Treat all things as if they were loaned to you without any ownership whether body or soul, sense or strength, external goods or honors, house or hall ... everything.
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It is a fair trade and an equal exchange to the extent that you depart from things, thus far, no more and no less, God enters into you with all that is his, as far as you have stripped yourself of yourself in all things. It is here that you should b
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Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.
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Therefore, if you want to discover nature's nakedness, you must destroy its symbols, and the farther you get in the nearer you come to its essense. When you come to the One that gathers all things up into itself, there your soul must stay.
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God is at home, it's we who have gone out for a walk.
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