the six enneads-第245章

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hat；　not　even　inwards　to　himself；　utterly　resting　he　has　become　very　rest。　He　belongs　no　longer　to　the　order　of　the　beautiful；　he　has　risen　beyond　beauty；　he　has　overpassed　even　the　choir　of　the　virtues；　he　is　like　one　who；　having　penetrated　the　inner　sanctuary；　leaves　the　temple　images　behind　him…　though　these　become　once　more　first　objects　of　regard　when　he　leaves　the　holies；　for　There　his　converse　was　not　with　image；　not　with　trace；　but　with　the　very　Truth　in　the　view　of　which　all　the　rest　is　but　of　secondary　concern。　　　　　There；　indeed；　it　was　scarcely　vision；　unless　of　a　mode　unknown；　it　was　a　going　forth　from　the　self；　a　simplifying；　a　renunciation；　a　reach　towards　contact　and　at　the　same　time　a　repose；　a　meditation　towards　adjustment。　This　is　the　only　seeing　of　what　lies　within　the　holies：　to　look　otherwise　is　to　fail。　　　　　Things　here　are　signs；　they　show　therefore　to　the　wiser　teachers　how　the　supreme　God　is　known；　the　instructed　priest　reading　the　sign　may　enter　the　holy　place　and　make　real　the　vision　of　the　inaccessible。　　　　　Even　those　that　have　never　found　entry　must　admit　the　existence　of　that　invisible；　they　will　know　their　source　and　Principle　since　by　principle　they　see　principle　and　are　linked　with　it；　by　like　they　have　contact　with　like　and　so　they　grasp　all　of　the　divine　that　lies　within　the　scope　of　mind。　Until　the　seeing　comes　they　are　still　craving　something；　that　which　only　the　vision　can　give；　this　Term；　attained　only　by　those　that　have　overpassed　all；　is　the　All…Transcending。　　　　　It　is　not　in　the　soul's　nature　to　touch　utter　nothingness；　the　lowest　descent　is　into　evil　and；　so　far；　into　non…being：　but　to　utter　nothing；　never。　When　the　soul　begins　again　to　mount；　it　comes　not　to　something　alien　but　to　its　very　self；　thus　detached；　it　is　not　in　nothingness　but　in　itself；　self…gathered　it　is　no　longer　in　the　order　of　being；　it　is　in　the　Supreme。　　　　　There　is　thus　a　converse　in　virtue　of　which　the　essential　man　outgrows　Being；　becomes　identical　with　the　Transcendent　of　Being。　The　self　thus　lifted；　we　are　in　the　likeness　of　the　Supreme：　if　from　that　heightened　self　we　pass　still　higher…　image　to　archetype…　we　have　won　the　Term　of　all　our　journeying。　Fallen　back　again；　we　awaken　the　virtue　within　until　we　know　ourselves　all　order　once　more；　once　more　we　are　lightened　of　the　burden　and　move　by　virtue　towards　Intellectual…Principle　and　through　the　Wisdom　in　That　to　the　Supreme。　　　　　This　is　the　life　of　gods　and　of　the　godlike　and　blessed　among　men；　liberation　from　the　alien　that　besets　us　here；　a　life　taking　no　pleasure　in　the　things　of　earth；　the　passing　of　solitary　to　solitary。





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