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Traherne, Thomas - Centuries of Meditations - My naked simple life was I That act so strongly shined
Identifier
002450
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
Thomas Traherne – Centuries of Meditations
My naked simple life was I
That act so strongly shined,
Upon the earth, the sea, the sky
It was the substance of my mind
The sense itself was I.
I felt no dross nor matter in my soul
No brims nor borders, such as in a bowl
We see, my essence was capacity
That felt all things.
The thought that springs
Therefrom’s itself. It hath no other wings
To spread abroad, nor eyes to see
Nor hands distinct to feel
Nor knees to kneel
But being simple like the deity
In its own centre is a sphere
Not shut up here, but everywhere
The source of the experience
Traherne, ThomasConcepts, symbols and science items
Concepts
Body image distortionSymbols
Science Items
Activities and commonsteps
Activities
Suppressions
Believing in the spiritual worldCommuning with nature
Inherited genes
Squash the big I am