Now there is a mountain. On the mountain stands a rock. From the rock flows a spring. And everything has a heart. The world taken as a whole has a heart. And the world’s heart is full of stature, with a face, hands and feet. Now the toenail of that heart is more heart-like than anyone else’s heart. The mountain with the rock and spring are at one end of the world, and the world’s heart stands at the other end. The world’s heart stands opposite the spring and yearns and always longs to reach the spring. The yearning and longing of the heart for the spring is extraordinary. It cries out to reach the spring. The spring also yearns and longs for the heart.

From “The Seven Beggars” by Nahman of Bratslav in Nahman of Bratslav: The Tales ed. Arnold Band.