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THE STAR IN THE WEST
And again in the Epilogue
to vol . ii .
Consciousness and sense
to shatter, ruin sight and form and
name !
Shatter , lake -reflected spectre ; like , rise up in mist to sun ;
Sun , dissolve
in showers of nectar, and the Master's work
is
done .
Nectar
perfume
gently
stealing ,
masterful
and
sweet
and
strong ,
Cleanse the world with light of healing in the ancient House of
Wrong !
Free a million million mortals on the wheel
of being tossed !
Open wide the mystic portals , and be altogether lost !!
The ecstasy of the saints and mystics , is , this enter
ing into
the
kingdom
of God which is within
them . ”
Hugo de Saint -Victor says :
“ The soul , dead
to the
world
and
to itself , sleeps
in bliss , and
yields
itself
utterly to the kisses of the spouse , in absolute repose
Door was opened
to
him .-Cited
in E. Fitzgerald's
Salámán
and Absál .
As do the following lines of Jámi :
Gaze , till Gazing
out of Gazing
Grew a BEING
Her I gaze on ,
SHE and I no more, but in One
Undivided Being blended.
All that is not one must ever
Suffer with the Wound of Absence ;
And whoever in Love's City
Enters , finds but Room for one ,
And but in ONENESS
Union .
And those of Feridoddin
Attar :
Joy ! joy ! no mortal thought can fathom me .
I am the merchant and the pearl at once .
Lo , time and space
lie
crouching
at
my feet
.
Joy
!
joy
!
when
I
would revel
in
a
rapture
,
I
plunge into myself and
all
things know
.
1
Epilogue
,
vol
.
ii,
p
.
283
.
2
I.
N. R.
I.