself, knoweth the Godhead.—Thy soul is the sufficient proof of the existence of the Godhead: When by reflection thou hast penetrated to that deep within, thou shalt discover there the Universal Worker of his work.
(D’Herbelot—Persian Paraphrases.)
Wouldst know where I found the Supreme? One step beyond self.—Behind the veil of self shines unseen the beauty of the Beloved.—(Aphorisms.)
Soul of the soul! Neither thought nor reason comprehend thy essence, and no one knows thy attributes. Souls have no idea of thy being. The prophets themselves sink into the dust before thee. Although intellect exists by thee, has it ever found the path of thy existence? Thou art the interior and the exterior of the soul.—(Attar.)
They who see God are ever rapt in ecstacy. * * * (The Mesnevi.)
ECSTASY: NATURE AS MEDIUM.
The varied pictures I have drawn on space,