Within.....................................

All Heaven is within thee, Man,
And all of Hell within thy heart:
What thou dost choose and will to have,
That hast thou wheresoe'er thou art.

All thou wouldst have lies now within thee, every whit
'Tis thine—so long as thou dost never strive for it.

Heaven is within thee. Stay!  Why runn'st thou here and there? Thou seekest God in vain seekest thou Him elsewhere.

Travel within thyself! The Stone Philosophers with wisest arts Have vainly sought, cannot be found By travelling in foreign parts. Christian, dost thou demand to know Where God hath set His Throne? Even there within thyself, where He Gives birth to thee, His Son. -Angelus Silesius