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12. How no one can teach this soul, nor can anyone rob her, and how this sixth point is understood	33
13. Concerning the eighth point: that no one can give anything to her, how this is understood, and concerning the ineffability the quality of being too great to be expressed in words of God	34
14. Concerning the ninth point: how this soul has no will, and how this is meant	38
15. Concerning the perfection of those who live according to the counsel of Reason; and concerning the perfection of these souls that Fine Love original: "Fine Love." This refers to a pure, noble, and spiritual love that transcends human logic or earthly motivations. leads	41
16. How this soul has everything and yet she has nothing; she knows all and yet she knows nothing; and concerning the Sacrament of the Altar The Eucharist or Holy Communion.; and how this soul wills everything and yet she wills nothing, and how this is understood	46
17. How these souls so set their thoughts upon the Trinity and are so divine that they do not rest themselves in things that are passing or created	51
18. How this soul gives to nature all that it asks without a nagging conscience, and how this is meant	54
19. How these souls have no heaviness of heart for the things they receive; and concerning the peace they possess when taking what is necessary for nature referring to physical needs like food, sleep, or clothing.	55
20. How these souls can no longer speak of God, and what their custom is	57
21. What knowledge, faith, hope, and charity The central Christian virtues. understand of these souls, and who possesses the true knowledge of them; and how virtues are commanded for the sake of souls, and not souls for the sake of virtues; and concerning the mortification the spiritual practice of subduing or "killing off" self-will and worldly desires. of will and desire	58

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