Man flows at once to God when the channel of purity is open.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- When purity is attained, people naturally turn toward the divine.
- In plain terms
- Purity opens the path to God.
- What can you take from it?
- Cultivate inner purity.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does purity mean to you?
- How does it affect spiritual experience?
Another view
Concept of purity is culturally relative.
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Life consists with wildness. The most alive is the wildest. Not yet subdued to man, its presence refreshes him.
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