the great Persian poet Hafez wrote, "start seeing everything as God but keep it a secret." I still have no idea what I mean when I say God, but I see it everywhere. I mean it intensely. I write poems, and yes, books about it. I read about it constantly, which seems, counterintuitively, to only deepen its secret. close your eyes. imagine in your head a bladeless knife with no handle. do you see how the image recedes from view the more language I add to it? a bladeless knife. with no handle.

- What Can Ancient Spiritual Poetry Teach Us about Living?