bubbles

Bubbles on the surface of a flowing river sparkle in the sun and disappear. Troop after troop of bubbles appear, following on one after another. They display the same sparkle, are extinguished and disappear. Through this state of sparkling and extinction, they point to the continuance of an elevated and enduring sun. In the same way, the alternation of life and death in these constantly moving beings testifies to the continuance and perpetualness of an Ever-Living Ever-Enduring One.

These beings are mirrors. As darkness is the mirror to light, and however intense the darkness is, to that degree it will display the brilliance of the light, so these beings act as mirrors in many respects by reason of the contrast of opposites. For example, beings act as mirrors to the Maker's power through their impotence and to His riches through their poverty; similarly they act as mirrors to His everlastingness through their ephemerality. The poverty of trees and the face of the earth itself in wintertime and their glittering wealth and riches in springtime act as mirrors in most unequivocal fashion to the power and mercy of an Absolutely Powerful One, the One of Absolute Riches.
The Letters ( 286 )