Soul Mosaic

“You need a spiritual pilgrimage. Begin by closing your mouth.”

Sayings of the Egyptian Fathers, from: The Book of Mystical Chapters: Meditations on the Soul’s Ascent, from the Desert Fathers and other Early Christian Contemplatives

Seems that the Desert Fathers, and Uri Shulevitz, though centuries apart, understood one of the rules for being a writer – there are times you have to shut up.

Tags: ascent, chapters, Christian, contemplatives, Desert Fathers, Egyptian Fathers, meditations, mouth, mystical, pilgrimage, rules, souls, spiritual, Uri Shulevitz, writer

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