"In the most secret part of the understanding, The simple eye is ever open. It contemplates and gazes at the Light With a pure sight that is lit by the Light itself: Eye to eye, Mirror to mirror, Image to image. This threefold act makes us like God, And unites us to Him; For the sight of the simple eye is a living mirror, Which God has made for His image, And whereon He has impressed it."
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John Ruysbroeck, in "A Mirror of Eternal Blessedness " as translated in Ruysbroeck (1915) by Evelyn Underhill
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