Mysticism
Whatever your eye sees
You are not your body; you are the eye. When you see the spirit, you are free of the body. A human being is an eye – the rest is just flesh and bones. Whatever your eye sees, you are that. – Rumi
Part or particle of God
Standing on the bare ground… a mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eyeball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the universal being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God. – Emerson
Are you looking for the Holy One?
Are you looking for the Holy One? I am in the next seat. My shoulder is against yours. – Kabir
Earth’s crammed with heaven
Earth’s crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes. – Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The mystical is…
The mystical is not how the world is, but that it is. – Ludwig Wittgenstein
If a man wishes to be sure of the road
If a man wishes to be sure of the road he treads on, he must close his eyes and walk in the dark. – St. John of the cross
The prayer of the monk
The prayer of the monk is not perfect until he no longer recognizes himself or the fact that he is praying. – St. Anthony
The nature of God
The nature of God is a circle of which the center is everywhere and the circumference is nowhere. – Empedocles