Know, truly, that I have never written a word in my books except under the direction of the Holy Spirit. In all men is found, by the same nature, a triple unity which, among the righteous, is moreover supernatural. ~ John of Ruysbroeck Continue reading
Love is not a choice. Either you love or you don’t, but it is not a decision. You can decide to pursue a relationship with someone. It is a choice to sleep with somebody. You can choose to get married. But to love is not a choice. The choice a woman has to make though is to let go of herself — let go of “subjectivity”. Continue reading
Tradition describes the world of Being, essences, the necessary, which alone is fully real. The rest can only see the world of Becoming, the accidental, the contingent. It is imperative to shift one’s perspective. Continue reading
There is a greater probability that the being will encounter one of the innumerable peripheral conditions comparable in our world to those of animals or even vegetables. Continue reading
Women are not capable of creating a man. He has to make the effort to know himself before he can reveal that Self to a woman in order to know her. Continue reading
The Feminine is the esoteric and the esoteric is Feminine. It is the part of the Self that is most hidden. Conversely, the Masculine is exoteric, the Law. The Virginal Conception means that Christianity originates in the purely esoteric. Without a male father, then, Jesus does not bring a new … Continue reading
Dante acknowledges his connection to Virgil and even into Purgatory. Virgil is gone before Dante could reach the Earthly Paradise, or the Primordial State. This is a state of supernatural happiness. However, it is still not yet the Beatific Vision. Continue reading
Your desire then is to penetrate her soul; that is what is needed, even if the reasons are unclear. Skin, which a moment ago was an organ of intense pleasure, suddenly becomes an obstacle. The frustrating conclusion is that the soul is impervious to physical contact. Continue reading
A living light endangered high antiquity, but some of its rays have reached us. To us it seems as if the Ancients lived in darkness because we see them through the thick fog from which we are emerging. Man is a child born at midnight: when he sees the sun rise, he believes that yesterday never existed Continue reading
Don Quixote chose to be a Knight Errant. He ventured out into the world to right wrongs, defend widows and orphans, and earn the love of a beautiful woman. He found out that the path is hardly easy. Continue reading