Of Self-Knowledge

• And a man said, Speak to us of Self-Knowledge.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 sould 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 sould unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals.

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