Select Works, Section 258 (part 2)

Describing the divine only by negation—God transcends all positive categories and concepts; the via negativa.

Defines the Eternal by what it is not (incapable of increment or change).

The uncreated luminous quality of the divine, sometimes experienced directly in mystical states; illumination as revelation.

Uses imagery of 'vision' and 'grandeur' associated with the Eternal.

The absolutely simple, undivided first principle from which all multiplicity and existence flows.

The 'Ever-Being' described aligns with the simple, unchanging first principle characteristic of the Monad.

The doctrine that all existence is ultimately one substance or one divine reality; non-duality as a theological claim.

Describes the soul becoming 'assimilated to it' and 'co-eternal', implying ontological unity.

A form of meditation that uses imagery, imagination, or symbolic thought rather than purely empty stillness.

[auto] Explicitly mentions 'contemplating Eternity' as the state of the being.

The doctrine that God has no parts, divisions, or composite attributes; pure undivided being.

[auto] Describes the Ever-Being as 'incapable of increment or change' and possessing 'life complete once for all'.

Salvation through direct experiential knowledge of the divine nature, not through faith, ritual, or moral works alone.

[auto] Emphasis is placed on 'to know' rather than say, and 'contemplating Eternity' as the means of realization.

The divine spark or luminous quality residing within the human person, potentially recognisable through introspection.

[auto] Refers to 'what is Eternal within the self' as the instrument for contemplating the Eternal.

The claim that the divine realm is present inside the individual, accessible without external mediation.

[auto] Asserts the divine Eternal is accessible 'within the self' rather than solely external.

The merging of the individual soul or self with the divine, transcending personal identity.

[auto] The passage centrally describes the soul being 'caught to it', 'assimilated to it', and becoming 'co-eternal' with the Eternal.

The soul's journey back to its divine origin, reversing the fall into matter through stages of purification or illumination.

[auto] Describes labouring towards Eternity to rest in it and be assimilated to the divine origin.

The recognition of one's own true divine nature as the primary path to liberation; 'know thyself' as soteriology.

[auto] States one contemplates Eternity 'by what is Eternal within the self', linking self-knowledge to divine knowledge.

A staged journey of the soul upward through heavenly realms or levels of being toward the divine source.

[auto] Mentions 'labour towards Eternity by directed effort' as a path to rest in the divine.