Peace and Holiness
John of the Cross
I entered into unknowing
Yet when I saw myself there
Without
knowing where I was
I understood great things;
I
shall not say what I felt
For I remained in unknowing
Transcending
all knowledge.
That
perfect knowledge
Was of peace and holiness
Held at
no remove
In profound solitude;
It was something so
secret
That I was left stammering,
Transcending all
knowledge.
I was so
whelmed,
So absorbed and withdrawn,
That my senses
were left
Deprived of all their sensing,
And my
spirit was given
An understanding while not
understanding,
Transcending all knowledge.
He who truly arrives there
Cuts free from himself;
All
that he knew before
Now seems worthless,
And his
knowledge so soars
That he is left in unknowing
Transcending
all knowledge.