Frithjof Schuon Archive

It is said that ye should hold firmly onto forms;For it is they that shape the fabric of the soul.But when the Essential Content has accepted thee,This will benefit thee more than mere prescriptions.

Thou goest from one dwelling-place to another,And suddenly thou no longer feelest at home;Everything seems strange to thee. Fear not —In God-remembrance is a secure refuge.Estrangement disappears; the alarmWas illusion. In God thou shalt discover thyself anew.

Prayer — firstly it is commanded;And then: the soul has dire need of it.It is not a case of merely doing what pleases thee —The one who prays brings blessing to the world.Thy prayer must show a pure intention —Otherwise it cannot rise to God’s heights.

Livest thou in space? This must be somewhere;And in time? This must be some time;Thou canst not escape these particularities —Thine is what destiny can give.Tell thyself, what the will of God ordains for theeIs noble existence — is Being itself.