Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 1921

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1921. And of course, such things-which are truths-are not understandable by those who are not angels, because unbelievable. Take, for example, the fact that they are nothing. What this involves, that is to say, its limitless complexities, one who is not an angel cannot understand, but sticks in the term "nothing." Yet when one is nothing, then one is for the first time.


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