@alisteningspace.bsky.social"Maybe what we’re missing is the love. Maybe we have forgotten that the only reason to strive & surrender, to sit in the #silence or to make a joyful noise ... is #love ..."
- Mirabai Starr
Intro to her translation
#SaintJohnoftheCross
DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL
{read the full paragraph, read it ALL}
@alisteningspace.bsky.social"When you see that your desires are darkened, your inclinations dried up, & your faculties incapacitated, do not be disturbed. ... *God is freeing you from yourself ... leading you to a place you do not know."
- #SaintJohnoftheCross
DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL
Mirabai Starr trans.
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