On 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 know 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 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. |