Luminary

(Found here)

“It is for you alone, beloved soul, that the Lord draws you to the desert to speak to your heart; for He has chosen you as unique; to make you better: you whom He has chosen as a host of praise forever! Do you wish to burn before His adorable face like the purest wax? Do you, like the seraphim, like the cherubim, wish to be irradiated with His clarity, enflamed with His love, to be for Him, in turn, only light and charity? Consent to forget the world, the universe, and yourself. If you hesitate to lose your life in Him and for Him, go no further. What follows will not enlighten you. If the abyss tempts you, beg the Lord to envelop you in solitude; to cast you into the silence He inhabits, fills, where He manifests Himself. For you, force yourself to live thus. As much as it is possible for you, in exact obedience and perfect charity, you must avoid four things which are major obstacles to interior silence, and which render habitual contemplation impossible: interior noise, interior discussions, obsession, and worries about yourself. This being done, you will have passed through the doors of silence.”

~An Anonymous Carthusian Monk