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Chapter 17 - Self-Knowlege |
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a man said, "Speak to us of Self-Knowledge." |
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| And he answered, saying: Your hearts know in silence
the secrets of the days and the nights. But your
ears thirst for the sound of your heart's knowledge.
You would know in words that which you have always
known in thought. You would touch with your fingers
the naked body of your dreams. |
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| And it is well you should. The hidden well-spring
of your soul must needs rise and run murmuring to
the sea; And the treasure of your infinite depths
would be revealed to your eyes. But let there be
no scales to weigh your unknown treasure; And seek
not the depths of your knowledge with staff or sounding
line. For self is a sea boundless and measureless. |
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| Say not, "I have found the truth," but rather, "I
have found a truth." Say not, "I have found the path
of the soul." Say rather, "I have met the soul walking
upon my path." For the soul walks upon all paths.
The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow
like a reed. The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus
of countless petals. |
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