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The two steps mentioned above, by leading us to God by means of His

Traces, whereby He shines forth in all creatures, have led us to the point

of entering into ourselves, that is, into our minds in which the divine

image shines. Now in the third place, as we enter into ourselves, as if

leaving the vestibule and coming into the sanctum, that is, the outer part

of the tabernacle, we should strive to see God through a mirror. In this

mirror the light of truth is shining before our minds as in a candelabrum,

for in it gleams the resplendent image of the most blessed Trinity.

Enter then into yourselves and see, for your mind loves itself most

fervently. Nor could it love itself unless it knew itself. Nor would it

know itself unless it remembered itself, for we receive nothing through

intelligence which is not present to our memory. And from this be advised,

not with the eye of the flesh but with that of reason, that your soul has a

threefold power. Consider then the operations and the functions of these

three powers, and you will be able to see God in yourselves as in an image,

which is to see through a glass darkly [I Cor., 13, 12].