Nick Routledge@nick_routledge

The purloined letter, in Edgar Allan Poe's story (1845), "escaped observation by being excessively obvious." Wilber: “As Plotinus knew and Nagajurna taught: always and always, the other world is this world rightly seen.”

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Nick Routledge@nick_routledge · 1 Jul 2022

@CarlMcColman end/ "The world of the unseen is perceived through the eyes of insight just as the world of the visible is perceived by sight. When these two lights come together, unseen things are unveiled as they are in their essence and as they are in existence.” - Muhyi ud-Din Ibn ‘Arabi

"When you look for God,
god is in the look in your eyes."

"Through Thine own eyes
May I look at thee."

Rumi and Ibn Arabi
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"When you look for God, god is in the look in your eyes." "Through Thine own eyes May I look at thee." Rumi and Ibn Arabi

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Quoted by@jonmsweeney Things were different in Eckhart's time. We live in an evolving universe after all. De Chardin characterized "evolution becoming conscious of itself," as "the beginning of a new age...the earth finding its soul." Not separate realms, rather one, seamless. ?s=20