"If a man sees himself become one with the One, he has in himself a likeness of the One, and if his passes out of himself, as an image to its archetype, he has reached the end of his journey. And when he comes down from his vision, he can again awaken the virtue that is in him, and seeing himself fitly adorned in every part he can again mount upward through virtue to Spirit and through wisdom to the One itself. Such is the life of gods and of godlike, blessed men, a liberation from all earthly bonds, a life that takes no pleasure in earthly things. A flight from the alone, to the alone." - Plotinus
we have this from Ra:
Quote:25.4 There were isolated instances of callings, one such taking place beginning approximately 2,600 of your years in the past in what you would call Greece (at this time) and resulting in writings and understandings of some facets of the Law of One. We especially note the one known as Thales and the one known as Heraclitus, those being of the philosopher career, as you may call it, teaching their students. We also point out the understandings of the one known as Pericles.
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I'm surprised that Socrates or Plato were not mentioned, esp Plato, as he seems to be an initiate in the Mystery Schools for sure.
On the Nature of Things by Lucretius is also a good read. Although he was a Roman and so probably wasn't as well connected to Source.