Precious Moments Of Unveiled Vision

Indeed by abandoning the frail defences of intellectual reason and yielding himself wholly to the overwhelming forces of the spirit that surround him, by giving up the stubborn, intervening 'I' in absolute surrender to the infinite 'thou', man will out of his abject weakness rise to strength unmeasured; in the precious moments of unveiled vision he will perceive the truth that resolves all vexing problems, and win a memory to sustain him when the inevitable shadows close about him once more.

~ from A. J. Arberry's Introduction to Fifty Poems of Hafiz.

And what is the "truth that resolves all vexing problems"?

We are naught but fleeting moments in the life of God.



How might this "truth" deliver on its promise? By converting truth to beauty and vindicating beauty as truth. The good, however, remains to be accounted for. Giving up the stubborn, intervening "I" is the first step in both directions.