Love is the threshold of another universe. Beyond the vibrations with which we are familiar, the rainbow-like range of its colors is still in full growth. But, for all the fascination that the lower shades have for us, it is only towards the “ultra” that the creation of light advances. It is in these invisible and, we might almost say, immaterial zones that we can look for true initiation into unity. The depths we attribute to matter are no more than the reflection of the peaks of spirit.
— “The Evolution of Chastity” (1934)
I think the essay from which this quote originated, “The Evolution of Chastity”, in Teilhard’s book, “Toward the Future” is one of the very best essays Fr. Teilhard ever wrote, and deserving of more attention.
Thank you for quoting from it.