cares of earthly doings, when it begins to test its thoughts in that which is within,
hidden from the eyes, when it reaches out on high, and is led
by faith in its care for
the life to come, its longing for that which has been promised us, and its search for
hidden mysteries, - then faith itself consumes this knowledge and becomes
transformed. Thus the knowledge is born again, becoming entirely of the spirit. Then
it can soar on wings into the regions
of the incorporeal spirits, may touch the depths
of the intangible sea, representing in the mind the marvellous acts of Divine rule in
the natures of thinking and feeling beings; and can seek out spiritual mysteries which
may be comprehended by a simple and subtle mind. Then
the inner senses wake up to
spiritual doing, after the manner that they will be in the immortal and imperishable
life; because, even in this world, it has undergone, as it were in secret, a mental
resurrection, in true token of the general resurrection
(Superconsciousness, p.
370;
Philokalia,
vol. II, p. 658).
When the grace of the Holy Spirit [says Maxim Kapsokalivit], descends on anyone, it
shows him nothing of the ordinary
things of this sensual world, but makes him see
things he never saw or imagined. Then the mind of such a man learns from the Holy
Spirit the high and hidden mysteries which, according to the divine Paul, neither the
human eye can understand, nor the human reason comprehend unaided (I Corinthians
2: 9). And so that you may understand how our mind sees them, ponder over what I
shall say to you. Wax,
when it is far from the fire, is hard, and it is possible to handle
it and hold it. But as soon as it is thrown into the fire, it immediately melts, and so
becomes alight in the fire and burns. Thus everything becomes light, and everything
ends in the midst of flames. So also is the human mind: when it
stands by itself,
unconnected with God, it comprehends everything around it in the usual way,
according to its powers. But when it comes close to the Divine fire and to the Holy
spirit, it is wholly enveloped by this Divine fire, and becomes all light, and so,
burning in the flame of the Holy Spirit, it spreads itself in Divine thoughts. Then, in
the midst of the Divine fire it is impossible for it to think
about its own affairs and
wishes
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