The heart itself is only a small vessel, yet dragons are there, and lions; there are poisonous beasts and all the treasures of evil; there are rough and uneven roads; there are precipices; but there, too, are God and the angels; life is there, and the Kingdom; there, too, is light, and there the apostles, and heavenly cities, and treasures of grace. All things lie within that little space. (Makarios the Great)

There is a paradox to creation that challenges human orthodoxy.

There is a mystery to creation that resists human wisdom.

There is an abundance to creation that confounds human pride.

Yet Jesus teaches us, "the kingdom of God is within you."

All that is and was and will be is within you and me.