[Seraphita by Honore de Balzac]@TWC D-Link bookSeraphita CHAPTER II 14/32
Behold the beings who lack intelligence, those who begin to receive it, those who have passed through trials, those who love, those who follow wisdom and aspire to the regions of Light! "Canst thou comprehend, through this thought made visible, the destiny of humanity ?--whence it came, whither to goeth? Continue steadfast in the Path.
Reaching the end of thy journey thou shalt hear the clarions of omnipotence sounding the cries of victory in chords of which a single one would shake the earth, but which are lost in the spaces of a world that hath neither east nor west. "Canst thou comprehend, my poor beloved Tried-one, that unless the torpor and the veils of sleep had wrapped thee, such sights would rend and bear away thy mind as the whirlwinds rend and carry into space the feeble sails, depriving thee forever of thy reason? Dost thou understand that the Soul itself, raised to its utmost power can scarcely endure in dreams the burning communications of the Spirit? "Speed thy way through the luminous spheres; behold, admire, hasten! Flying thus thou canst pause or advance without weariness.
Like other men, thou wouldst fain be plunged forever in these spheres of light and perfume where now thou art, free of thy swooning body, and where thy thought alone has utterance.
Fly! enjoy for a fleeting moment the wings thou shalt surely win when Love has grown so perfect in thee that thou hast no senses left; when thy whole being is all mind, all love.
The higher thy flight the less canst thou see the abysses.
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