The mirror of simple souls (1927) - Page 10

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3. How this soul takes leave of the virtues A central and controversial theme of the book: the idea that a soul united with God no longer needs to consciously practice individual virtues, as it has become one with the source of all goodness.	11
4. Concerning certain things that the soul does not care for, and how she is lost in the Most High through an abundance of knowledge and becomes nothing in her understanding, and what she achieves by that	15
5. How a soul that is mortified spiritually dead to worldly impulses or self-will of all outward desires can no longer speak of God; and what it means that this soul has taken leave of the virtues, and how such souls become free; and what the greatest torment is that a creature can suffer in this life	17
6. How these free souls have no will of their own, and what their constant practice is	20
7. How Love takes one of these souls to represent all others, so as to speak more clearly; and concerning certain works of virtue for which this soul has no desire; and what the most perfect gift is that God gives to His creatures	21
8. Concerning the proper names of this soul, and how the true contemplative should have no desire	26
9. Concerning the first point mentioned previously, regarding the soul in the naughted original: "naughted." This is the author's technical term for the "annihilated" soul—one that has emptied itself of all ego and personal desire to be filled entirely by God. life; how no one can find her, and how this is worthy and comes from true meekness humility	28
10. Concerning the second point: how this soul saves herself through faith without works, and how this is to be understood The author suggests that at the highest level of mystical union, the internal state of faith is so absolute that external "good works" are no longer the primary focus of the soul's existence.	29
11. How this soul is alone in love, and how she does nothing for God, nor leaves anything undone for God, and what these three points mean	31

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