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4. The state of the mind is an intelligible height resembling the colour of heaven, to which the light of the Holy Trinity comes in the time of prayer.

Evagrius Ponticus

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Evagrius Ponticus (345–399 AD) was a Christian monk and ascetic.

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Alternative Names: Evagrius the Solitary • Evagrius of Pontus

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Sarada Devi Peter Deunov Isaac the Syrian Gregory of Sinai Teresa of Ávila

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101. Just as bread is nourishment for the body and virtue for the soul, so is spiritual prayer nourishment for the intelligence.

70. You will not be able to pray purely if you are all involved with material affairs and agitated with unremitting concerns. For prayer is the rejection of concepts.

Blessed is the one who has reached the knowledge that cannot be abolished (beyond what cannot be, it cannot be gone).

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