Guide to Evagrius Ponticus

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Mountain, dear brother Anatolius, demanding that I explain to

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affairs that seem to demand attention; and within a

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Do not demand exemption from poverty and

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Against the hermits the demons engage in naked combat

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more bitter than the demons, or [able] to undertake

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The demon of sexual immorality compels

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The demon of acedia, which is

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also called the noonday demon, is the most burdensome

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burdensome of all the demons. It besets the monk

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the monk recently, the demon throws this in too

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dependent on geography, the demon adds; God is to

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the race. No other demon follows on immediately after

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up a fantasy of demons shouting, [2] and women being

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tempted either by the demon of pride or by

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pride or by the demon of gloominess, which brings

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hands over to the demon of sexual immorality the

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The demon of pride conducts the

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this about it. This demon is followed by: [1] anger

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in the air. This demon is followed by anger

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visions of mobs of demons in the air. This

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visions of mobs of demons in the air.

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be breached by the demon of gloominess. Gloominess is

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anger : so that the demons do not, rising up

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gets disturbed, then the demons suggest to us what

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fall victim to the demon of acedia. This demon

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demon of acedia. This demon readily leaps upon such

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is to fight the demons and to struggle for

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our anger towards the demons. The latter, however, dragging

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your lifetime from the demon of despondency, which will

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are oppressed by the demon of listlessness, we should

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all comers, particularly the demon of listlessness, which is

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are opposed by the demons; some of them are

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I have known the demon of vainglory being chased

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by almost all the demons, and then, when its

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be persuaded by the demon of vainglory offering him

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and drives away the demons which gnash their teeth

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no room for the demon of pride.

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who has defeated the demons which activate such things

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The demons that preside over the

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body leave sooner. Other demons are like the rising

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soul; but the noonday demon generally enfolds the whole

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the prevailing stench in demons, the soul is ordinarily

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passion associated with the demon in question.

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what concerns them the demons themselves are not ignorant

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tossed around by the demons.

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of the differences between demons and to interpret their

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depict; thus knowing] which demons are less frequent and

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When the demons are helpless in their

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Malicious demons bring along even more

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along even more malicious demons to help them. In

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be disturbed by the demon which drags the mind

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in the world. This demon’s aim is to

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The demons prefer to fight worldly

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to it to fight demons even without the body

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experience of the savage demons and to become acquainted

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their timing, and which demons produce what, and which

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produce what, and which demon comes after another, and

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that two of the demons are the sharpest, so

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of your mind the demon of fornication and the

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When the demons, attacking the desiring part

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the withdrawal of the demons [A] From the first there

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monk when the other demons go away. One who

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the attacks of the demons

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The demon of vainglory is opposed

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is opposed to the demon of sexual impurity and

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thoughts of the opposing demon. If you are able

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this with all the demons that are opposed to

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is always the same demons waiting on it The

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being battered by one demon after another

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has defeated all the demons that oppose the praktikē

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force of the particular demon which is attacking at

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and being crushed; the demons wrestle with us and

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fury (thumos) of the demons, obliging the powers of

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when vice decreases the demons are glad when virtue

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prevent the assault of demons, but they preserve us

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all those suggested by demons. The former are followed

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and natural contemplation. The demons which fasten on to

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no matter how the demons ply their arts to

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unharmed if we resent demons?’ I was at a

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taken in by the demons twice on the same

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the former strive the demons of the soul, and

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a temptation from the demons. For it is necessary

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Among the demons, certain oppose the practice

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The bodies of demons have color and form

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The demons which fight with the

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Demons who fight against the

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dread the Sheol, and demons are terrified by the

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Men fear Sheol, while demons fear the abyss; but

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épithumia, and among the demons predominance of the thumos

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and earth, and among demons thumos and air. It

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soul, it falls on demons.

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Among demons, one kind are called

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all times; and to demons that they are not

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The ‘demon’ is the reasoning nature

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is] we and the demons - provoke a great battle

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of angels or of demons; that is, by virtue

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or the life of demons. The cause of the

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The angels and the demons approach our world but

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Angels and demons approach our world; but

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we imagine defiling the demons worse than they are

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propose to make the demons more impure.

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The demons do not cease slandering

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Demons do not cease slandering

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of contemplation if the demons are not reproved as

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at the moment the demons resume[their role] as

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intermediate between angels and demons.

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those who sacrifice to demons destroy through the vices

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are received by merciless demons; and those more merciless

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merciless [are received] by [demons] who are themselves even

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from life] they encounter demons. Indeed, it is even

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given over to such demons.

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Spirit, and [if] the demons are deprived of this

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every direction [are]the demons and all the logikoi

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write on them the demon of anger fights night

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night and day, that [demon] which is accustomed to

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essence, and that a demon has been designated by

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worse that an[other] demon, it is evident that

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by their essence that demons are bad.

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dreams are terrified by demons and escape into wakefulness

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delivers it from the demons that surround it.

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The demons prevail over the soul

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with the brood of demons, and others will be

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will come that) of demons and of men; and

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that of angels and demons, if a demon is

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and demons, if a demon is that which, because

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Demons only imitate colors, forms

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self] is occupied by demons, it is therefore quite

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virtue; and we insult demons on account of the

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Bodies of demons neither grow nor diminish

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the soul, which the demons do not approach.

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by the impious and demons; and the second by

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the impious do the demons comprehend the dense contemplation

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When demons are unable to move

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the the bodies of demons are very cold, similar

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in the bodies of demons it is not earth

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letters, so also the demons recite sayings concerning the

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suddenly snatched up by demons to perform something forbidden

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Angels see men and demons; men are deprived of

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of seeing angels and demons, and demons see only

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angels and demons, and demons see only men.

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externally by means of demons.

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senses, still other by demons.

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there are five from demons. Of these, those from

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from sight, and [5] from demons. Of these, two are

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evil memory; and [2] from demons imitating a vision. There

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what reason angels and demons come to our realm

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whereas he bound the demons in chains of darkness

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ye are gods,” and “dæmon” as in the words

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of the nations are dæmons,” in the former case

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the irrational life a demon is the guide.

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When the demons see that you are

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stands for prayer, the demons remind it of the

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The demon is very malignant towards

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his efforts, the malevolent demon is unable to hinder

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us and the impure demons concerns nothing other than

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Why do the demons wish to activate in

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When the spiteful demon is unable to move

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from the [passions], the demons no longer insinuate themselves

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vainglory and by the demon that attaches itself to

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I believe the demon touches that place [thus

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actually] comes from the demon who very cunningly manipulates

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to consort with unclean demons

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God, guard against the demon of sexual immorality, for

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for invasions from the demons and patiently endure their

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See that the evil demons do not deceive you

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deceit: at times the demons divide themselves [into two

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If the demons threaten to suddenly appear

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with God as the demon in the form of

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desert was attacked by demons for two weeks while

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worshipping your enemies the demons.

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Sometimes the demons suggest [tempting-]thoughts to

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thoughts and frighten the demons.

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against a passion or demon that annoys you, remember

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goal of the evil demons. That is why we

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By night the evil demons themselves lay claim to

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enough to drive away demonic thoughts with human thoughts

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The demonic songs move our desire

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passage from praktike or demonic bodies to [bodies] that

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A Demonic [tempting-]thought is the

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Demonic thoughts blind the left

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those against nature: the demonic and those that propose

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thoughts are opposed: the demonic and those proposing vice

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while a demonic dream disturbs it.

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and courage, and no demonic spite will accost your

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Always anticipate persuasive demonic assaults, and reflect on

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composition of the former demonstrates the difference in rank

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our soul: who will demonstrate the grace that they

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we will receive the demonstration of them by experience

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by grasping the exact demonstration of objects.

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of objects receive the demonstration of the grace of

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The spiritual demonstration is the carrying out

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