The body

"Everyone has to mature through corporeality. The child and the young never feel themselves to be anything other than a body. And some people live their whole lives without ever having a moment of realisation. But as long as a man does not come to spiritual self-knowledge in his own feeling, all reasoning is in vain. It is in vain to open the eyes of a cat when it is two days old: it cannot see. But by the eighth day its eyes open of their own accord, and then it can see even in the dark. There are learned and educated men who say that man's proof of his celestial citizenship is false, and there are simple uneducated men to whom it is unnecessary to show such proof: they know where they belong. The eagle sees the sun; it needs no astronomical proof. A mineworm does not believe such a light if anyone claims it and proves it to him. He who has well-developed ears hears music. He that has deaf ears, he can hear the violin in vain, even if it is Kubelik's. Yet it is not useless to talk about it. Those who dig for gold are always glad to hear the experiences of other prospectors. Those who are already in the right direction will be confirmed by the sign of the pointer tree, if it agrees with their direction. Those already groping at the door don't have to look so hard for the handle. And the father can best speak to his children, for the child, if he does not understand, will take the father's hand with confidence: it is certain that this hand will not lead him astray."