I believe in the innumerable, the ephemeral masks which God has assumed throughout the centuries, and behind his ceaseless flux I discern an indestructable unity.I believe in his sleepless and violent struggle which tames and fructifies the earth as the life-giving fountain of plants, animals and men.
Blessed be all those who hear and rush to free you, Lord, and who say, "Only you and I exist."
Blessed be all those who free you and become united with you, Lord, and who say, "You and I are one."
And thrice blessed be those who bear on their shoulders and do not buckle under this great, sublime, and terrifying secret: That even this one does not exist!
We come from a dark abyss, we end in a dark abyss, and we call the luminous interval life.
-- Nikos Kazantzakis, from The Saviors of God: Spiritual Exercises (1927)
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