He stopped me in nearness, and said to me: Nothing is further away from me than any other thing Nor is anything nearer to me
4658Except inasmuch as I place it
4658In nearness or farness.

Then he told me:
4658Farness is known by nearness And nearness through ecstasy!

Then he told me:
4658The lowest rung on the scale of knowing nearness Is that in all things
4658You glimpse some trace of my gaze.

Then he told me:
4658My farness is something you don’t know My nearness is something you don’t know Just as you don’t know my real attributes For what they really are.
4658And I am both near and far away, According to a nearness that is farness too And a farness that is nearness.

Then he told me:
4658The nearness you know is farness,
4658The farness you know is distance
4658But I am both near and far away, for me there is no distance.

Then he told me:
4658You find me, but don’t really find me, That’s what farness is.You describe me
4658Without apprehending me from the description That’s what farness is.

Then he told me:
4658You see yourself
4658Yet I’m nearer to you than your own vision of yourself That’s what farness really is.