The word of God before which he kneels in adoration is God’s word to him; he has been summoned, called forward by this word; it belongs to him and he can rightly take hold of it with both hands and press it to himself, feeling it pulsate mysteriously with the very heartbeat of God. No externally imposed rule can restrict his communion with the Beloved. Often he will be confused, like someone who has unexpectedly come into a great fortune and does not know what to do with it, and so he looks for advice from various people. From those who (surely) have a better understanding than he. Like a
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