At the time of meditation, our own state of mind appears like the color of sapphire or sky.

"When the mind, having stripped off the old self, has been re-clothed with the self that comes from grace, then it will see its own state at the moment of meditation like the color of sapphire or of the sky, what Scripture calls the dwelling of God which was seen by the Ancients on Mount Sinai."

Evagrius Ponticus,
A Desert Father, 4th century Egypt

Photo: Subalpine Firs and bluish layers of mountain ridges; Mount Baker Wilderness, WA; July 23, 2013

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