"Whether it is Blake losing himself in a knot in a piece of wood, Wordsworth in lines of curling mist or the figures of a shepherd and his dog, Shelley in the west wind, or Rilke in the bird flying through him and the tree growing within him – each and all of them were engaged in the task of reconciling the Knower and the Field, so that the perceiver and the perception might be one."
The Flame and the Light - Hugh I'anson Fausset
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THE CLOUD OF UNKNOWING
Unknown English author
An enduring classic of Christian mystical experience
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"That which I am, I offer to you, O Lord, for you are it entirely."
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"He is your being and in him, you are what you are, not only because he is the cause and being of all that exists, but because he is your cause and the deep center of your being."
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"Do not shrink from the sweat and toil involved in gaining real self-knowledge, for I am sure that when you have acquired it you will very soon come to an experiential knowledge of God's goodness and love."
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"God created us in his image and likeness, making us like himself."
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"He is one in all things and all things are one in him. For I repeat: all things exist in him; he is the being of all."
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"Your intelligence is a reflection of the divine intelligence."
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"That which you are you have from Him and it is He, Himself."
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"God is your ground of being and your singleness of heart."
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"He whom neither men nor angels can grasp by knowledge can be embraced by love."
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"Yes, you and God are so one that you may in a sense truly be called divine."
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