what truly is

From my favorite depiction of the Divine Romance.
Says Jesus to the angels, after he reveals to them a glimpse of his Bride.


"What you have seen... that girl... perfect... radiating the full riches of my life... and a whole creation destroyed on the cross... that is what I always see. No mortal eyes shall behold these things until that day. Nor is it necessary that they behold, for these things you have seen are matters bound neither by time nor eternity. It is not necessary that they behold these things, nor experience them, nor even believe them.


"These are matters that are. They have been established. Nothing can change that. It is only what I see with my eyes, and the things I know, because I have visited all ages from beginning to end. Only these things are of any import... and only these things are truly real.


"I know what truly is.


"Yet, one day, she shall see. She shall see herself as I see her... as she truly is. And blessed are those who, having not seen, believe."