“In this state of absorbed contemplation, there is no longer any question of holding an object in view; the vision is such that seeing and seen are one; object and act of vision have become identical.” StatesViewsVisionSeeingObjectsContemplationIdentical Author:Plotinus
“We must not run after it, but we must fit ourselves for the vision and then wait tranquilly for it, as the eye waits on the rising of the Sun which in its own time appears above the horizon and gives itself to our sight.” GivingEyeRunningWaitingVisionSunFitSightPatienceRisingHorizon Book:The Enneads Source: The Enneads
“Never did eye see the sun unless it had first become sun-like, and never can the soul have vision of the First Beauty unless itself be beautiful.” FirstsSoulEyeBeautifulVisionSun Book:The Six Enneads Source: The Six Enneads
