When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as I am known. And now abideth, faith, hope and charity, these three, but the greatest of these is charity – 1 Corinthians XIII.11
← Self-abnegation is about the fullness of living; not its denial. It’s about freedom, about dissemination, it’s about the heart finding its home ground. An anonymous 15th C monk described the process beautifully: “Know thyself, tis half the path to God, then lose thyself and the rest of the way is trod” – Joy CowleyKnowledge of Ideal Beauty is not to be acquired. It is born with us. Innate Ideas are in every Man, born with him, they are truly Himself – William Blake →