The way to any universal idea is to proceed through a concrete encounter.
The one is the way to the many;
   the specific is the way to the spacious;
   the now is the way to the always;
   the here is the way to the everywhere;
   the material is the way to the spiritual;
   the visible is the way to the invisible.
When we see contemplatively,
   we know that we live in a fully sacramental universe where everything is an epiphany.

Richard Rohr