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Now, the sun is the image of my Will which, more than sun,

               shoots its rays to convert those who want to live in Its Kingdom
               completely into light and love. These people are the image of
               the four degrees of the living in my Will. One can say that the
               first one does not live in Its Kingdom, but only in the light which,

               from my Kingdom, the Sun of my Will diffuses to all. One can
               say that he is outside of Its boundaries, and if he enjoys a
               limited light, it is because of the nature of light, which diffuses

               everywhere. His nature, his weaknesses and passions form as
               though a house around him; they form infected and putrid air;
               and in breathing it, he lives as sickly and without liveliness of

               strength in doing good. But in spite of all this, he is resigned; he
               bears to his best the encounters of life, because the light of my
               Will, mild as it may be, always brings its good.

               The second is the image of one who has entered the first steps
               of the boundaries of the Kingdom of the Supreme Will. This one
               enjoys not only more light, but also the heat, therefore the air
               he breathes is pure; and in breathing it, he feels passions die

               within him, he is constant in good, he bears the crosses not
               only with resignation, but with love. However, since he is at the
               first steps of the boundaries, he looks at the earth and feels the

               weight of the human nature.
               On the other hand, the third is the image of one who has
               advanced into the boundaries of this Kingdom; and Its light is
               such and so great as to make him forget everything. He no

               longer feels anything of himself; good, virtues, crosses, change
               into his own nature; the light eclipses him, transforms him, and
               just barely allows him to look from afar at what no longer

               belongs to him.
               The fourth is the happiest, because he is the image of one who
               not only lives in my Kingdom, but has acquired It. This one

               undergoes the total consummation in the Supreme Sun of my
               Will; the eclipse caused by Its light is so intense, that he himself
               becomes light and heat, nor can he look at anything else but

               light and fire; and all things convert for him into light and love.
               Therefore, there will be a difference of degrees in the Kingdom




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