If You Are Convinced Of God's Existence

God And Love Are Identical, And One Who Has Divine Love Has Received God.

God Has Come Again And Again In Various Forms, Has Spoken Again And Again In Different Words And Different Languages The Same One Truth - But How Many Are There That Live Up To It? Instead Of Making Truth The Vitalbreath Of His Life, Man Compromises By Making Over And Over Againa Mechanical Religion Of It - A Handy Staff To Lean On In Times Of Adversity, A Soothing Balm For His Conscience Or A Tradition To Be Followed.

When The Mind Soars In Pursuit Of The Things Conceived In Space...it Pursues Emptiness; But When Man Dives Deep Within Himself, He Experiences The Fullness Of Existence.

When Longing Is Most Intense Separation Is Complete, And The Purpose Of Separation, Which Was That Love Might Experience Itself As Lover And Beloved, Is Fulfilled; And Union Follows. And When Union Is Attained, The Lover Knows That He Himself Was All Along The Beloved Whom He Loved And Desired Union With; And That All The Impossible Situations That He Overcame Were Obstacles Which He Himself Had Placed In The Path To Himself. To Attain Union Is So Impossibly Difficult Because It Is Impossible To Become What You Already Are! Union Is Nothing Other Than Knowledge Of Oneself As The Only One.

In The Spiritual Life It Is Not Necessary To Have A Complete Map Of The Path In Order To Begin Traveling. On The Contrary, Having Such Complete Knowledge May Actually Hinder Rather Than Help The Onward March. The Deeper Secrets Of Spiritual Life Are Unraveled To Those Who Take Risks And Who Make Bold Experiments With It. They Are Not Meant For The Idler Who Seeks Guarantees At Every Step. Those Who Speculate From The Shore About The Ocean Shall Know Only Its Surface, But Those Who Would Know The Depths Of The Ocean Must Be Willing To Plunge Into It.