He who sees by illumination
discerns God first in everything.
But he who sees by logic only,
and seeks to prove the necessary,
is bewildered and sometimes travels
backward in a circle, or is imprisoned
in a chain of proofs.
Fool! He seeks the dazzling sun
by the dim light of a candle in the desert.”
-Mahmud Shabistari
A man cannot see anything he is unwilling to see.
He is unwilling because he fears
that the loss of his false self and fixed viewpoints
means the loss of himself.
His identifies with these viewpoints;
he thinks they are him, which they are not.
Now, the loss of his old nature is his very rescue,
for it leads to Reality, to his True Self.
But he will not plunge into the darkness,
fearing that there is nothing beyond.
There is, but every man must take the plunge for himself.
Then, everything is different.
-Alan Watts
Incapable of the soul's direct inlook
She sees by spasms.
-Aurobindo Ghose
