>>7383317what you're describing seemed like it fitted the book: it describes the phases of evolution a soul goes, starting in your body and reaching God; the longer you advance, the more it hurts, the more difficult it becomes.
Ah the headscarf! That tradition has been forever lost in my country; yesterday a little piece of clothing, today a sin that's been for centuries is no longer a sin, and tomorrow having faith it's not necessary to save oneself! Madness!
And thanks for your prayer. Lord Jesus have mercy on us all, sinners!
>On a dark night, Kindled in love with yearnings—oh, happy chance!— I went forth without being observed, My house being now at rest.>In darkness and secure, By the secret ladder, disguised—oh, happy chance!— In darkness and in concealment, My house being now at rest.>In the happy night, In secret, when none saw me, Nor I beheld aught, Without light or guide, save that which burned in my heart.>This light guided me More surely than the light of noonday To the place where he (well I knew who!) was awaiting me— A place where none appeared.>Oh, night that guided me, Oh, night more lovely than the dawn, Oh, night that joined Beloved with lover, Lover transformed in the Beloved!>Upon my flowery breast, Kept wholly for himself alone, There he stayed sleeping, and I caressed him, And the fanning of the cedars made a breeze.https://catholicstrength.com/2017/12/13/saint-john-of-the-cross-and-the-dark-night-of-the-soul/ 