When men search for God with their bodily eyes they find Him nowhere, for He is invisible. But for those who ponder in the Spirit He is present everywhere. He is in all, yet beyond all.
Interpretation
The quote suggests that God cannot be perceived through physical senses and can only be understood spiritually.
Symeon The New Theologian emphasizes that the search for God through physical means is futile, as God is fundamentally invisible and can only be experienced through spiritual contemplation. This understanding implies that the divine is omnipresent and exists beyond material existence, accessible to those who seek deeper wisdom and connection with the spiritual essence of life.
In practice
In a sermon discussing the nature of faith and divine presence.
Through repentance the filth of our foul actions is washed away. After this, we participate in the Holy Spirit, not automatically, but according to the faith, humility and inner disposition of the repentance in which our soul is engaged. For this reason it is good to repent each day as the act of repentance is unending.
Am I a pessimist? Not at all. I am convinced that the history of the human race, no matter how tragic, will ultimately lead to the Kingdom of God. I am convinced that all the works of humankind will be reintegrated in the work of God, and that each of us, no matter how sinful, will ultimately be saved.
Of the three official objects of our prison system: vengeance, deterrence, and reformation of the criminal, only one is achieved; and that is the one which is nakedly abominable.
Of course I don't believe in it [pointing to horseshoe on his office wall]. But I understand that it brings you luck whether you believe in it or not.
This attitude [the abstract method in mathematics] can be encapsulated in the following slogan: a mathematical object is what it does.
The sad truth is, there's more Walter White in me than I'd care to admit, because if I truly was as kind as people think I am, I wouldn't be able to write Walter White.
When the mind soars in pursuit of the things conceived in space...it pursues emptiness; but when man dives deep within himself, he experiences the fullness of existence.
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