"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 known 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 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."