the six enneads-第214章

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ble　love　of　a　daughter　for　a　noble　father；　but　coming　to　human　birth　and　lured　by　the　courtships　of　this　sphere；　she　takes　up　with　another　love；　a　mortal；　leaves　her　father　and　falls。　　　　　But　one　day　coming　to　hate　her　shame；　she　puts　away　the　evil　of　earth；　once　more　seeks　the　father；　and　finds　her　peace。　　　　　Those　to　whom　all　this　experience　is　strange　may　understand　by　way　of　our　earthly　longings　and　the　joy　we　have　in　winning　to　what　we　most　desire…　remembering　always　that　here　what　we　love　is　perishable；　hurtful；　that　our　loving　is　of　mimicries　and　turns　awry　because　all　was　a　mistake；　our　good　was　not　here；　this　was　not　what　we　sought；　There　only　is　our　veritable　love　and　There　we　may　hold　it　and　be　with　it；　possess　it　in　its　verity　no　longer　submerged　in　alien　flesh。　Any　that　have　seen　know　what　I　have　in　mind：　the　soul　takes　another　life　as　it　approaches　God；　thus　restored　it　feels　that　the　dispenser　of　true　life　is　There　to　see；　that　now　we　have　nothing　to　look　for　but；　far　otherwise；　that　we　must　put　aside　all　else　and　rest　in　This　alone；　This　become；　This　alone；　all　the　earthly　environment　done　away；　in　haste　to　be　free；　impatient　of　any　bond　holding　us　to　the　baser；　so　that　with　our　being　entire　we　may　cling　about　This；　no　part　in　us　remaining　but　through　it　we　have　touch　with　God。　　　　　Thus　we　have　all　the　vision　that　may　be　of　Him　and　of　ourselves；　but　it　is　of　a　self…wrought　to　splendour；　brimmed　with　the　Intellectual　light；　become　that　very　light；　pure；　buoyant；　unburdened；　raised　to　Godhood　or；　better；　knowing　its　Godhood；　all　aflame　then…　but　crushed　out　once　more　if　it　should　take　up　the　discarded　burden。　　　　　10。　But　how　comes　the　soul　not　to　keep　that　ground？　　　　　Because　it　has　not　yet　escaped　wholly：　but　there　will　be　the　time　of　vision　unbroken；　the　self　hindered　no　longer　by　any　hindrance　of　body。　Not　that　those　hindrances　beset　that　in　us　which　has　veritably　seen；　it　is　the　other　phase　of　the　soul　that　suffers　and　that　only　when　we　withdraw　from　vision　and　take　to　knowing　by　proof；　by　evidence；　by　the　reasoning　processes　of　the　mental　habit。　Such　logic　is　not　to　be　confounded　with　that　act　of　ours　in　the　vision；　it　is　not　our　reason　that　has　seen；　it　is　something　greater　than　reason；　reason's　Prior；　as　far　above　reason　as　the　very　object　of　that　thought　must　be。　　　　　In　our　self…seeing　There；　the　self　is　seen　as　belonging　to　that　order；　or　rather　we　are　merged　into　that　self　in　us　which　has　the　quality　of　that　order。　It　is　a　knowing　of　the　self　restored　to　its　purity。　No　doubt　we　should　not　speak　of　seeing；　but　we　cannot　help　talking　in　dualities；　seen　and　seer；　instead　of；　boldly；　the　achievement　of　unity。　In　this　seeing；　we　neither　hold　an　object　nor　trace　distinction；　there　is　no　two。　The　man　is　changed；　no　longer　himself　nor　self…belonging；　he　is　merged　with　the　Supreme；　sunken　into　it；　one　with　it：　centre　coincides　with　centre；　for　on　this　higher　plane　things　that　touch　at　all　are　one；　only　in　separation　is　there　duality；　by　our　holding　away；　the　Supreme　is　set　outside。　This　is　why　the　vision　baffles　telling；　we　cannot　detach　the　Supreme　to　state　it；　if　we　have　seen　something　thus　detached　we　have　failed　of　the　Supreme　which　is　to　be　known　only　as　one　with　ourselves。　　　　　11。　This　is　the　purport　of　that　rule　of　our　Mysteries：　Nothing　Divulged　to　the　Uninitiate：　the　Supreme　is　not　to　be　made　a　common　story；　the　holy　things　may　not　be　uncovered　to　the　stranger；　to　any　that　has　not　himself　attained　to　see。　There　were　not　two；　beholder　was　one　with　beheld；　it　was　not　a　vision　compassed　but　a　unity　apprehended。　The　man　formed　by　this　mingling　with　the　Supreme　must…　if　he　only　remember…　carry　its　image　impressed　upon　him：　he　is　become　the　Unity；　nothing　within　him　or　without　inducing　any　diversity；　no　movement　now；　no　passion；　no　outlooking　desire；　once　this　ascent　is　achieved；　reasoning　is　in　abeyance　and　all　Intellection　and　even；　to　dare　the　word；　the　very　self；　caught　away；　filled　with　God；　he　has　in　perfect　stillness　attained　isolation；　all　the　being　calmed；　he　turns　neither　to　this　side　nor　to　that；　not　even　inwards　to　himself；　utterly　resting　he　has　become　very　rest。　He　belongs　no　longer　to　the　order　of　the　beautiful；　he　has　risen　beyond　beauty；　he　has　overpassed　even　the　choir　of　the　virtues；　he　is　like　one　who；　having　penetrated　the　inner　sanctuary；　leaves　the　temple　images　behind　him…　though　these　become　once　more　first　objects　of　regard　when　he　leaves　the　holies；　for　There　his　converse　was　not　with　image；　not　with　trace；　but　with　the　very　Truth　in　the　view　of　which　all　the　rest　is　but　of　secondary　concern。　　　　　There；　indeed；　it　was　scarcely　vision；　unless　of　a　mode　unknown；　it　was　a　going　forth　from　the　self；　a　simplifying；　a　renunciation；　a　reach　towards　contact　and　at　the　same　time　a　repose；　a　meditation　towards　adjustment。　This　is　the　only　seeing　of　what　lies　within　the　holies：　to　look　otherwise　is　to　fail。　　　　　Things　here　are　signs；　they　show　therefore　to　the　wiser　teachers　how　the　supreme　God　is　known；　the　instructed　priest　reading　the　sign　may　enter　the　holy　place　and　make　real　the　vision　of　the　inaccessible。　　　　　Even　those　that　have　never　found　entry　must　admit　the　existence　of　that　invisible；　they　will　know　their　source　and　Principle　since　by　principle　they　see　principle　and　are　linked　with　it；　by　like　they　have　contact　with　like　and　so　they　grasp　all　of　the　divine　that　lies　within　the　scope　of　mind。　Until　the　seeing　comes　they　are　still　craving　something；　that　which　only　the　vision　can　give；　this　Term；　attained　only　by　those　that　have　overpassed　all；　is　the　All…Transcending。　　　　　It　is　not　in　the　soul's　nature　to　touch　utter　nothingness；　the　lowest　descent　is　into　evil　and；　so　far；　into　non…being：　but　to　utter　nothing；　never。　When　the　soul　begins　again　to　mount；　it　comes　not　to　something　alien　but　to　its　very　self；　thus　detached；　it　is　not　in　nothingness　but　in　itself；　self…gathered　it　is　no　longer　in　the　order　of　being；　it　is　in　the　Supreme。　　　　　There　is　thus　a　converse　in　virtue　of　which　the　essential　man　outgrows　Being；　becomes　identical　with　the　Transcendent　of　Being。　The　self　thus　lifted；　we　are　in　the　likeness　of　the　Supreme：　if　from　that　heightened　self　we　pass　still　higher…　image　to　archetype…　we　have　won　the　Term　of　all　our　journeying。　Fallen　back　again；　we　awaken　the　virtue　within　until　we　know　ourselves　all　order　once　more；　once　more　we　are　lightened　of　the　burden　and　move　by　virtue　towards　Intellectual…Principle　and　through　the　Wisdom　in　That　to　the　Supreme。　　　　　This　is　the　life　of　gods　and　of　the　godlike　and　blessed　among　men；　liberation　from　the　alien　that　besets　us　here；　a　life　taking　no　pleasure　in　the　things　of　earth；　the　passing　of　solitary　to　solitary。





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