To come to be what you are not
you must go by a way in which you are not.
– St John of the Cross
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interior castle
We will consider our soul to be like a castle made entirely out of diamond or of a very clear crystal, in which there are many rooms, just as in heaven there are many dwelling places. I don’t find anything comparable to the magnificent beauty of a soul and its marvellous capacity. It is a … Continue reading interior castle
annihilated
First know the kingdom of heaven. Take up your cross, lose yourself. Renounce self daily. Take nothing for the journey: neither staff, nor haversack, nor bread, nor money; and let none of you take a spare tunic. Do not to worry about your life and what you are to eat, nor about your body and … Continue reading annihilated
the cross
In contemplation you learn to abandon and forget your own self, after the teaching of Christ in the Gospel, who said: “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.” Wait on the grace of the Lord and hear what he says: “ If … Continue reading the cross
phantasmagoria
All that lies around us is false and vain. All the affairs of the world are but shadows, yet we still persist in looking at them as if they had an intrinsic value and reality. The result is that everything remains a riddle to us and we behave like fools. What we should do is … Continue reading phantasmagoria
