Chapter 9. Of Unity Of Heart
1916 translation, including The Sparkling Stone and The Book of Supreme Truth
Jan van Ruysbroeck, C. A. Wynschenk Dom, and Evelyn Underhill
Chapter 9. Of Unity Of Heart
Of this ardour there springs unity of heart; for we cannot achieve true unity unless the Spirit of God blows to a flame His fire in our hearts. For this fire makes one with itself and like to itself all that it can master and re-shape.
Unity is this: that a man feel himself to be gathered together with all his powers in the unity of his heart. Unity brings inward peace and restfulness of heart. Unity of heart is a bond which draws together body and soul, heart and senses, and all the outward and inward powers and encloses them in the union of love.