Frithjof Schuon Archive

Âtmâ is Reality, Pure Knowledge,And Bliss. And thus God isThe One Who Is, the Seer, and Peace —Thou canst name the Lord with a hundred names.

World, life, people — these three conceptsContain everything that destiny weaves;Blessèd the man who sees through the stuff of existence,And who in God rises above himself.

Life does not offer more than it can,And if thou wishest more, thou must seek it afar;Thou askest me what and where and how and when —God will ordain for thee the portals of thy destiny.Each must make his way through life —At the same time, on a higher level, there is...

Someone had the thought of pleasing meBy blowing soap bubbles in the air —It was not idle play; the bubbles, which pass away,Teach us, through an image, to see inner realities.How was the origin of existence conceived?It was made variegated, round, and colored.