initiation
into
the
real
interior
life
releases
from
them.
While
the
interior
expei'ieiicc
lasts,
maybe
a
week,
a
month,
a
year,
no
hours
arc
neglected
by
the
monk
or
nun,
for
God
who
occupies
them
will
also
answer
for
them.
On
returning
to
himself
the
religious
shall
perform
his
vows
for
the
time
present,
but
the
time
elapsed
and
lost,
as
thou
dost
think,
’tis
no
business
of
thine
to
make
good.
God
makes
good
any
time
he
takes
up.
I'hink
not
to
make
it
good
by
any
act
of
creature,
for
the
smallest
act
of
God
outweighs
all
the
work
of
creatures
put
together.
I
am
speak-
ing
here
of
clerks
and
those
enlightened
souls
who
are
illumined
by
God
and
by
the
scriptures.
But
what
about
the
poor
profane
who,
ignorant
of
corporal
discipline,
has
assumed
some
vow
or
other,
praying
or
the
like
?
My
view
is
this.
Tf
he
finds
it
hampering
and
that
he
draws
much
nighcr
God
and
much
more
easily
without
it,
let
him
boldly
give
it
up,
for
whatever
brings
nearest
to
God
is
the
best.
Paul
implied
this
when
he
said
:
'
But
when
that
which
is
perfect
is
come,
that
which
is
in
part
shall
be
done
away.’
Vows
taken
before
priests,
vows
of
marriage,
for
example,
arc
very
different
from
these
other
obligations
which
amount
to
solemn
promises
of
oneself
to
God.
Vows
taken
with
the
laudable
intention
of
binding
oneself
to
God
are
for
t
he
moment
the
best
way.
But
supposing
that
we
find
a
better
way,
a
way
we
feel
and
know
to
be
much
better,
then
the
first
may
be
deemed
null
and
void.
IV
THE
ETERNAL
BIRTH
Et
cum
facUis
esset
Jesus
annorum
duodecim
etc,
{Luc,
2j,).
We
read
in
the
gospel
that
when
our
Lord
was
twelve
years
old
he
went
with
Joseph
and
Mary
to
Jerusalem
into
the
temple
;
and
when
they
went
out,
Jesus
remained
behind
in
the
temple
without
their
knowing
it.
And
when
they
reached
home
and
missed
him,
they
sought
him
among
aequaintan(‘es
and
among
strangers,
among
their
kindred,
and
among
the
multitude,
and
found
him
not
;
they
had
lost
him
in
the
crowd.
So
there
was
nothing
for
it
but
to
return
whence
they
were
come
;
and
when
they
got
back
to
their
starting-point,
into
the
temple,
there
they
found
him.
If
thou
wilt
find
this
noble
birth,
verily
thou
must
quit
the
multitude
and
return
to
the
starting-point,
into
the
ground
out
of
which
thou
art
come.
The
powers
of
the
soul
and
their
works,
these
are
the
multitude
:
memory,
understanding
and
will,
these
all
diversify
thee,
therefore
thou
must
leave
them
all
:
sensible
perception,
imagination
and
everything
wherein
thou
findcst
