Symeon The New Theologian

It is interesting that he compares going into the vision of God to diving into the sea. When I picture the sea I imagine turbulent water rushing all around you. I dont imagine anything peaceful of enlightening which is exactly what I imagine for experiencing the vision of God. I guess the point of the reference is to show that the vision of God is all you see when you imerse yourself in it, just like water is all you see when you imerse yourself in the sea. The story was short, and I think that was the entire point it was tryin gto convey. But when talking about how the mind is simple, and how when seeing the light of God all is sees is the light. I think it means that people make things to complicated and just need to enjoy the pure and simple things of life. Thats much harder to do than it would seem. In my experience the human mind over complicates things.