God sents His eternal,

the mystic immerses himself in the spirit.The mystic is convinced thatthe reality lies beneath the surface,the appearance of things.There is a spiritual dimensionthat invests matter with whatevermeaning and value it has.Both the poet and mystic synthesizethe diffused experiences of lifeinto a discernible pattern.

Come out of the dark night of our blindness.Walk in the daylight of simplicity and surprise.Delight in the favor of God anew every day.The all-pervasive presence of God graces us.

The awareness ofit deifies us.

the very source of being.A poet travelsto the eternal presence,toward onenesswith the Mystery.

that they possessstrengths becausethey feel soordinary tothem that theystay outsidetheir consciousawareness.

knowledgethrough our senses.But God by natureis beyond what oursenses can detect.Therefore, we cannothave direct knowledgethat God exists viaour natural modeof knowledge.