The soul collects its faculties together and enters within itself to be with its God. (Chapter 28 'The Way of Perfection')
We all have a body that is visible and a Soul that is Invisible. Just as we tend to the needs of our body, we also have to see to the needs of our souls.
A good way of doing so is to 'recollect our outward senses' and begin the journey inwards. ….. Detaching from our anxieties and concerns ...
And in that process comes into 'a gradual increase of self-control and an end to vain wandering .....; it means conquering, which is a making use of one's senses for the sake of the inner life.' (Chapter 29 'The Way of Perfection')
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