The human being cannot see his own soul, so how can God call him to behold Him?

The human being is called to behold the invisible God: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God” (Matt. 5:8). But God is Spirit, so flesh cannot see Him. For this reason the Son of God was incarnate to grant us the new spiritual birth, that we might see Him who is invisible (Heb. 11:27) and live by Him. He alone opens the seals (Rev. 5:9) that we might know the mysteries of God the Father.⁵⁰⁰ St. Jacob of Sarug says, “The human soul is like a beautiful mirror. If it is clean, you can look and see in it even the things that are invisible. But, if it is covered with dirt and dust, it will not even be able to see how filthy it is.”⁵⁰¹