"Now bear with my foolishness for a little. I want to tell you of my own experience . . I admit that the Word [of insight] has come to me, . . . and has come many times. But although he has come to me, I have never been conscious of the moment of his coming . . . You ask me then how I know he is present . . . It is not by any movement of his that I recognize his coming; it is not by any of my senses that I perceive he has flooded the depths of my being. Only by the warmth of my heart do I perceive his presence . . . My heart grows warm within me, and I know he is there."
St. Bernard of Clairvaux,
12th century Cistercian monk
Photo: A 500 year-old Douglas-fir glows in reflected orange light, Bryce Canyon National Park, UT; August 31, 2012
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