Frithjof Schuon Archive

It must be so: there are the different religions —In which of these houses wilt thou dwell?Be not confused by the flood of concepts —Truth is one. And only God is good.In the beginning, the Word penetrated into us —The Light is one, but it has many reflections.

Thou hast said God’s Name a thousand times,And so doing, thou hast said it only once.God-consciousness can only be unique —The Highest Reality knows not number.What then is the merit of faithful repetition?To sow God’s blessing in the world.

Thou canst not fill a cup that is full —Therefore the soul must be empty during prayer;When the depth of the heart is the container,The soul is all the more in need of Lethe.Vacare Deo is the best drink —With thy silence, give thanks to the Most High.

Truths that do not changeAre always there; if I am conscious of this,I know that I am in God’s Hands —That everything is founded on our sense of the True.The world has shadows — but be of good cheerIn the face of the Sovereign Good.