Interior Castle: Sixth Mansions: Chapter Seven We reach a level spiritual maturity and then stall. We try hard. We desire to move forward in love, but progress is limited or non-existent. Teresa says, “The soul is desirous of employing itself wholly…
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Posted in 6th Mansions - Chapter 7
Posted in 6th Mansions - Chapter 7
Removing Barriers
I can’t give up that quick. My life is a candle and a wick. You can put it out but you can’t break it down, In the end we are waiting to be lit. (Laura Marling) In the Prayer of…
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Posted in 5th Mansions - Chapter 1
Posted in 5th Mansions - Chapter 1
Prayer of Quiet: Part 5
In the Prayer of Quiet: “The will certainly seems to me to be united in some way with the will of God; but it is by the effects of this prayer and the actions that follow it that the genuineness of…
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Posted in 4th Mansions - Chapter 2
Posted in 4th Mansions - Chapter 2
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