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3501 3, 11 | together, the imperfection of the old law, founded in fear 3502 3, 11 | being taken from it, by the coming of the Word of My 3503 3, 11 | from it, by the coming of the Word of My only-begotten 3504 3, 11 | only-begotten Son, with the law of Love, completing 3505 3, 11 | law of Love, completing the old law by giving it love, 3506 3, 11 | giving it love, and replacing the fear of penalty by holy 3507 3, 11 | therefore, said My Truth to the disciples, to show that 3508 3, 11 | I came not to dissolve the law, but to fulfill it.' 3509 3, 11 | Truth would say to them -- The Law is now imperfect, but 3510 3, 11 | what it lacks, taking away the fear of penalty, and founding 3511 3, 11 | was this declared to be the Truth? By this same supernatural 3512 3, 11 | because their pride and the cloud of self-love had covered 3513 3, 11 | had covered up and put out the light. Wherefore they understood 3514 3, 11 | Wherefore they understood the Holy Scripture rather literally 3515 3, 11 | understanding, and taste only the letter of it, still desiring 3516 3, 11 | books; and they get not to the marrow of it, because they 3517 3, 11 | have deprived themselves of the light, with which is found 3518 3, 11 | which is found and expounded the Scripture; and they are 3519 3, 11 | because they have of course the natural light from whence 3520 3, 11 | But because they have lost the supernatural light, infused 3521 3, 11 | nor know My Goodness, nor the grace of My servants. Wherefore, 3522 3, 11 | better to go for counsel for the salvation of the soul, to 3523 3, 11 | counsel for the salvation of the soul, to a holy and upright 3524 3, 11 | that, from what he says, the Scriptures offer darkness. 3525 3, 11 | Scriptures offer darkness. The contrary will you find with 3526 3, 11 | servants, because they offer the light that is in them, with 3527 3, 11 | with hunger and desire for the soul's salvation. This I 3528 3, 11 | daughter, that you might know the perfection of this unitive 3529 3, 11 | this unitive state, when the eye of the intellect is 3530 3, 11 | unitive state, when the eye of the intellect is ravished by 3531 3, 11 | intellect is ravished by the fire of My charity, in which 3532 3, 11 | which charity it receives the supernatural light. With 3533 3, 11 | supernatural light. With this light the souls in the unitive state 3534 3, 11 | this light the souls in the unitive state love Me, because 3535 3, 11 | Me, because love follows the intellect, and the more 3536 3, 11 | follows the intellect, and the more it knows the more can 3537 3, 11 | intellect, and the more it knows the more can it love. Thus the 3538 3, 11 | the more can it love. Thus the one feeds the other, and, 3539 3, 11 | love. Thus the one feeds the other, and, with this light, 3540 3, 11 | light, they both arrive at the Eternal Vision of Me, where 3541 3, 11 | and taste Me, in Truth, the soul being separated from 3542 3, 11 | soul being separated from the body, as I told you when 3543 3, 11 | you when I spoke to you of the blissfulness that the soul 3544 3, 11 | of the blissfulness that the soul received in Me. This 3545 3, 11 | is most excellent, when the soul, being yet in the mortal 3546 3, 11 | when the soul, being yet in the mortal body, tastes bliss 3547 3, 11 | body, tastes bliss with the immortals, and oftentimes 3548 3, 11 | knows whether she be in the body or out of it; and tastes 3549 3, 11 | or out of it; and tastes the earnest-money of Eternal 3550 3, 11 | life eternal, deprived of the hell of their own will, 3551 3, 11 | will, which gives to man the earnest-money of damnation, 3552 3, 12 | knowledge from God concerning the state and fruit of tears. ~ 3553 3, 12 | one intoxicated both by the union which she had had 3554 3, 12 | had heard and tasted of the Supreme and Sweet Truth, 3555 3, 12 | yearned with grief over the ignorance of creatures, 3556 3, 12 | know their Benefactor, or the affection of the love of 3557 3, 12 | Benefactor, or the affection of the love of God. And nevertheless 3558 3, 12 | nevertheless she had joy from the hope of the promise that 3559 3, 12 | had joy from the hope of the promise that the Truth of 3560 3, 12 | hope of the promise that the Truth of God had made to 3561 3, 12 | made to her, teaching her the way she was to direct her 3562 3, 12 | to direct her will (and the other servants of God as 3563 3, 12 | that He should do mercy to the world. And, lifting up the 3564 3, 12 | the world. And, lifting up the eye of her intellect upon 3565 3, 12 | eye of her intellect upon the sweet Truth, to whom she 3566 3, 12 | wishing to know somewhat of the aforesaid states of the 3567 3, 12 | the aforesaid states of the soul of which God had spoken 3568 3, 12 | to her, and seeing that the soul passes through these 3569 3, 12 | she wished to learn from the Truth concerning the different 3570 3, 12 | from the Truth concerning the different kinds of tears, 3571 3, 12 | whence they proceeded, and the fruit that resulted from 3572 3, 12 | Wishing then to know this from the Sweet, Supreme and First 3573 3, 12 | Supreme and First Truth, as to the manner of being and reason 3574 3, 12 | manner of being and reason of the aforesaid tears, and inasmuch 3575 3, 12 | aforesaid tears, and inasmuch as the truth cannot be learnt from 3576 3, 12 | from any other than from the Truth Himself, and nothing 3577 3, 12 | nothing can be learnt in the Truth but what is seen by 3578 3, 12 | Truth but what is seen by the eye of the intellect, she 3579 3, 12 | what is seen by the eye of the intellect, she made her 3580 3, 12 | she made her request of the Truth. For it is necessary 3581 3, 12 | lifted with desire to learn the Truth with the light of 3582 3, 12 | to learn the Truth with the light of faith. ~ 3583 3, 12 | that she had not forgotten the teaching which the Truth, 3584 3, 12 | forgotten the teaching which the Truth, that is, God, had 3585 3, 12 | way could she learn about the different states and fruits 3586 3, 12 | limit of her nature with the greatness of her desire. 3587 3, 12 | of her desire. And, with the light of a lively faith, 3588 3, 12 | lively faith, she opened the eye of her intellect upon 3589 3, 12 | eye of her intellect upon the Eternal Truth, in whom she 3590 3, 12 | in whom she saw and knew the Truth, in the matter of 3591 3, 12 | saw and knew the Truth, in the matter of her request, for 3592 3, 13 | Then said the Supreme and Sweet Truth 3593 3, 13 | daughter, you beg knowledge of the reasons and fruits of tears, 3594 3, 13 | despised your desire; open well the eye of your intellect and 3595 3, 13 | and I will show you, among the aforesaid states of the 3596 3, 13 | the aforesaid states of the soul, of which I have told 3597 3, 13 | have told you, concerning the imperfect tears caused by 3598 3, 13 | fear; but first rather of the tears of wicked men of the 3599 3, 13 | the tears of wicked men of the world. These are the tears 3600 3, 13 | of the world. These are the tears of damnation. The 3601 3, 13 | the tears of damnation. The former are those of fear, 3602 3, 13 | punishment, and weep for fear. The third are the tears of those 3603 3, 13 | for fear. The third are the tears of those who, having 3604 3, 13 | weeping, as I have told you. The fourth are the tears of 3605 3, 13 | told you. The fourth are the tears of those who have 3606 3, 13 | those who have arrived at the perfect love of their neighbor, 3607 3, 13 | their weeping is perfect. The fifth are joined to the 3608 3, 13 | The fifth are joined to the fourth and are tears of 3609 3, 13 | I will tell you also of the tears of fire, without bodily 3610 3, 13 | without bodily tears of the eyes, which satisfy those 3611 3, 13 | reaches perfect love in the unitive state. Now I will 3612 3, 13 | tell you of these tears in the following way." ~ 3613 3, 14 | Of the difference of these tears, 3614 3, 14 | these tears, arising from the explanation of the aforesaid 3615 3, 14 | from the explanation of the aforesaid state of the soul. ~ 3616 3, 14 | of the aforesaid state of the soul. ~ 3617 3, 14 | every tear proceeds from the heart, for there is no member 3618 3, 14 | for there is no member of the body that will satisfy the 3619 3, 14 | the body that will satisfy the heart so much as the eye. 3620 3, 14 | satisfy the heart so much as the eye. If the heart is in 3621 3, 14 | heart so much as the eye. If the heart is in pain the eye 3622 3, 14 | If the heart is in pain the eye manifests it. And if 3623 3, 14 | eye manifests it. And if the pain be sensual the eye 3624 3, 14 | And if the pain be sensual the eye drops hearty tears which 3625 3, 14 | because proceeding from the heart, they are caused by 3626 3, 14 | disordinate love distinct from the love of Me; for such love, 3627 3, 14 | offense to Me, receives the meed of mortal pain and 3628 3, 14 | less heavy, according to the measure of their disordinate 3629 3, 14 | that first class, who have the tears of death, of whom 3630 3, 14 | Now, begin to consider the tears which give the commencement 3631 3, 14 | consider the tears which give the commencement of life, the 3632 3, 14 | the commencement of life, the tears, that is, of those 3633 3, 14 | set to weeping for fear of the penalty they have incurred. ~ 3634 3, 14 | and sensual tears, because the soul, not having yet arrived 3635 3, 14 | its guilt on account of the offense thereby done to 3636 3, 14 | with a hearty grief for the penalty which follows the 3637 3, 14 | the penalty which follows the sin committed, while the 3638 3, 14 | the sin committed, while the eye weeps in order to satisfy 3639 3, 14 | weeps in order to satisfy the grief of the heart. ~ 3640 3, 14 | to satisfy the grief of the heart. ~ 3641 3, 14 | But the soul, exercising herself 3642 3, 14 | told you when speaking of the second stage of the soul. 3643 3, 14 | speaking of the second stage of the soul. And so she proceeds, 3644 3, 14 | her grief, mingled with the joy of her hope in My mercy, 3645 3, 14 | which tears issue from the very fountain of her heart. ~ 3646 3, 14 | Me why, I reply: Because the root of self-love is not 3647 3, 14 | spiritual love with which the soul desires spiritual consolations 3648 3, 14 | you at length regarding the imperfections of such souls.) 3649 3, 14 | such a soul is deprived of the thing she loves, that is, 3650 3, 14 | or external consolation, the internal being the consolation 3651 3, 14 | consolation, the internal being the consolation received from 3652 3, 14 | consolation received from Me, the external being that which 3653 3, 14 | that which she had from the creature, and when temptations 3654 3, 14 | and when temptations and the persecutions of men come 3655 3, 14 | of grief. And, as soon as the eye feels the grief and 3656 3, 14 | as soon as the eye feels the grief and suffering of the 3657 3, 14 | the grief and suffering of the heart, she begins to weep 3658 3, 14 | sorrow, pitying herself with the spiritual compassion of 3659 3, 14 | and exercising herself in the light of self-knowledge, 3660 3, 14 | Joy in herself through the affection of love, and compassion 3661 3, 14 | told you in speaking of the third stage. Immediately 3662 3, 14 | eye, wishing to satisfy the heart, cries with hearty 3663 3, 14 | desire, she joyfully takes the food prepared for her on 3664 3, 14 | food prepared for her on the table of the Holy Cross, 3665 3, 14 | for her on the table of the Holy Cross, thus conforming 3666 3, 14 | thus conforming herself to the humble, patient, and immaculate 3667 3, 14 | by that Bridge, following the doctrine of My sweet Truth, 3668 3, 14 | may have to suffer. Then the soul arrives at such delight 3669 3, 14 | tell it. Having crossed the river by means of the Eternal 3670 3, 14 | crossed the river by means of the Eternal Word, that is, by 3671 3, 14 | Eternal Word, that is, by the doctrine of My only-begotten 3672 3, 14 | only-begotten Son, and, having fixed the eye of her intellect on 3673 3, 14 | of her intellect on Me, the Sweet Supreme Truth, having 3674 3, 14 | Supreme Truth, having seen the Truth, knows it; and knowing 3675 3, 14 | and she knows and sees the Divine nature united to 3676 3, 14 | Then she reposes in Me, the Sea Pacific, and her heart 3677 3, 14 | told you when speaking of the fourth and unitive state. 3678 3, 14 | When she thus feels Me, the Eternal Deity, her eyes 3679 3, 14 | indeed of milk, nourishing the soul in true patience; an 3680 3, 14 | indeed been able to pass from the stormy ocean to Me, the 3681 3, 14 | the stormy ocean to Me, the Sea Pacific, and in that 3682 3, 14 | that Sea, which is Myself, the Supreme and Eternal Deity, 3683 3, 14 | and Eternal Deity, to fill the pitcher of her heart. And 3684 3, 14 | her heart. And her eye, the conduit of her heart, endeavors 3685 3, 14 | so sheds tears. This is the last stage in which the 3686 3, 14 | the last stage in which the soul is blessed and sorrowful. ~ 3687 3, 14 | Blessed she is through the union which she feels herself 3688 3, 14 | to have with Me, tasting the divine love; sorrowful through 3689 3, 14 | love; sorrowful through the offenses which she sees 3690 3, 14 | she has seen and tasted the bitterness of this in her 3691 3, 14 | knowledge of Me, she arrived at the final stage. Yet this sorrow 3692 3, 14 | sorrow is no impediment to the unitive state, which produces 3693 3, 14 | self-knowledge, gained in love of the neighbor, in which exercise 3694 3, 14 | neighbor, in which exercise the soul discovers the plaint 3695 3, 14 | exercise the soul discovers the plaint of My divine mercy, 3696 3, 14 | divine mercy, and grief at the offenses caused to her neighbor, 3697 3, 14 | live in My love. Over these the soul rejoices, seeing glory 3698 3, 14 | by My servants, so that the third kind of grief does 3699 3, 14 | of grief does not prevent the fourth, that is, the final 3700 3, 14 | prevent the fourth, that is, the final grief belonging to 3701 3, 14 | final grief belonging to the unitive state; they rather 3702 3, 14 | this last grief (in which the soul finds such union with 3703 3, 14 | with Me), developed from the grief belonging to the third 3704 3, 14 | from the grief belonging to the third state of neighborly 3705 3, 14 | Therefore it is necessary that the one should flavor the other, 3706 3, 14 | that the one should flavor the other, else the soul would 3707 3, 14 | should flavor the other, else the soul would come to a state 3708 3, 14 | presumption, induced by the subtle breeze of love of 3709 3, 14 | fall at once, vomited from the heights to the depths. Therefore 3710 3, 14 | vomited from the heights to the depths. Therefore it is 3711 3, 14 | In this way will she feel the fire of My love in herself, 3712 3, 14 | out of that learning which the soul obtained by knowing 3713 3, 14 | every rational creature with the self-same love with which 3714 3, 14 | loved. And, for this reason, the soul that knows Me immediately 3715 3, 14 | Me immediately expands to the love of her neighbor, because 3716 3, 14 | and so, herself, loves the object which she sees Me 3717 3, 14 | endeavors to repay it through the medium which I have given 3718 3, 14 | namely, her neighbor, who is the medium through which you 3719 3, 14 | particular, according to the diverse graces each has 3720 3, 14 | therefore love them with the same pure love with which 3721 3, 14 | but loving him solely for the praise and glory of My Name, 3722 3, 14 | Thus will you fulfill the commandment of the law, 3723 3, 14 | fulfill the commandment of the law, to love Me above everything, 3724 3, 14 | without passing through the second stage, namely the 3725 3, 14 | the second stage, namely the second stage of union which 3726 3, 14 | stage of union which becomes the third (and final) stage. 3727 3, 14 | when it has been reached if the soul abandon the affection 3728 3, 14 | reached if the soul abandon the affection from which it 3729 3, 14 | which it has been developed, the affection to which the second 3730 3, 14 | the affection to which the second class of tears belongs. 3731 3, 14 | therefore impossible to fulfill the law given by Me, the Eternal 3732 3, 14 | fulfill the law given by Me, the Eternal God, without fulfilling 3733 3, 14 | for these two laws are the feet of your affection by 3734 3, 14 | your affection by which the precepts and counsels are 3735 3, 14 | virtue, making her to grow in the perfection of virtue and 3736 3, 14 | perfection of virtue and in the unitive state. Not that 3737 3, 14 | unitive state. Not that the other state is changed because 3738 3, 14 | state does but increase the riches of grace in new and 3739 3, 14 | admirable elevations of the mind, in the knowledge of 3740 3, 14 | elevations of the mind, in the knowledge of the truth, 3741 3, 14 | mind, in the knowledge of the truth, as I said to you, 3742 3, 14 | appears immortal because the soul's perception of her 3743 3, 14 | her will is dead through the union which she has attained 3744 3, 14 | Oh, how sweet is the taste of this union to the 3745 3, 14 | the taste of this union to the soul, for, in tasting it, 3746 3, 14 | Wherefore she often receives the spirit of prophecy, knowing 3747 3, 14 | spirit of prophecy, knowing the things of the future. This 3748 3, 14 | prophecy, knowing the things of the future. This is the effect 3749 3, 14 | things of the future. This is the effect of My Goodness, but 3750 3, 14 | effect of My Goodness, but the humble soul should despise 3751 3, 14 | case let her not remain in the second stage, but return 3752 3, 14 | second stage, but return to the valley of self-knowledge. 3753 3, 14 | ever grow in virtue. For the soul is never so perfect 3754 3, 14 | only-begotten Son, your Captain, was the only One who could increase 3755 3, 14 | blessed through union with the Divine nature. But do you, 3756 3, 14 | said, you have now reached the last, but to that further 3757 3, 14 | further grade of perfection in the last stage, which may please 3758 3, 15 | How the four stages of the soul, 3759 3, 15 | How the four stages of the soul, to which belong the 3760 3, 15 | the soul, to which belong the five aforesaid states of 3761 3, 15 | God wishes to be served as the Infinite, and not as anything 3762 3, 15 | infinite, on account of the infinite desire of your 3763 3, 15 | you how tears come from the heart, and how the heart 3764 3, 15 | from the heart, and how the heart distributes them to 3765 3, 15 | heart distributes them to the eye, having gathered them 3766 3, 15 | As, when green wood is on the fire, the moisture it contains 3767 3, 15 | green wood is on the fire, the moisture it contains groans 3768 3, 15 | contains groans on account of the heat, because the wood is 3769 3, 15 | account of the heat, because the wood is green, so does the 3770 3, 15 | the wood is green, so does the heart, made green again 3771 3, 15 | heart, made green again by the renovation of grace drawn 3772 3, 15 | self-love which dries up the soul, so that fiery desire 3773 3, 15 | satisfied in this life, but the more the soul loves the 3774 3, 15 | this life, but the more the soul loves the less she 3775 3, 15 | the more the soul loves the less she seems to herself 3776 3, 15 | exercised, and with this desire the eye weeps. But when the 3777 3, 15 | the eye weeps. But when the soul is separated from the 3778 3, 15 | the soul is separated from the body and has reached Me, 3779 3, 15 | her like a woman bearing the fruits of all other virtues. 3780 3, 15 | I have said to you, for the soul that desires Me possesses 3781 3, 15 | anything finite. For I, who am the Infinite God, wish to be 3782 3, 15 | with infinite service, and the only infinite thing you 3783 3, 15 | infinite thing you possess is the affection and desire of 3784 3, 15 | have spoken, namely, of the infinite desire which is 3785 3, 15 | desire which is united to the tears. When the soul leaves 3786 3, 15 | united to the tears. When the soul leaves the body the 3787 3, 15 | tears. When the soul leaves the body the tears remain behind, 3788 3, 15 | the soul leaves the body the tears remain behind, but 3789 3, 15 | tears remain behind, but the affection of love has drawn 3790 3, 15 | love has drawn to itself the fruit of the tears, and 3791 3, 15 | drawn to itself the fruit of the tears, and consumed it, 3792 3, 15 | consumed it, as happens in the case of the water in your 3793 3, 15 | as happens in the case of the water in your furnace. The 3794 3, 15 | the water in your furnace. The water has not really been 3795 3, 15 | really been taken out of the furnace, but the heat of 3796 3, 15 | out of the furnace, but the heat of the fire has consumed 3797 3, 15 | furnace, but the heat of the fire has consumed it and 3798 3, 15 | drawn it into itself. Thus the soul, having arrived at 3799 3, 15 | having arrived at tasting the fire of My divine charity, 3800 3, 15 | tears have evaporated in the furnace, becoming tears 3801 3, 15 | becoming tears of fire of the Holy Spirit. You see then 3802 3, 15 | infinite, how, as regards the tears shed in this life 3803 3, 15 | them. I have now told you the difference between four 3804 3, 16 | Of the fruit of worldly men's tears. ~ 3805 3, 16 | remains for Me to tell you of the fruit produced by tears 3806 3, 16 | desire, and received into the soul. But first will I speak 3807 3, 16 | men whom I mentioned at the beginning of this My discourse; 3808 3, 16 | is, who live miserably in the world, making a god of created 3809 3, 16 | every tear proceeded from the heart, and this is the truth, 3810 3, 16 | from the heart, and this is the truth, for the heart grieves 3811 3, 16 | and this is the truth, for the heart grieves in proportion 3812 3, 16 | grieves in proportion to the love it feels. So worldly 3813 3, 16 | different loves. And inasmuch as the root of self-love is corrupt, 3814 3, 16 | by various winds. This is the tree of the soul. For you 3815 3, 16 | winds. This is the tree of the soul. For you are all trees 3816 3, 16 | been made by Me for love. The soul who lives virtuously, 3817 3, 16 | lives virtuously, places the root of her tree in the 3818 3, 16 | the root of her tree in the valley of true humility; 3819 3, 16 | miserably are planted on the mountain of pride, whence 3820 3, 16 | whence it follows that since the root of the tree is badly 3821 3, 16 | follows that since the root of the tree is badly planted, the 3822 3, 16 | the tree is badly planted, the tree can bear no fruits 3823 3, 16 | even it will be spoiled by the foulness of its root, for 3824 3, 16 | incomplete reward, imperfect as the action which obtains it. 3825 3, 16 | sometimes do, I grant him the life of grace by means of 3826 3, 16 | abandoned his infidelity, and the persecutions he directed 3827 3, 16 | persecutions he directed against the Christians, at the prayer 3828 3, 16 | against the Christians, at the prayer of St. Stephen. See 3829 3, 16 | I said to you that the flowers of this tree were 3830 3, 16 | they are. Its flowers are the stinking thoughts of the 3831 3, 16 | the stinking thoughts of the heart, displeasing to Me, 3832 3, 16 | which is of two kinds. The first with regard to Me, 3833 3, 16 | intellect; for they have blinded the eye of their intellect with 3834 3, 16 | sensual self-love, and hidden the pupil of the most holy Faith, 3835 3, 16 | and hidden the pupil of the most holy Faith, which they 3836 3, 16 | not allow to see or know the Truth. The second kind of 3837 3, 16 | to see or know the Truth. The second kind of false judgment 3838 3, 16 | come many evils, because the wretched man wishes to set 3839 3, 16 | wishes to set himself up as the judge of the affections 3840 3, 16 | himself up as the judge of the affections and heart of 3841 3, 16 | may hear, he will judge the affection of the heart. 3842 3, 16 | will judge the affection of the heart. My servants always 3843 3, 16 | they are founded on Me, the Supreme Good; but such as 3844 3, 16 | themselves far away from the love of My servants' virtue. ~ 3845 3, 16 | Truly these fruits follow the leaves, which are the words 3846 3, 16 | follow the leaves, which are the words which issue from their 3847 3, 16 | mouth in insult to Me and the Blood of My only-begotten 3848 3, 16 | judgment may suggest to them. The unfortunate creatures do 3849 3, 16 | creatures do not remember that the tongue is made only to give 3850 3, 16 | love of virtue, and for the salvation of the neighbor. 3851 3, 16 | and for the salvation of the neighbor. These are the 3852 3, 16 | the neighbor. These are the stained leaves of that most 3853 3, 16 | miserable fault, because the heart from which they proceeded 3854 3, 16 | much danger, apart from the spiritual privation of grace 3855 3, 16 | spiritual privation of grace to the soul, of temporal loss may 3856 3, 16 | evils, a word having entered the heart of the listener, and 3857 3, 16 | having entered the heart of the listener, and having passed 3858 3, 16 | seven branches drooping to the earth, on which grow the 3859 3, 16 | the earth, on which grow the flowers and leaves in the 3860 3, 16 | the flowers and leaves in the way I have told you. These 3861 3, 16 | you. These branches are the seven mortal sins which 3862 3, 16 | wickednesses, contained in the roots and trunk of self-love 3863 3, 16 | flowers of many thoughts, the leaves of words, and the 3864 3, 16 | the leaves of words, and the fruits of wicked deeds. 3865 3, 16 | They stand drooping to the earth because the branches 3866 3, 16 | drooping to the earth because the branches of mortal sin can 3867 3, 16 | turn no other way than to the earth, the fragile disordinate 3868 3, 16 | other way than to the earth, the fragile disordinate substance 3869 3, 16 | disordinate substance of the world. Do not marvel, they 3870 3, 16 | which they can be fed by the earth; for their hunger 3871 3, 16 | hunger is insatiable, and the earth is unable to satisfy 3872 3, 16 | have to satiety. This is the reason why such satiety 3873 3, 16 | there is nothing but Myself, the Eternal God. Therefore I 3874 3, 16 | and when he begins to weep the wind strikes the tree of 3875 3, 16 | to weep the wind strikes the tree of self-love, which 3876 3, 16 | self-love, which he has made the principle of all his being." ~ 3877 3, 17 | God for His explanation of the above-mentioned states of 3878 3, 17 | Then this soul, eager with the greatness of her desire, 3879 3, 17 | greatness of her desire, through the sweetness of the explanation 3880 3, 17 | through the sweetness of the explanation and satisfaction 3881 3, 17 | which she had received from the Truth, concerning the state 3882 3, 17 | from the Truth, concerning the state of tears, said as 3883 3, 17 | gave us Love Himself, in the time of our warfare with 3884 3, 17 | our warfare with You, in the person of Your only-begotten 3885 3, 17 | may come to You truly in the light, and not flee far 3886 3, 17 | clearly demonstrated to me the truth, so that, by the light 3887 3, 17 | me the truth, so that, by the light thereof, I perceive 3888 3, 17 | Father, that, before I leave the subject of these states 3889 3, 17 | these points also to me. The first is -- when a person 3890 3, 17 | grant me a few more words on the subject, it will cause me 3891 3, 17 | subject, it will cause me the greatest pleasure. And also, 3892 3, 17 | servants, and I seem to see the subjects of my prayer, in 3893 3, 17 | prayer, in one I find (in the course of my prayer) a well-disposed 3894 3, 17 | full of darkness; have I the right, O Eternal Father, 3895 3, 17 | Eternal Father, to judge the one soul to be in light, 3896 3, 17 | soul to be in light, and the other in darkness? Or, supposing 3897 3, 17 | supposing I should see that the one lives in great penance, 3898 3, 17 | lives in great penance, and the other does not, should I 3899 3, 17 | to judge that he who does the greater penance has the 3900 3, 17 | the greater penance has the higher perfection? I pray 3901 3, 17 | general on this matter. The second request I have to 3902 3, 17 | explain further to me about the sign which You said the 3903 3, 17 | the sign which You said the soul received on being visited 3904 3, 17 | being visited by You -- the sign which revealed Your 3905 3, 17 | Eternal Truth, You said that the soul remained in joy and 3906 3, 17 | this joy can consist with the delusion of the passion 3907 3, 17 | consist with the delusion of the passion of spiritual self-love; 3908 3, 17 | humbly confine myself to the sign of virtue. These are 3909 3, 17 | sign of virtue. These are the things which I beg You to 3910 3, 17 | For it seems to me that the habit of judging keeps the 3911 3, 17 | the habit of judging keeps the soul far from You, so I 3912 3, 18 | How the light of reason is necessary 3913 3, 18 | God in truth; and first of the light of reason in general. ~ 3914 3, 18 | Then the Eternal God, delighting 3915 3, 18 | Eternal God, delighting in the thirst and hunger of that 3916 3, 18 | hunger of that soul, and in the purity of her heart, and 3917 3, 18 | purity of her heart, and the desire with which she longed 3918 3, 18 | longed to serve Him, turned the eye of His benignity and 3919 3, 18 | out of yourself, and open the eye of your intellect to 3920 3, 18 | your intellect to see Me, the Infinite Goodness, and the 3921 3, 18 | the Infinite Goodness, and the ineffable love which I have 3922 3, 18 | other servants. And open the ear of the desire which 3923 3, 18 | servants. And open the ear of the desire which you feel towards 3924 3, 18 | hear, that is to say, that the soul that does not see into 3925 3, 18 | not see into My Truth with the eye of her intellect, cannot 3926 3, 18 | wherefore in order that you may the better know it, rise above 3927 3, 18 | better know it, rise above the feelings of your senses. ~ 3928 3, 18 | increase My delight, for I am the cause of you and of your 3929 3, 18 | not those of Mine. Yet the very pleasure that I take 3930 3, 18 | pleasure that I take in the work of My own hands causes 3931 3, 18 | herself, in order to learn the true solution of her difficulty. 3932 3, 18 | solution of her difficulty. And the Eternal God said to her, " 3933 3, 18 | In order that you may the better understand what I 3934 3, 18 | to you, I shall revert to the beginning of your request 3935 3, 18 | your request concerning the three lights which issue 3936 3, 18 | lights which issue from Me, the True Light. The first is 3937 3, 18 | from Me, the True Light. The first is a general light 3938 3, 18 | which you wish to know.) The other two lights dwell in 3939 3, 18 | those who, having abandoned the world, desire perfection. 3940 3, 18 | told you, that, without the light, no one can walk in 3941 3, 18 | light, no one can walk in the truth, that is, without 3942 3, 18 | truth, that is, without the light of reason, which light 3943 3, 18 | reason you draw from Me the True Light, by means of 3944 3, 18 | True Light, by means of the eye of your intellect and 3945 3, 18 | eye of your intellect and the light of faith which I have 3946 3, 18 | in baptism, and through the mediation of the Blood of 3947 3, 18 | through the mediation of the Blood of My only-begotten 3948 3, 18 | only-begotten Son, you have received the form of faith; which faith 3949 3, 18 | you exercise in virtue by the light of reason, which gives 3950 3, 18 | and causes you to walk in the path of truth, and, by its 3951 3, 18 | means, to arrive at Me, the True Light, for, without 3952 3, 18 | I will also add a third. The first lightens you all to 3953 3, 18 | lightens you all to know the transitory nature of the 3954 3, 18 | the transitory nature of the things of the world, all 3955 3, 18 | nature of the things of the world, all of which pass 3956 3, 18 | all of which pass like the wind. But this you cannot 3957 3, 18 | your inclination, through the law of perversity with which 3958 3, 18 | constrained to commit any, even the smallest sin, against his 3959 3, 18 | perversity fights lustily against the spirit). I did not impose 3960 3, 18 | should prove and increase the virtue of his soul, because 3961 3, 18 | Sensuality is contrary to the spirit, and yet, by means 3962 3, 18 | by means of sensuality, the soul is able to prove the 3963 3, 18 | the soul is able to prove the love which she has for Me, 3964 3, 18 | imposed in order to preserve the soul in true humility. Wherefore 3965 3, 18 | see that, while I created the soul to Mine own image and 3966 3, 18 | her to be accompanied by the vilest of all things, imposing 3967 3, 18 | things, imposing on her the law of perversity, imprisoning 3968 3, 18 | her in a body, formed of the vilest substance of the 3969 3, 18 | the vilest substance of the earth, so that, seeing in 3970 3, 18 | who possesses this light, the fragility of his body is 3971 3, 18 | cause of humiliation to the soul, and is in no way matter 3972 3, 18 | you know yourselves and the instability of the world. 3973 3, 18 | yourselves and the instability of the world. This should be seen 3974 3, 18 | This should be seen by the eye of the intellect, with 3975 3, 18 | should be seen by the eye of the intellect, with light of 3976 3, 18 | intellect, with light of the holy faith, of which I said 3977 3, 18 | said to you that it was the pupil of the eye. This is 3978 3, 18 | that it was the pupil of the eye. This is that light 3979 3, 18 | wishes to participate in the life of grace, in the fruit 3980 3, 18 | in the life of grace, in the fruit of the Blood of the 3981 3, 18 | of grace, in the fruit of the Blood of the immaculate 3982 3, 18 | the fruit of the Blood of the immaculate Lamb. This is 3983 3, 18 | immaculate Lamb. This is the ordinary light, that is, 3984 3, 18 | ordinary light, that is, the light which all persons 3985 3, 18 | been said, for, without it, the soul would be in a state 3986 3, 18 | for this reason, because the soul, being without the 3987 3, 18 | the soul, being without the light, is not in a state 3988 3, 18 | inasmuch as, not having the light, she does not know 3989 3, 18 | light, she does not know the evil of her sin or its cause, 3990 3, 18 | And similarly if the soul know not good, and 3991 3, 18 | soul know not good, and the reason of good, that is 3992 3, 18 | desire either Me, who am the Essential Good, or virtue, 3993 3, 18 | receive My grace, and Myself the True Good. See then how 3994 3, 18 | blind, for he knows not the cause of vice, that is, 3995 3, 18 | ignorant of vice and of the evil which follows it: he 3996 3, 18 | virtue and of Me, who am the cause of his obtaining life-giving 3997 3, 18 | therefore, how his ignorance is the cause of all his evil, and 3998 3, 19 | placed their desire rather in the mortification of the body 3999 3, 19 | in the mortification of the body than in the destruction 4000 3, 19 | mortification of the body than in the destruction of their own