23. The mind cannot see the place of God within itself, unless it has transcended all the mental representations associated with objects. Nor will it… - Evagrius Ponticus

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23. The mind cannot see the place of God within itself, unless it has transcended all the mental representations associated with objects. Nor will it transcend them, if it has not put off the passions that bind it to sensible objects through mental representations. And it will lay aside the passions through the virtues, and simple thoughts through spiritual contemplation; and this in turn it will lay aside when there appears to it the light.