In the medieval West an anonymous author, who translated the works of Dionysus
into English for the first time, also wrote a beautiful manuscript, intriguingly titled,
" The cloud of unknowing " It teaches that God is known by stilling the mind,and
opening the heart. He cannot be defined with the intellect, but only embraced
with love.
The author wrote; God is always quite unable to be comprehended by the
intelligence, but he is totally and perfectly intelligible by the power of love.
Every single creature, moreover will know him differently. Dwell on this,
if you have the grace to do so, because to experience this for oneself is
everlasting joy.
To discover the all embracing oneness of God, the mystic must relinguish
his sense of self. The release from self is not within his power, but may
happen only by Gods grace.
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