- forthcoming -

   “Oh, then, soul, most beautiful among all creatures, so anxious to know the dwelling place of your Beloved so you may go in search of him and be united with him, now we are telling you that you yourself are his dwelling and his secret inner room and hiding place.” - The Spiritual Canticle, Stanza 1.6 (Kavanough/Rodriguez: Collected Works of St. John of the Cross)

   “The heart is the Throne of God. The body is the Temple of God. If you defile the Throne where God is, then who will sit there? So blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” - Kirpal Singh, Morning Talks, 1981 edition, p. 15)