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world of ignorant knowledge -- they know much, knowing nothing -- and the second category, the people who belong to the world of knowing ignorance -- they know nothing, hence they know all.
Now the sutras:
THOU TRINITY BEYOND BEING, DIRECT US TO THE HEIGHT OF MYSTICAL REVELATION, SUBLIME BEYOND ALL THOUGHT AND LIGHT; WHEREIN THE SIMPLE, ABSOLUTE AND IMMUTABLE MYSTERIES OF DIVINE TRUTH ARE HIDDEN IN THE TRANSLUCENT DARKNESS OF THAT SILENCE WHICH REVEALETH IN SECRET. FOR THIS DARKNESS, THOUGH OF DEEPEST OBSCURITY, IS YET RADIANTLY CLEAR, AND, THOUGH BEYOND TOUCH AND SIGHT, IT OVERFILLS OUR UNSEEING MINDS WITH SPLENDORS OF TRANSCENDENT BEAUTY.
You can immediately see that the way he writes is to hide his mystical revelation in Christian terms. He begins:
THOU TRINITY BEYOND BEING...
Now there was no need to use the word "trinity." That is just to befool the whole Christian organization, because these people live in words. Just utter a single word, "trinity," and everything is okay -- if you are a Christian and you believe in the Christian doctrine, then there is no danger. Hence he begins:
THOU TRINITY BEYOND BEING...
But immediately the condition that he puts on Trinity destroys the whole idea of the Christian doctrine: BEYOND BEING. No mystic has been so courageous, saying that God is beyond being. Many have said that God is beyond knowledge, but Dionysius seems to be the only one who says that God is beyond knowledge AND beyond being. You cannot say, "God is," you cannot say, "I know." How can you -- know when there is no God?
But you see the sharpness of his intelligence, his clarity? He uses the word "trinity." He starts with THOU TRINITY BEYOND BEING... If something is beyond being, how can you call it "thou"? That is just a facade to befool the fools who live only in words. Those who want to go beyond words will be able to sort it out.
THOU TRINITY BEYOND BEING, DIRECT US TO THE HEIGHT OF MYSTICAL REVELATION...
This sutra is something to be deeply understood:
... DIRECT US TO THE HEIGHT OF MYSTICAL REVELATION...
All the Upanishads in the East begin with this prayer:
Direct
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