Say to Wisdom 'You are my sister.' Join thought to divine wisdom, so she and he become one.
Taste and see that God is good.
The soul will cleave to the divine mind, and the divine
mind will cleave to her. For more than the calf wants to
suck, the cow wants to suckle. She and the divine mind
become one, like pouring a jug of water into a gushing
spring: all becomes one.
(p. 112)
An epiphany enables you to sense creation not as something
completed, but as constantly becoming, evolving, ascending.
This transports you from a place where there is nothing new
to a place where there is nothing old, where everything
renews itself, where heaven and earth rejoice as at the moment
of creation.
(p. 99)
There is one who sings the song of his soul, discovering in his soul everything -- utter spiritual fulfillment.
There is one who sings the song of his people. Emerging from the private circle of his soul -- not expansive enough, not yet tranquil -- he strives for fierce heights, clinging to the entire community of Israel in tender love...
Then there is one whose soul expands until it extends beyond the border of Israel, singing the song of humanity... his spirit spreads, aspiring to the goal of humankind, envisioning its consummation...
Then there is one who expands even further until he unites with all existence, with all creatures, with all worlds, singing a song with them all.
There is one who ascends with all these songs in unison--
the song of the soul, the song of the nation, the song
of humanity, the song of the cosmos -- resounding together,
blending in harmony, circulating the sap of life, the sound
of holy joy.
(p. 154)
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