St Pavel Florensky: A genuine Christian ascetic views life in a wholly different way...
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He nevertheless loves the world with a true love and he mercifully tolerates the dirt that has settled on the world, covering it with his meekness…. He lives in a measured and peaceful way, the progress of his ascesis resembling the movement of the sun through the heavens.
The higher the Christian ascetic ascends on his path to the heavenly land, the brighter his inner eye shines, the deeper the Holy Spirit descends into his heart—the more clearly then will he see the inner, absolutely valuable core of creation, the more intensely then will pity for the prodigal child of God burn in his soul. And when the spirit descended on the saints in their highest flights of prayer, they shone with blindingly radiant love for creation.
St Pavel Florensky
