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CONTENTS
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| 4. | What spiritual order Original: "ordinance." In this context, it refers to the divine arrangement or the proper state of the soul in relation to God. is, and how the Divinity Original: "Deity." did not feel what the humanity Original: "manhood." of Jesus Christ suffered, and how in all things it is necessary to have discernment. | 99 |
| 5. | Who are perfectly wise, and who are immersed in humility Original: "meekness.", and how this soul has become nothing Original: "naught." This is the book's central concept: the soul must empty itself of all ego and desire to be filled by God. in her contemplation; and how she is dead to all feelings inward and outward, and what state that soul is in during this spiritual practice Original: "usage.". | 101 |
| 6. | How this soul is not with herself and where she is; and how by knowing nothing and willing nothing she possesses everything. | 102 |
| 7. | How this soul, by giving everything, has received everything. | 106 |
| 8. | Concerning the being of this soul. Concerning the practice of a soul that longs Original: "languoreth." for love, and the state of a soul that is dead in love; and concerning the benefit and peace of willing nothing. | 108 |
| 9. | How these souls described in this book have come to the knowledge of their own nothingness; and how by that, they have come to believe in "more," and what this means. | 110 |
| 10. | Concerning the peace of this soul; and how she is entirely free by willing nothing; and concerning the difference between willing nothing and willing well. | 113 |
| 11. | Concerning the union of love. | 117 |
| 12. | Concerning two contemplations Original: "beholdings." of this soul, and how those who wish to understand this book must be "dead to all deaths" A mystical phrase meaning the soul must die to its own will, its reason, and its worldly attachments.. | 121 |
DIVISION VI
| 1. | Concerning those who have perished, and in what way, and from what, and for what reason. | 124 |
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