[People] obtain more joy and recreation in creatures through the dispossession of them. They cannot rejoice in them if they behold them with possessiveness, for this is a care that, like a trap, holds the spirit to earth and does not allow wideness of heart.
– St. John of the Cross, Ascent of Mt. Carmel
Acknowledgement
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