You are the Essence of the Essence, The intoxication of Love. I long to sing Your Praises but stand mute with the agony of wishing in my heart !
One should always be drunk. That's all that matters...But with what? With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you chose. But get drunk.
A God-intoxicated man. [Ger., Gott-trunkener Mensch.]
What are all the orgies of Bacchus when compared to the intoxication of someone who completely surrenders to continence!
Beware the deadly fumes of that insane elation Which rises from the cup of mad impiety, And go, get drunk with that divine intoxication Which is more sober far than all sobriety.
Up to one's last breath, one may retain the simple joys of childhood, the poetic ecstasies of the young person, the enthusiasms of maturity. Right to the end, one may intoxicate one's spirit with flowers, with beauty and with smiles.
As the witnessing deepens, you start becoming drunk with the divine. This is what is called ecstasy.
Christianity has made more lunatics than it ever provided asylums for.
