Frithjof Schuon Archive

Thou shouldst not cling obstinately, without measure,To shifting thoughts — be stillBefore God. The past is gone; and whatLies before thee, is what the Most High wills.

Dialectic and music — since my earliest daysI have carried both faithfully within me.The first as a starting-point for the True,The other as a path to the Miraculous.

The river: a path from non-existence to the All;From the source to the ocean — there is nothing more.After the roar of a waterfallIt flows, renewed, into the sea.And likewise man: after the crisis of a trial,He awakens blissfully on Heaven’s meadow.

The Virgin said: they have no wine.This means: one would be right to take joy in the wedding.The soul’s happiness may also be of this earth.As long as one understands: the Kingdom is within.May earthly happiness also be heavenly.