2012/10/06, 20:42:55
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About difficulties
1. It is difficult to meet a person who wants Salvation, and that one who can teach him Salvation – that’s the first difficulty.
2. It is difficult to meet someone who has determination for achieving Salvation, and that one who is able to lead to it, - that’s the second difficulty.
3. It is difficult to meet someone who has courage for being under obedience, and that one who has a gift of wise advice, - that’s the third difficulty.
4. It is difficult to meet someone wishing to submit, and that one who is able to humble in the Holy Spirit, - that’s the forth difficulty.
5. It is difficult to meet someone wishing to renounce the world, and that one who has completely renounced it, - that’s the fifth difficulty.
6. It is difficult to meet a person determined to gain dispassionateness, and that one who has gained it, - that’s the sixth difficulty.
7. It is difficult to meet a person wishing to renounce selfishness, and that one who has completely renounced it, - that’s the seventh difficulty.
8. It is difficult to meet someone who wants to have a continuous prayer, and that one who has it, - that’s the eighth difficulty.
9. It is difficult to meet someone who is eager to gain the Holy Spirit, and that one who is the dwelling of the Holy Spirit, - that’s the ninth difficulty.
10. It is difficult to meet a purposeful person, looking only for Christ, and that one who has Christ inside, - that’s the tenth difficulty.
11. It is difficult to meet a soul, selflessly striving to perceive the Truth, and that one who has wholly grasped it, - that’s the eleventh difficulty.
12. It is difficult to meet someone striving to reach the uncreated light of the Holy Trinity, and that one who has seen the eternal shining of its glory, - that’s the twelfth difficulty.
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