The Doctrine of the Mystics by Sri Aurobindo

 

THE IMAGE of this sacrifice is sometimes that of a journey
or voyage; for it travels, it ascends; it has a goal   the
vastness, the true existence, the light, the felicity and it
is called upon to discover and keep to the good, the straight and
the happy path to the goal, the arduous yet joyful road of the
Truth. It has to climb, led by the flaming strength of the divine
will, from plateau to plateau as of a mountain, it has to cross
as in a ship the waters of existence, traverse its rivers, overcome
their deep pits and rapid currents; its aim is to arrive at the
far-off ocean of light and infinity.