Saint Symeon the New Theologian 949 -1022 A.D
I know that the Immovable comes down; I know that the Invisible appears to me; I know that He who is outside the whole creation takes me within Himself and hides me in His arms, and then I find myself outside the whole world.
I, a frail, small mortal in the world, behold the Creator of the world, all of Him, within myself; and I know that I shall not die, for I am within the Life, I have the whole of Life springing up as a fountain within me.
He is in my heart, He is in heaven: both there and here He shows himself to me with equal glory.
Hymn 13, ed. Johannes Koder, vol 1
