Manevi Nikah: Ebedi Güneş ve Erdemlerin Süslenişi

The man who will feel the shining of the Eternal Sun, which is Christ Himself, will have clear vision and will dwell on the mountains of the east. This means concentrating all his energies and raising his heart towards God, remaining free and unconcerned regarding worldly joy, sorrow, and all created things. There, Christ, the Sun of Righteousness, shines on the free and uplifted heart; and these are the spiritual mountains which I have in mind. Christ, the glorious sun and the divine brightness, shines and illuminates and enkindles by His inward coming, and the power of His Spirit, the free heart and all the powers of the soul. When summer draws near, and the sun rises higher in the heavens, it draws the moisture of the soil through the roots and the trunk of the trees, until it reaches the branches, and hence come foliage, flowers, and fruits. So likewise, when Christ, the Eternal Sun, rises in our hearts, so that the summer reigns over their adornment of virtues, He sends His light and His fire into our will, and draws the heart from the multitude of earthly things, and creates unity and close fellowship, and makes the heart to grow and become green through inward love, and to bear the flowers of loving devotion and the fruits of gratitude and affection.